Beginners Navigation Course: Special Offers

As a novice we recently undertook the beginners navigation course. We had a good day learning how to use a compass, map reading and make use of the sights around us. It was a fun and mentally challenging day as i struggle with differentiating my left from my right! Paul, our guide was incredibly patient with me as I seem to have my own particular logic in understanding the natural landscape and points of a compass! I would recommend this to anyone who wants to feel more confident when out for a walk or thinking of going on the fells. We put our new found skills into use throughout the rest of the week in the Lakes and we didn't get lost once! (Posted on 01/09/2024)

My wife and I did the beginners navigation course last week and had a great time learning new skills with our instructor Simon. He tailored it perfectly to our skill levels and the route we navigated was both stunning and suitably friendly given the bad weather. Simon's love for the mountains and navigation was apparent and it was a pleasure listening to him share his skills and tips with us. We were in the Lake District for a week and did this course on our second day there. The rest of the week we practiced our newly found skills and felt much more confident in the mountains following the course. Can't recommend highly enough. We'll be back for the advanced one on our next trip. Thanks again! (Posted on 27/02/2024)

Me and my daughter were on the beginners navigation course led by TJ on 15th July with 2 other people (Sarah already put a review as she was here on the same day) I would like to say it was an excellent day and TJ made everything easy to understand, i would recommend this and possibly do it again as a reminder for me (Posted on 04/01/2024)

Neil was excellent in what turned out to be really wet conditions. Patient and providing very clear instructions, we all benefited from his extensive knowledge. I've managed to "get by" with map & compass over many years, but now feel far more confident in applying the skills more accurately. Would really recommend this to anyone who enjoys walking the fells. Great day, thank you. (Posted on 15/11/2018)

Neil was our very patient instructor on Sunday 21st October for beginners Orienteering course - what a useful day spent learning how to read maps, use a compass and understand how to navigate our way around whilst out on the fells - although a lot to take in we feel a lot more confident finding our way around without getting lost! Neil gave us lots of tips and helpful advice and we would recommend this to beginners or anyone new to hiking/walking. A thoroughly enjoyable day thank you Neil Rod & Janice Palmer (Posted on 24/10/2018)

Beginners navigation course on Sunday 9th September was really good. Our guide Neil was very patient with us novices and I’m looking forward to getting out in the mountains with a map and a compass! (Posted on 17/09/2018)

The beginners navigation course led by TJ on 15th July was excellent. Small group of friendly people and a fun way to learn pitched at just the right level. I would highly recommend! (Posted on 20/07/2018)

Did the beginners navi course sunday 8th july leader was tom there was 6 of us all great people we all chatted & had a enjoyable time & learnt a lot of things at a steady pace.
Would deffo recommend it & here is to working to get on the next step up (Posted on 12/07/2018)

This is just to say that Coralie was a brilliant teacher/leader for our course. She was very helpful and explained things brilliantly. Thank you to her for such a good day (Posted on 10/04/2018)

Booked the beginners navigation course. James was our guide & we had a fab day which exceeded expectations. James was extremely knowledgeable and the day was fun. Can't wait to book one of the walks! (Posted on 17/10/2017)

Booked this at the last minute and it’s the best Sunday in zonks! Neil was our guide and he was fantastic. We learnt so much and it was at the perfect pace and pitch, the day was one exercise leading to another without you realising. Neil made sure we were all confident and we took turns to get from one point to the next and put new skills into practice each time. 100% recommended, we all finished the day feeling we could use what we learnt effectively. What a great day, fabulous tutor and good group. Thank you Neil. (Posted on 09/10/2017)

Hi John,
home now after our few days in the Lakes. I just wanted to let you know how much we all enjoyed our day with you on the navigation course. You pitched it perfectly giving us lots of opportunity to practice. We all learnt lots and Chorley and Kinley loved it, as did Paul - so a great result. Thanks so much. Shame the weather wasn’t great for your day off this week. Hope to see you again, winter course maybe.

Thanks again John
best wishes

Gail (Posted on 31/07/2017)

Thank you. I went on your beginners Navigation Course yesterday (Sunday) with Paul. I would like to compliment you on both how the course was constructed and what an enjoyable experience Paul made it (Posted on 14/06/2017)

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the Beginners Navigation Course with Rick last Sunday 14th August.We had beautiful weather and the group of 7 were lovely and open to learning.We were all starting pretty much from scratch. Rick made us feel at ease from the start and gave us a short briefing at the meeting point , the Britannia Inn. He gave us a laminated map/sheet for the walk and loaned us the compasses. Unsure of how far we walked in the end but what was more important for me was the detail applied to looking at the environment , following the map and weighing up the information and learning the new skills of taking bearings and pacings. Rick set the group the task of determining the way back and was always there to ensure we didn't make a complete pig's ear of it . Thanks Rick - I learnt a lot! (Posted on 18/08/2016)

Met at the Britannia Inn, Elterwater; 10am Sunday 10th July by Ross, our navigation guide. He was friendly, professional and put our group at ease in no time at all. As the day progressed the delights of actually learning how to read a map and use a compass unravelled. Ross was genuinely passionate about his field of expertise and found a way to communicate all our individual concerns so we understood. Thank you Ross for a fabulous day out and excellent tuition. (Posted on 11/07/2016)

Good morning John.

Just a quick email to pass on my thanks for the course I attended with James on Friday.

James is a real asset to your company. The knowledge and information he passed over was very beneficial, and will assist me in reading maps and providing me with the confidence to go further afield on my own.

Thank you once again for fitting me in at short notice.

Regards
Nigel Bailey (Posted on 20/06/2016)

Took my Dad on navigation course with Ross, really good, both enjoyable and educational. Thanks (Posted on 15/09/2015)

Just to say thank you so much for an insightful two days. It was an amazing course! On Monday, I wore a groove in Nanny Lane on the way up and down to Wansfell Pike while practising my pacing. On Tuesday, I went to Grasmere and up to Lang Howe, Silver How, Dow Bank and back to Grasmere. And I was almost overcome with emotion that every blobble I walked to, fitted the map. And I didn't get lost once, thanks to your teachings. No precipices, no crags, it was all very easy underfoot. I have to admit, I was averaging only about 1km an hour, double and triple-checking etc., but with more practice, I will learn to trust myself more and get quicker. And anyway, the view is there to be admired. (Posted on 22/08/2015)

Hi

Just wanted to say how much we enjoyed and how useful we found the Beginners Navigation Course with Geoff which we went on last Tuesday 26th March. Having pre booked the day, we had to go despite the weather conditions. However once there we both felt it was probably the best conditions in which to test our navigation skills and my husband called it a “baptism of fire”. It was a bit daunting to see all that snow and not a path in sight. There were 4 of us in the group. I am ok with a map and my husband has done compass work before but as I outlined to Geoff I am losing my confidence in navigating and get a bit panicky that we might get lost even though we have been walking in the Lake District for the last 30 years. Geoff was very patient with us all as a group, offering expert tuition in a friendly but professional manner which we have since put into practice during the rest of our holiday in the Lakes. As a result of this day we will however be buying a new map as our map is quite old, the scale being 1 inch to 1 mile !!!. (Posted on 27/06/2015)