Hillwise Freelance Mountain Leader

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 [...]

Moorland Guides, the group of guides who are providing guided walks in place of those previously run by the Dartmoor National park Authority, has now been up and running for some time. However, as the DNPA walks end on the 1st of April, we are having an official launch at Postbridge on  Tuesday the 3rd [...]

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 [...]

I will be running further Dartmoor National Park archaeology walks at Haytor Information Centre on the 5th and 12th of October 2011. The walks, as always, start at 10.00hrs and last for 4 hours. Bring some snacks as we span lunchtime. The cost is £7.50 per head.

I am now half way through the programme of regular Wednesday walks from Haytor Information Centre, run on behalf of the Dartmoor National Park and they have proved popular. The remaining ones are on the 21st and 28th of September and both start at 10.00 am and run for four hours (so bring a snack). [...]

…….what with a month in India trekking in the Indian Himalaya and project working in Rajasthan, more than 20 days spent working for Canoe Adventures, a family trip in the Lake District canoeing on Ullswater and mountain walking around the Patterdale area, plus all the usual guided walking. There are big changes coming to the [...]

………..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, [...]

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 [...]

….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 [...]

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 [...]