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NNAS BRONZE AND SILVER Navigator Awards

30/10/2020

Two courses delivered by Helen to give you the confidence and skills to get out on to the hills safely. Navigation and map reading is about knowing where you are at all times and if you don’t, then being able to locate yourself quickly. Having these skills allows you to enjoy countryside safely and can give you so much freedom in the countryside.

NNAS Bronze - If you want and need to learn map reading skills to start off with, then choose Bronze. You will learn about map scales, map keys, planning routes, grid references, waymarking, countryside code and gain confidence in relating map features to the ground and vice versa.

NNAS Silver – if you feel confident with the Bronze syllabus and have experience of walking and planning walks yourself then choose the Silver award. You may want to venture on to open access land, or go off path to explore and enjoy our countryside to a greater level. On the course you will do a little of Bronze revision and then learn how to navigate using compass work, contour interpretation and other land features.

Both courses start with a small amount of theory and plenty of opportunity is given on both days to put everything into practice and to ask lots of questions. To see the full syllabus for each course visit www.NNAS.org.uk
I deliver both courses in either Mid Wales or The Brecon Beacons. If you choose to come to Mid Wales I can provide accommodation in our Airbnb – Bryn Heulog Holidays and if you choose to do the courses in Brecon then I can recommend Rhiwiau for accommodation.

'Hi all, I have just completed my NNAS Silver Navigation Award and wanted to share my thoughts on the course. Two days with Helen Menhinick from Bryn Walking in the beautiful hills of Wales . A great course - learnt loads - can't recommend it highly enough - it was fab!! Compass and map skills greatly improved. Reading the terrain much more confidently and inspired to do a lot more 'off piste' exploration! ' - Sarah K

‘I have recently attended and completed NNAS Silver, a two day course delivered by Helen from Bryn Walking. It was a fabulous weekend in the hills of Mid Wales that has greatly improved my confidence and grown my enthusiasm for navigation! Helen was supportive, encouraging and very professional. I look forward to attending future courses with Bryn Walking and joining walks with Bryn Walking for Women group! Thank you Helen’ - Sarah T

Look out for my Free Navigation Courses too - A 5hr course giving a taster of NNAS Bronze and Silver Navigator Awards. I decided to provide these free days to raise awareness of the other courses I deliver and how by having the skills to map read, it opens the doors to…. the great outdoors.

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