Handrailing
by Gnasher the Dog (aka Mike Knipe)

If you're on the motorway, you follow the car in front don't you? Well, in hillwalking it's just the same. Just follow somebody else. Also known in non-hillwalking circles (and I also mean that literally), as "stalking".

It's illegal, of course, except on the hill, and only if you don't write any demanding letters made up from newspaper headlines. Stalking, of course, is still legal in parts of Scotland.

Useful phrase: "Of course I've done a lot of handrailing. I once handrailed a man with rump steak sandwiches and chocolate for seventeen miles."

© Mike Knipe. Mike Knipe is an experienced outdoor enthusiast, walk leader and writer who has worked with Durham County Council and English Nature (aka Natural England).

Other articles by Mike Knipe on go4awalk.com include:

The Mike Knipe Column

The Art of Getting Lost . . .

How to start Peak Bagging . . .

How to sound like a walking expert . . . (writing as Gnasher the Dog) and

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