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08/22/2026

Had a fabulous day teaching a lovely group of ladies from Women Outdoors navigation skills. Being able to interprete the map and relate it to the ground is one skill, but not the only one. Decision making and reading the landscape are also important. We had a lovely day walking around the Edale valley in the sunshine.

08/09/2026

Great day leading a team of amazing fundraisers from Together Dementia Support on the Derbyshire 3 Peaks. It was a hot day but the team smashed out 20 miles over Kinder, Bleaklow and Higher Shelf Stones summits to raise funds. They also created a video to raise awareness of Dementia which we can’t wait to see and help share the important messages and how families can get support.

07/31/2026

Had a great couple of evenings teaching the new volunteer walk leaders from Good Footing CIC navigation skills as we explored around the various paths around Slaithwaite this week. We also had good discussions about managing groups and tips for dealing with issues that can crop up, not only with leading a group walk but also on poorly signposted or managed footpaths. We did find a few missing stiles which I’ll report via Peak and Northern Footpath Society.

04/25/2026

Had a great day teaching advanced navigation skills to members of Karabiner Mountaineering Club on Black Hill today. Lots I’ll be honest it’s usually raining and foggy and the ground is usually more swamp than solid, but not today! 😎
Good chance to focus on micro navigation, contour features and pacing.

Even spotted a hare!

04/16/2026

What a fab day leading a Freshwalks group up Red Pike and across to High Crag. It’s not an easy route, with tough terrain and big climbs, but the group's teamwork and support made it a real success and we had a fantastic time.

12/12/2025

A rare map moment is moving on. 🧭

This Saturday, 13 December, England says goodbye to a phenomenon centuries in the making. The rare alignment of the three norths - true north, magnetic north and grid north - leaves England at Berwick-upon-Tweed after three historic years together.

Events like this haven’t been recorded since the 1600s - and once it departs, the alignment won’t return for hundreds of years. Next stop? Scotland in 2026, before disappearing back into the North Sea.

Will this change how you navigate? No. Good map and compass users already account for the differences between magnetic and grid north.

But as rare moments go, this one’s worth marking on the map.

Where will you be following the three norths from? 📍

https://ow.ly/yib750XIlmp

11/23/2025

The only photo I took while teaching an introduction to navigation course today. Wet doesn’t describe it! 🤣

I think Tom and Sophie did very well to concentrate all day in the driving wind and rain. At this time of year adapting plans is essential and while I hoped starting with a classroom session at Sass Wellbeing Studio & Coffee House to see out the worst of the forecast - the rain never really relented so we eventually bailed off P**e hill to the canal for some woodland compass work.

That’s the last of the navigation courses for 2025 so keep an eye on our page and website for 2026 dates!

10/26/2025

Second day of the Gold and we had lots of weather today. 😂 Rain, fog, wind. Perfect for navigating between contour features and a few manmade ones - a good learning point for the group that man made features can be quite unreliable. Grouse butts abandoned and relocated and a boundary stone that has disappeared. But contours are always reliable.

Huge well done to everyone for coping with the cold wet weather and keeping focused.

10/25/2025

Had a fabulous day teaching Gold on Black Hill today. Plenty of opportunities to spot obscure contour features, pace on compass bearings and enjoying the autumn sun. Albeit it the northerly wind meant I had my winter jacket on all day! Saw a hare but only got a photo of his prints in the peat…

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