Beginners Map Reading
Do you want to hike in the Lake District but worry your navigation skills are a bit lacking?
Have you been using your phone to get by but are waiting for the day it goes wrong?
Wainwright bagging and hoping for the best?
Get some solid map reading skills so you can be confident that you are going the right way, and know if you’re nearly there or not!
This one day introduction to map reading and navigation will introduce you to the wonders of the Ordnance Survey Map, help you understand what the symbols mean, work out which path you want and how to find it. We will then move out into the hills and make a journey, checking along the way that we are going the right way and working out how long it might take us to get to the top, and back down again.
This will be a relatively slow paced day focusing on learning in a supportive environment rather than getting the miles in and bagging all the summits (you can do that later when you have your new skills).
Join our instructor Sharon Kennedy to take the fear away from navigation.
On each day we will cover (in a completely jargon free way):
- Getting your map the right way up
- How to know if you are going the right way
- How far is it
- How long will it take us
- Is it uphill or is it downhill
- How steep will it be
- Is it this path or is it that one
- How do we get back down.
Dates and Venues
21st April - Pooley Bridge – Gentle hills
23rd June - Grasmere – Gentle hills
20th July - Langdale – Moderate hills
*Gentle hills, ups and downs but no steep inclines, mainly grassy or gravel paths
*Moderate hills, steeper ups and downs, some rougher paths.
Cost
£60 per person, with a minimum of 3 needed for a course to run. The maximum number on these courses will be 6 people, plus the instructor.
Booking
Contact Sharon via email to book your navigation course.
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