Lessons Learned #2

1. Waterproof leggings protect you from the external elements; they do, however simply make you wet from the inside out ...
   
   
2. Map and compass walking is good and Sunday was the first proper go at it. I re-walked a previous route but only using the written instructions as back up for map reading cockups! I had my home made waterproof map holder (a bit 'Blue Peter', but did the job!), my new bargain of a Berghaus waterproof courtesy of my credit card … and my waterproof leggins …. I'm not saying I knew precisely where I was all the time (I need to do more practice on the compass reading stuff to be able to do it exactly), but I always knew which direction I was heading in and approximately where on the map I was ...