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Developing Your Compass Skills

Three Peaks area of the Yorkshire Dales | Terms and Conditions

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Developing your Compass Skills

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This Beginners Navigation Day in The Three Peaks is an ideal course for those looking to improve their navigation and map reading skills specifically if you have never really used a compass before. Ideal if you want to learn the basics of using a compass to orientate the map, to follow bearings and to relocate.

Understand how to use a map and the basics of navigation but never really used a compass before? - then this is the day for you.

These days are designed for people who want to learn the basics of using a compass.

Using a compass to orientate the map, to take and follow bearings from the map and from the ground and to help you relocate. Planning a walk using these skills and safety on the hills.

This day is one of a series including Getting Started with Navigation for those who have not used a map before and Walking with a GPS for those who want to know more about using a GPS

Itinerary

The day will start with us meeting up at the Penyghent Cafe in Horton-in-Ribblesdale. We will have a quick chat about the day, recap on some basic map reading and then look at the use of a compass. Then it will be time to go and learn how to use a compass in a very practical way on a walk in an area close by. We will return to the cafe at the end of the day for a debrief and possibley some cake!

Experience

Develop your compass skills while in a beautiful area of the Yorkshire Dales.

Pickup / Dropoff

Meet at Penyghent Cafe. Detailed directions on booking

Included / Excluded

A local, qualified and very experienced instructor who will carry all the safety kit. The loan of a map and compass for the duration of the day.

Essential Information

A packed lunch, snacks and drink for each day. You need to be wearing suitable walking kit for the weather on the day. We will be outside for most of the time whatever the weather so you will need a good waterproof top and bottom, walking boots, plenty of layers, hat and gloves as a minimum. Suitable for children aged 14 and over as well as adults