NNAS Bronze Navigator award 18th & 19th MArch 2024

NNAS Bronze navigator award 18th & 19th march 2024

This NNAS course took part in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Both candidates enjoyed learning new skills, being inspired  and feeling very much more confident about literally taking the map into their own hands.

Feedback:

• Good instruction and learning aids
• On the walks skills, making learning real and enjoyable
• Great instruction!
• Course was spot on, no improvement needed, thank you

Day 1
Meeting at the Brecon Beacons National Park Visitors Centre, we had a coffee to start and informal introductions. The syllabus was looked at as a whole and their prior experience discussed. We talked about parts of the syllabus in more detail, for example planning, resources and weather.

From the NNAS website:
'The Bronze National Navigation Award is a practical hands-on award. It is aimed at people with no navigation experience whether you are new to the outdoors or have been relying on others, guidebooks or easy well-defined routes.'

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It was sunny but with a chilling wind which meant we had to have plenty of layers. Both candidates took in so much information and worked together to work our way round the common, dynamically learning different aspects of interpreting the map and some simple compass skills.

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Day 2
Day 2 gives the candidates the opportunity to put into practice everything that they have learnt on day 1. The route is chosen as one which would be typical of an achievable walk for a Bronze Award holder. In a relaxed setting each candidate could demonstrate how to plan and how to reach an objective. Discussion was encouraged and enjoyed throughout the day regarding many subjects relating to the outdoors.

Congratulations to both candidates who will now venture out to practise their new skills and a new sense of freedom.
A very enjoyable two days - thank you both!