BEGINNER NAV SKILLS
£70 Per Person
Want to take your holidays into the hills and off the beaten track? Want to ensure you and the people you are with don't walk another 10km because you got lost?
Our right way in a day course teaches you the skills you need to simply navigate in the hills in for all your walking adventures.
WHAT WE'LL COVER
MAPS (SCALES, FEATURES, CONTOURS, ORIENTATION)
BASIC COMPASS WORK
FOLLOWING FOOTPATHS
KEEPING SAFE IN THE HILLS
1:6
Ratio
THE HILLS
Location
1 DAY
Duration
FAQ
WHAT TO EXPECT
Arrive at 9:00 to meet your instructor and the rest of your group, discuss aspirations and what you want to achieve from the session.
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Time to get walking
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Your instructor will start the day with a short classroom style chat looking at maps and basic compass work.
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Once you have been given some general information you'll get moving. Taking it in turns to navigate around the area to simple little checkpoints such as foot bridges or path junctions.
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Once you feel like you have got to grip with this you will move uphill into more open ground to introduce some work with the compass and navigating with ought staring down at your map all day.
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Thought the session you will be given handy tips and advice to help you navigate better and reach your destination. Don't worry about you ability we will start from the basics on this course.
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Your session will conclude with a little debrief to recap any information you have forgotten and point you in the right direction for your next mountain journey!
EQUIPMENT
We provide all technical equipment including Maps and Compass
Clothes suitable for physical activity (Don't forget your suncream or warm layers or waterproofs we will be outside all day)
If you have your own compass or map for the area feel free to bring it with you. Also a OHP fine tip pen can come in handy but not essential.
PRE-REQUISITES
None, (other than wanting to navigate obviously!)
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