Maps in order of use 1] London - Street Map - Local Cycling Guide 14 (free on request from Transport for London tfl.gov.uk ) 2] OS Explorer Map 174 Epping Forest & Lee Valley 3] OS Explorer Map 183 Chelmsford & The Roding [Annoyingly this map and the next are offset by 3km east/west. Print out the missing bit from Google maps. See Map #1 at the foot of this page. From this you will see that you need to walk from North End along Mill Road about 0.5km from the northern edge of the map (GR 673220) into Felstead and from Felstead 1km north until you come to a old railway bridge. From there climb down to join the Flitch Way that runs east into Braintree along the disused railway track] 4] OS Explorer Map 195 Braintree & Saffron Waldenn 5] OS Explorer Map 196 Sudbury, Hadleigh & Deadham Vale 6] OS Explorer Map 211 Bury St Edmunds & Stowmarket 7] OS Explorer Map 229 Thetford Forest in The Brecks 8] OS Explorer Map 237 Norwich [This map and the next are offset east/west by 2km at Necton (GR 890095). See Map #2 at the foot of this page. The Claypit campsite falls just off the western end of the map at Necton! Print out from Google maps the missing bit. The site is located along the south side of Chapel Road. Turn down a lane marked Black Drift located in the lower right hand quadrant of the Google Map#2] 9] OS Explorer Map 238 Dereham & Aylsham 10] OS Explorer Map Norfolk Coast Central 11] Walsingham Association site plan of the Shrine (see Downloads tab) Total weight 920 grams (with cardboard covers removed)
Q 1] Can you navigate using 1:50,000 maps and carry less than half the number and at less than half the cost? A 1] Occasionally identifying footpaths is tricky. I probably walked an extra 1km each day taking wrong turns. I think this could have been much greater without the detailed maps.
Q 2] Would satellite navigation work? A 2] Yes, but remember you will be using it for 10 to 12 hours a day. It could prove difficult to charge it and keep it dry during a British summer.