Take a map

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I enjoy walking - being outside, fresh air, clearing the head or thinking. I was taking a walk in a place just outside Stockholm that I know pretty well; I've been for several walks out there during the last summer. I know the paths and routes, so I didn't bother to take a map. Being an 'experienced' fell walker from back in England, I know one should always take a map; but this is a small area, and I know it well.

Weather is changeable

Anyone who does any amount of fellwalking will know that weather is changeable. Something that looked friendly and inviting can become unenjoyable and even dangerous very quickly. Take the right gear no matter what. Take a map.

It's snowed a lot in Stockholm over the winter, and you'd be suprised how much it changes things if you didn't stop to think about it. The paths you know well are hidden, the route is different; sometimes impassable. The map helps you work out where you, and what options you have to go forwards.

Make a plan

No matter how straightforward the project is - no matter how small, mundane, repeated - make a plan. The plan helps you work out where you are, and what options you have to go forwards. It might snow.

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