‘Navigation’ Archive

Two navigation sessions coming up soon:

I shortly have two navigation sessions coming up for people who have done a little bit of navigating and want to develop further.
The first is on Tuesday the 6th of March 2012 at Combestone Tor starting at 10.00hrs until 16.00hrs called “Developing your Navigation skills” and will be limited to 6 people. The cost is [...]

Winter walks for Dartmoor National Park and Moorland Guides

During the winter I will be leading a series of Widecombe Skyline walks for the National Park. They all start at Widecombe car park (adjacent to public toilets) at 10.00 am and last for 6 hours. The cost is £9. Whilst the walk will pass many places of interest including antiquities on Hameldown and at [...]

Its been a busy spring……….

………..what with the usual guided walks and navigation training, plus a lot of additional training in preparation for the World Challenge Expedition I’m leading to the Indian Himalaya this year. This has included a course on High Altitude 1st aid, and in a couple of weeks I’m doing a 2 day course in water safety, [...]

Additional Navigation Workshop Date

We are adding a second Navigation Workshop to our January programme. We now have navigation workshops starting at 10.00hrs from Haytor Lower Car Park on the 6th of January and the 20th of January 2011. Each costs £15 per head and booking is essential as there will be a maximum group size of 4. You [...]

HILLWISE on FACEBOOK

As Hillwise don’t operate a mailing list we have decided to open a Facebook Group called HILLWISE EVENTS. It is an open group and will be used to invite members to any open events being run, such as guided walks or navigation workshops. The beauty of this method is that you can remove yourself from [...]

Navigation Workshop coming up soon.

Hillwise are running a Navigation Workshop from Haytor lower Car Park on Thursday the 6th of January 2011. The workshop is intended for people who have done a little navigating and want to improve their skills, and gain confidence. We will meet at the car park at 10am and finish at 3pm and there will [...]

Its been a very busy Autumn…..

….with lots of educational walks for Dartmoor National Park, on behalf of local schools, lots of walk leading to tie in with DNPA’s Bronze Age exhibition, and a good deal of work for Canoe Adventures. Now things are starting to settle down, so there’s no better time to get a good deal on some navigation [...]

Gift Vouchers

No doubt Christmas will soon creep up on us all in the disconcerting way it always does, so a timely reminder about our gift voucher scheme seems appropriate. If you know someone who loves walking on Dartmoor and wants to learn to navigate better, why not give them a gift voucher for a bespoke navigation [...]

NNAS GOLD AWARD COURSE AND ASSESSMENT

We are offering an NNAS Gold Award training course on Tuesday the 5th and Wednesday the 6th of October 2010. These will be 2×8 hour days at a cost of £80 (total) per person. The assessment will be offered on Monday the 11th of October at a cost of £40 per person and will again [...]

Navigation Workshops on Dartmoor, Autumn 2010

We will be offering a number of 4 hour workshops intended for people who have started to navigate but are aware of areas they wish to improve on. Each session will cost £20 per person, with a maximum of 4 persons per course. Contact us for more details or to book.
Monday 20th September 2010: “Using [...]