Map & Compass: orienting the map using a compass
A short video from out YouTube channel that shows how to orientate a map using a compass. Although this is done in a classroom, it can also be done when out on the hills, moors and mountains.
A short video from out YouTube channel that shows how to orientate a map using a compass. Although this is done in a classroom, it can also be done when out on the hills, moors and mountains.
I was recently working with a group on a bleak hill side, it was raining and blowing, we were focusing on pacings, bearings, tick features and some some precise navigation in open country. During the debrief, one of the students said that they need more practice on grid references. Grid references! It struck me that…
A short video from out YouTube channel that shows how to take a grid bearing (a bearing on the map…), and then convert it to a magnetic bearing.
Whilst watching BBC’s River Walks which focused on the River Tees, I was inspired to go for a paddle on the River Tees- the lower Tees! This is a that many cross daily during their commute, via the dozen or so bridges that carry roads. The same river that’s known for industry and cargo- that…
A short video from out YouTube channel that shows how to estimate the time of legs when planning routes- a key navigation skill!
Finding North is a fundamental skill in the outdoors. We can use it to avoid chilly winds, to get the warmth of the sun in the morning, to make sure we’re walking in the right direction and to locate ourselves. This is the latest idea of how you can spend half an hour, outside, being…
During last week’s Home Educators’ Forest School session we made a couple of bannocks; bannock sounds as if it has a Scottish heritage- indeed, a quick piece of research suggests that the word itself has a translation of morsel in Gaelic. Without the time for detailed research I’ll leave it at that… Safe to say, bannock is something…