The rucksack
What goes in the bag before a walk on these paths: a paper map, a field guide or two, layers for the exposed tops, and, for some of us, a pair of poles for the steeper chalk banks.
Reading before buying
- Reading an OS Explorer map on the Chiltern edge: the one item no walk here should be without.
- Choosing binoculars for farmland birding: 8x42, 10x42 or 8x32, and why.
- The Icknield Way from Lilley to Telegraph Hill: boots, gaiters and poles for chalk tracks.
- A first season on a chalk allotment: the tools that cope with flints.
- Winter bird feeding for a cottage garden: feeders, food and hygiene.