>>2737905We're here! :)
https://discord.gg/JWAjZuqFHk>>2739514depends really. Overall, hiking poles are an essential piece of kit in my opinion, they save your spine and knees in the long run. Makes walking with a big bag easier. But on moorland the efficacy can wither, esp after rain. When the ground gets very smooshy your pole can sometimes just sink in the mud. But i'm sure you'll know moorland isnt ALL just bottomless bog, so you can pivot yourself by poking your poles into a tuft of grass and go from there.
Many poles come with these little disc things that screw onto the end - they prevent your pole from embedding deep in soft ground, quite good for walking over moors
>>2742021Foreign imported wood from Ireland?
>>2738458I could walk around in an ancient native forest all day, in any weather and love it. But personally, jagged rocky peaks of mountains are much more fun with their challenging approachs and danger, but anon is right
>>2738344 both are great!
also my guilty pleasure is I reeealllly like walking on forestry tracks, even if its through some massive expanse of a boring monocrop
>walking on a big wide path with you and your boys side by side >everyone can actually be involved in the conversation rather than shouting back and forth when walking single file love it.
>>2738101I think if you go to forests in the north of England you (probably) are going to see people, if you wanna dissapear from everyone just look at the map and pick an obsure piece of moorland very far away from roads and go walk there. I don't know how far you're willing to travel, but to get what you desire you're probably gonna have to go to Wales or Scotland
>>2737929class mate you're in for the hike of a lifetime
report back with pictures! although you're probably not thinking about 4chan at all right now..
I just got back from 3 weeks of stoating about in the Highlands. Not sure what I have planned next, I wanna do something crazy but im running outta ideas!
