News from Peak Navigation Courses

Using a Compass for Map Reading and Navigation She's got it! Using a compass 1st Steps to Map Reading & Navigation Course It’s a commonly held misconception that a compass is only useful for navigating across open moorland, mountain terrain or in the mist.   Additionally many people carry a compass but do not know how to use it! We have been living and working in the Peak District for many years teaching Map Reading and Navigation. Frequently we watch people park up un the village green opposite our house get togged up for a walk and set off, only to see them coming back 5 or 10 minutes later as they had initially set off in the wrong direction. This is especially true of young people on their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expeditions. Using a compass to “orientate” your map before setting off helps you to then recognise where features are on the ground (preferably using a 1:25k scale map) and therefore which way to leave the car park or village. With ...

Our first Map Reading and Navigation course of the Autumn 2013 season got off to a successful start, with 9 participants, one of whom continued to our Intermediate Course the following day, and as a result achieved his Silver National Navigation Award . Despite an uncertain weather forecast, it stayed dry and mostly sunny offering great views from Longstone Moor during the afternoon, when we were able to put those new found skills of reading the map and using the compass to the test. There are plenty of places left on Peak Navigation courses during November, so if you know anyone who may be interested, do pass on the details.

Peak Navigation Courses Dates for our NNAS training and Assessment Courses 2013. Peak Navigation Courses have now finalised the dates for their NNAS courses in 2013. Our cost for these 2 day NNAS Courses is £85 (non residential). Learning to use a compass Bronze NNAS:              25 th and 26 th May 12 th and 13 th October 9 th and 10 th November both days based from Foolow  in the Peak District Silver NNAS:                          1 st and 2 nd June 19 th and 20 th October 16 th and 17 th November day 1, based from Foolow;   day 2, near Edale For the Bronze and Silver courses, you don’t have to commit to a whole weekend, you can mix and match the dates to suit you,     i.e. for bronze you could have day 1 on 25 th May and day 2 on 13 th October. Go...