Trails readership appears, by the forums membership anyway, to be largely made up of inexperienced walkers or those new to walking.
TGO appeals to the old hand more and it assumes experience and knowledge in it's readers.
When Trail gets it wrong, it's impressing on a great many folk an idea which they will take to heart without question because they might not have another point of reference.
If they came on here they would learn quickly indeed, for all of our faults, fights etc, OM is a fantastic database of people and knowledge which has helped me many times over the past few years.
So, I do think that Trail does have a certain responsibility to it's readership, and one which Matt Swaine did not have the knowledge, experience or interest to supply to his readers by way of a reasonable, intelligent acticle on a very interesting subject.
GT should have written the piece.
I couldn't really give a monkeys, I'm weatherbeaten enough to get on with it myself. It's the poor sods left carrying the weight of hell upon their shoulders up Faifield tomorrow afternoon because 'Trail said so' I feel for.
So yes, come and sign up over there and talk some sense. The access to the staff is very good and by and large they come over as good bunch.
