The Brecon Beacons Park Society offers a series of two-day courses, which cover the basics of navigation for hill walkers – from understanding maps and using a compass to more advanced skills such as GPS potential and relocation strategies.
COURSES 2012
GET LOST – Saturday 28th July and Sunday 29th July
A two-day basic navigation course
From 10.00am to 5.00pm Saturday and Sunday.
GET LOST – Saturday 18th August and Sunday 19th August
A two-day basic navigation course
From 10.00am to 5.00pm Saturday and Sunday.
GET LOST AGAIN – Saturday 3rd November and Sunday 4th November
A two-day more advanced navigation course
From 10.00am to 5.00pm Saturday and 1.00pm to 9.00pm Sunday.
There are two courses run on a regular basis – GET LOST and GET LOST AGAIN – for more information see below.
The Get Lost Course is limited to 10 places and the Get Lost Again to 8 places. These usually get filled up some time in advance so it is essential to check for availability and to reserve a place on the course as early as possible
Telephone Ian Smith on 01792 368609 or fill in the form below.
The cost of either course is £20 per person for Members of the Society or £30 per person for Non-Members. The balance of £20 per person to be paid on the first day of the course to cover room hire, administration and the provision of tea and coffee. Any surplus will go to Park Society funds. Members should provide their Membership Number (Family Membership and Under 18 applies) when booking. Non-Members need to send a non-refundable cheque for £10 for each person made out to “The Brecon Beacons Park Society” and sent to:
Ian Smith
5 Challacombe Place
Newton
Swansea SA3 4TN
GET LOST!
A two-day basic navigation course
Based, in the ‘Lesser Hall’, upstairs at the Abercrave Miners’ Welfare (see directions below), just off the A4067. Grid reference: SN 815127
Designed to test and improve basic navigational skills, the course will cover: map symbols, hand-railing, taking and walking on compass bearings, distance measurement and detailed route planning . Partially based indoors, most of the experience will be practical and will involve walking into the surrounding hills. As well as being of benefit to mountain walkers, it should be a useful introduction/refresher for those wishing to go on and obtain more advanced navigation qualifications.
Participants will need to bring: OS Explorer OL 12 map, base-plate mounted compass, small ruler showing millimetres, note-pad and pen, torch, whistle, packed lunch, waterproofs, warm clothing and walking boots.
GET LOST AGAIN!
A two-day more advanced navigation course
Based, in the ‘Lesser Hall’, upstairs at the Abercrave Miners’ Welfare (see directions below), just off the A4067. Grid reference: SN 815127
Designed as a follow-up to ‘Get Lost!’, this more detailed and intensive course will cover: map interpretation and comparison, micro-navigation, relocation strategies, contour navigation, using a GPS and night navigation. Partially based indoors, most of the experience will be practical and will involve walking into the surrounding hills.
Participants will need to bring: OS Explorer OL 12 map, base-plate mounted compass, small ruler showing millimetres, note-pad and pen, torch, whistle, packed lunch, waterproofs, warm clothing and walking boots.
Directions to the Abercrave Miners’ Welfare Hall
Abercrave is situated just off the A 4067 in the Upper Swansea Valley, about halfway between Swansea and Brecon
Approaching Abercrave (Abercraf) from the south, turn left off the A 4067 signposted to the village. Up the hill, turn first left just before the Post Office on Heol Tawe and look for a large detached building on the right hand side. Park around the back. the ‘Lesser Hall’ is upstairs on your left as you enter the front of building.