Location Location Navigation
I have been suffering with a bit of a cold so decided to take it easy this weekend but still get outdoors and hit the local hills.
Ahead of my upcoming British Cycling Level 2 Mountain Bike Leadership Award course with Wye MTB and in the absence of logging an actual ride, I decided to get out and practice some navigation skills.
Its pretty tough to test your own navigation skills in your own “back yard” but it doesn’t hurt to grab a compass and a local map and practice some navigation and compass bearing skills.
Little helper
Note:
I try to use OS Explorer maps (the orange ones). They are at 1:25,000 scale, which basically means every 4 cm on the map equals 1 km. As the name suggests these are great maps for exploring the outdoors as they show such details as footpaths, rights of…
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