Bryn Walking provided this course for The Outdoor Partnership. You would think the weather would have been better at the end of March, but we had no problem against the wind, cold, drizzle and mist - six strong and enthusiastic women keen to learn more about navigation skills. NNAS Silver is about going off the beaten track and that's exactly what we did. A relaxed start at the Brecon Beacons National Park Visitors Centre cafe where we had introductions, a planning exercise and talked about useful resources for learning different aspects of the outdoors, navigation and weather forecasts. Transport was provided by Bryn Walking to the start points of Day 1 and Day 2. Both days were jam packed with lots of compass work skills, planning, timing/pacing, emergency procedures, looking at different maps and scales and we included a night nav session too. Everyone came away with a whole load of new knowledge and skills to practice. Practicing is one of the most important parts of learning navigation and preparation and planning is one of the most important parts of getting out into the outdoors. Congratulations everyone!Photography credit: Alan Ward - who kindly accompanied me on this course as I couldn't carry a heavy rucksack due to recently having had my appendix removed.
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A very enjoyable walk with a great bunch of women - such good fun A link to the Aberedw Hill walk
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AuthorHelen Menhinick - Mountain Leader Archives
October 2023
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