Expedition & Trailcraft Links
Information Sources & Online Tutorials
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| www.traildatabase.org
World's largest hiking Trail Database.
|  | www.fco.gov.uk
Official Foreign Office travel advice on over 200 countries, country-specific Travellers' Tips, and links to travel advice of foreign governments. | 
| www.backpacking.net
Lightweight Backpacking & Hiking website contains articles, short stories, gear reviews, gear-making instructions, knowledge nuggets, gear lists, etc.
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| www.netknots.com
The best outdoors, paddeling and fishing knots on the web - clearly illustrated and described.
|  | www.trailroutes.com
This site gives you instant access to Trail magazine's archive of over 500 trails covering the whole of the UK, including some free route plans.
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www.anquet.co.uk
Anquet Maps now supply TRAIL routes for you to download and view on Ordnance Survey or Harvey
walking maps. Free route plans.
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| www.lifesystems.co.uk
Excellent travel products and a superb, country-by-country info pages, out-lining necessary vacinations, climate, ect.
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www.ptchiker.com
Detailed on-line plans for an alcohol stove made from pepsi cans. An excellent little bit of kit.
| Courses & Training
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| www.biosphere-expeditions.org
An award-winning, non-profit-making organisation running real wildlife conservation expeditions, placing ordinary people with no research experience, alongside scientists who are at the forefront of conservation work.
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| www.rgs.org
Expedition Advisory Centre offers a wide variety of
resources for anyone planning an expedition overseas, offering
specialist seminars and workshops throughout the year. Free download books.
| Specialist Equipment Supplier
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| www.lonelyplanet.com
On-line shop and information site, including a useful world destination guide, and many travel and health tips. (Woodsmoke does not support the sale of the Lonely Planet guide to Burma).
|  | www.nomadtravel.co.uk
Experts in preparing travellers of all types of journey. They supply clothing, equipment, accessories, and stores include specialist travel pharmacies for pre-travel inoculations. |
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