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aembleton on Sept 19, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Can You See the Republic of Ireland from England?

I find Harveys Maps to be much better for walking. They don't cover the whole country but they do have the advantage of

- Having the whole of the Lake District on a single map.

- Printing on plastic so they don't get damaged and are more compact than the OS laminated maps

- Excluding political boundaries as I don't care about them

- Showing the location of the footpath as well as its legal location; sometimes they're on different sides of the wall

- The reverse of the map usually gives you detailed information on the layers of rock beneath your feet which is interesting for extra reading.

pm215 on Sept 19, 2021 [–]

You're not kidding about the limited coverage -- their website shows nothing except some trail maps over the whole of southern England with the exception of Dartmoor. And southern England is where I am so it's where I walk mostly...

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