Teaching Navigation workshop

Yesterday I spent the day with Graham Uney of Graham Uney Mountaineering, looking at teaching Navigation in the stunning little village of Bampton in the Lake District.

The morning started with a classroom input at Bampton Tea Rooms where we looked at maps, map scales, and types of compasses. We headed out briefly to some nearby rocky ground to look at using ropes to simulate contours, Then after trying some of the gorgeous cake from the tea rooms we headed out to practice some navigation techniques, setting the map, half bearings, pacing, full bearings, timing cards, and relocating techniques.

In all a really fantastic day, you may be a brilliant navigator but teaching it is another matter and I learnt loads of top tips for teaching on this one day workshop. Graham is very knowledgeable and anyone looking at any of his workshops, I would highly recommend giving them a go.