Navigation Training 14 and 15 Sept. 2011. Location Elterwater

May I take this opportunity to thank LDW and particularly Alex for an excellent two days of Navigation training based at Elterwater.

The location of Elterwater gave great access to the fells each side of the Great Langdale Valley, which were fully utilised, due to the landscape,
varied terrain and unique features.

The professionalism, manners and communication skills of Alex are a credit to him self and the company he represented.

The age difference (40yrs) was never a problem we 'hit it off' from our initial introduction. Throughout the two days the general conversations were light hearted which made
the days fun(which from my point of view was essential).

However, the main point of the exercise 'NAVIGATION TRAINING' Alex knowledge, the ability to put it across and attention to detail was evidence of a young man
heading to the top of his profession.

The amount of knowledge and information he passed on to me was tremendous, this resulted in me learning new skills.

Alex approach to fulfilling the criteria laid down by NNAS (Silver award) was exemplary.

The one question I wanted to answering prior to the training was ' What do you do when there is a complete white out and 10metres of visibility and you are lost?

This question was answered in great detail and will stick in my mind for ever.

John, I won't tell you the explanation he gave me ( you will have to attend the training !!!!!) , but the outcome is I will feel a lot more self-confident when walking in the future.

To sum up my last two days on the fells:

a) Great Location
b) Outstanding Mountain Leader
c) How important it is to have an in depth knowledge of navigation
d) Good value for money