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Hill walking skills courses
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Guided walks & scrambles
Navigation Skills: Fields and Farms
Course description
Enjoying the freedom of the countryside is a wonderful thing; then you miss a turn, get lost and haven't a clue where you are. Only then does it start to rain!
We can help you wander the countryside with confidence, safe in the knowledge that a brief look at the map will bring you back on course.
Our Navigation Skills: Field & Farms course won't teach you how to walk on a compass bearing across the the barren blankness of Dartmoor, as it is firmly rooted in the countryside that surrounds the towns and cities where most people walk on a sunny Sunday afternoon. We'll leave the technical stuff for another day and concentrate on practical usage of observation and common sense.
Course outline
The skills taught and practiced on the course will include:
- Reading the guidebook
- Reading the map
- Estimating time and distance
- Navigating out on the trail
- Recovering when lost
Typical programme
Although the course is flexible it will usually keep to the following programme:
- 9:00-9:30 Arrival at course venue
- 9:30-10:00 Course commences, introductions and equipment check
- 10:00-11:00 Guidebooks and their usage
- 11:00-12:00 Reading the map and orientating it to the landscape
- 12:00-13:00 Navigation tactics and strategy
- 13:00-14:00 Lunch
- 14:00-17:00 Guided walk with navigation sessions and practice
- 17:00 Course ends
Any questions?
If you wish to discuss our navigation skills courses or have specific requirements, please call our team of experts to discuss your needs on 0800 756 6999.
Course information
Pricing
£90.00 per person
Course dates & locations
- The Surrey Hills
- SH001 - 05 Sep 2010
- SH001 - 03 Oct 2010
- SH001 - 14 Nov 2010
- SH001 - 12 Dec 2010
- SH001 - 16 Jan 2011
- SH001 - 13 Feb 2011
- SH001 - 13 Mar 2011
Duration
Full day course
Teaching ratio
3-6 students per coach
Previous experience
No experience is required.
Preparation and fitness
The good news is that you don't have to be ultra-fit to get the most out of this course.
We will be walking for about three hours in the afternoon, though not constantly and at an easy pace. We will be stopping regularly to coach different skills.
Consolidation and practice
We recommend that you take what you've learned straight out on the trail and practice the skills as much as possible before moving up to the next course.
A walk in the countryside once or twice a week will help cement your new skills. Try to concentrate on the bits you have the most difficulty with as this will help them become second nature.
Equipment required
Please refer to our equipment page for a complete list.
You won't need to carry a map, compass, first aid kit or shelter as your guide will have all of this.
