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 a good pair of lightweight boots – heavier mountaineering boots are not necessary on the main trails in the summer months – and sufficient clothing to keep you warm, dry and safe

 maps, guidebook, compass

 a basic first-aid kit plus any personal medicines

 a small washing kit (no towel needed if using B&B or hotel accommodation)

 sufficient food and drink

 a mobile phone, but be aware that you may not always get a signal in the areas covered by these trails.

Most other items will be superfluous. My luxuries consist only of a camera and a small exercise book to be used as a travel journal.

Backpackers will also need a good lightweight tent, sleeping bag (not a heavy five-season one if walking during the summer months), a lightweight insulating mat/air bed and a lightweight travel towel. If you intend to cook your own food then obviously a cooking stove, utensils and fuel will be required. As food shops, pubs, restaurants, and fish and chip shops are frequently encountered on the main trails, the backpacker should decide before setting out whether to make use of these and leave the stove at home. Only backpackers can sensibly consider the walks described in the Prologue through the remote mountain and moorland areas of the Grampians. If venturing into these regions then it is necessary to think more carefully about what is taken on the trek and what left behind – certainly take extra emergency food, a torch and an emergency blanket.