Journals to capture your adventures and root them more firmly into your life.
Placing meaningful moments onto maps.
Reflecting on inner and outer adventurous journeys.
Map journals help create something called narrative cartography: narrative (story), cartography (maps).
They embrace maps as not only a wayfinding device, but also as an expression of our adventures, and as a visual prompt to create narratives of time outdoors. They can take us back to the thoughts and feelings we had in those places, transporting us to the headspace discovered on the trail, as well as contemplating why these experiences were special.
By intertwining maps and our stories of adventure, we can enable a deeper understanding of not just what happened and what was there, but also what it all means to us and symbolises for us. Experiences become more meaningful and long lasting when we take time to reflect on them and consider what they provide both within the boundaries of paths and landscapes, and also beyond them.
Map journals aim to facilitate a deeper connection between the adventurer and nature, to reflect on our inner personal journey and outer physical journey through the landscape.
To capture trail thoughts and feelings and tread them more firmly into our lives.
Each map journal contains a mixture of hand drawn maps, blank pages, sketches, prompts, and words to inspire and guide you to reflect on your adventures.
Capture your West Highland Way adventure with this thoughtfully crafted map journal.
Featuring 12 uniquely designed maps, it offers space to reflect on your experiences across each stage of the journey.
Dotted among the pages are sketches of iconic landmarks, alongside words from others that encapsulate the route. Prompts invite you to ponder different elements of the journey and consider what those 96 miles meant, and continue to mean, to you.
Ideal to squeeze into your backpack ready for quiet moments in your tent or to delve into after your adventure, this map journal is designed to become a personal memento of your time on the trail... full of stories of West Highland Way exploration.
A5
100 pages
Printed on uncoated 120gsm sustainable paper
Vegetable based inks
Created by Em Pope of Root Waymarking
Part of the Root Maps collection
Usually shipped within 2 working days via Royal Mail Tracked 24 or 48 (select at checkout). Currently only shipping within the United Kingdom.