Gwilym's Adventure Blog

Wet and High Adventure reopened today with a NNAS Tutors course hosted at Quantock Lodge.  4 Mountain Leaders attended with the aim to increase their toolbox of ideas for teaching navigation and to become NNAS Bronze and Silver Tutors.

I have been out at Quantock Lodge today running a NNAS Tutors Course for 6 candidates who wish to teach the Bronze and Silver awards. Lots covered including methods of teaching orientating maps, contours, timing and pacing.

A long way from home today in Finchley (North London) to run a National Navigation Award Tutors course for a group of Air Cadet Leaders. My second one in as many weeks and it was quite interesting researching the local area by Google Earth a few days ago to scope out what facilities and green spaces I had to play with. Fortunately everything fitted onto my motorbike so that made the travel there and back a little easier. Big thanks to the Police motorcyclist who invited me to follow her as she cut through the traffic like a knife through butter. Unfortunately she then headed off in another direction but still, it gained me a few miles.

Today I was on the very sunny Quantock Hills running at National Navigation Award Scheme Tutors course for 4 keen and enthusiastic Mountain Leaders. With lots of activities through the day, a few inside but as many as possible outside in the sun to look at as many ways to teach navigation that are simple, engaging and effective. As always, these courses only work with all the candidates getting fully involved. Everyone got stuck in and as a result some really learning takes place. As is always my goal on these courses, I did successfully manage to get 4 instructors completely disorientated in a classroom. Thanks to Quantock Lodge for hosting us for the day.

Today I was running a NNAS Tutors Course in Penrith. 5 candidates and lots of different navigation teaching strategies throughout the day. It was very soggy as the end as we went out to look at how we can use these different techniques in the local area.

On Monday and Tuesday this week I was running a Level 3 Award in Education and Training for a couple of candidates in Wellington. Today, it was another NNAS Tutors course down at Harbour Challenge in Poole. What a nice day for January so I popped down on the bike and was very grateful for the heated seat. Both of these courses are on behalf of Wet and High Adventures Ltd

Working for Wet an High Adventures Ltd on a cold but sunny Dartmoor today running a NNAS Tutors Course for 6 Mountain Leaders who want to go onto provide Navigation Courses. I really enjoy working theses courses as it is as much about idea sharing with candidates as it is me teaching.

Just got back from a great day in Princetown working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd running a NNAS Tutors Course for 3 experienced Mountain Leaders who will be running NNAS navigation courses. With loads covered both inside and out, all three have gone away with some new ideas to play with over the next few weeks. Even the rain stopped so we didn't get too wet outside

Today I was working for Wet and High Adventures delivering a NNAS Tutors Course at Cannington Activity Centre . The whole day is about how to teach different navigation skills both for NNAS courses and the wider teaching of Navigation. 10 candidates with a range of experience all contributed and fully engaged (even though quite cold outside) made for a really productive day.