Basic Navigation

Duration: One day 09:00 - 17:00

Location: Tulleys Farm

Course content: Use of map and compass, bearings, grid references, pacing, use of landmarks, contours, direction finding

This course is ideal for beginners. We will explain how to read and take grid references and provide exercises to test your understanding. We will cover use of map and compass to take bearings and to navigate from A to B, interpreting contours and other terrain.

Once we are happy you have the basic knowledge we will set you a challenge to navigate between grid references and to use bearings to navigate.

Learning outcomes: You should be able to:

• read and take a grid reference
• know how to use a map and compass to navigate between two points
• know how to take a bearing
• be able to interpret terrain based on map contours