A course designed as the next step in navigation training following on from Introduction to navigation skills

Improvers Navigation 1

Grid References

• National Grid, Four-Figure grid reference, Six Figure grid references
• Introduce the Compass

Route Planning

The importance of planning and preparation

• A photocopy of a map with marked route
• Route card showing the required elements
• Use of route card in emergencies but also as a risk assessment document.

Pacing and Timing

A more accurate way of gauging distance travelled

• Pacing exercise – find your own personal pace count per 100 metres
• Pacing variation and underfoot terrain, vegetation, broken ground, and slope
• Measuring distances on maps
• Nasmith’s Rule
• Timing calculations

Hillwalk 

To further build on map-reading, contour recognition and more accurate means of measuring the distance from the map and on the ground.

• Pacing
• Timing
• The ground beneath our feet and all around us – feature recognition