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Nordic walking/ personal training - UK based

We offer try-out sessions in the Berkshire and south Buckinghamshire areas. We also have one-to-one personal training courses.  More >>

National navigation awards scheme


Navigation/fitness walking - UK based

We are registered instructors with nnas (the national navigation award scheme). We offer non-residential courses in navigation for walkers, in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, which work towards the nnas Bronze and Silver awards. On nnas courses the maximum group size is four students and one instructor. The main emphasis is on learning navigational skills but on all courses you can expect to burn off several hundred calories and to improve your fitness.




Bronze Level     Dorney,   Buckinghamshire.
The next Bronze course will be on 15 & 16 May 2010.

We start and finish each day at Eton Wick. For much of the course we will be on linear paths, sometimes alongside  the Thames and Jubilee Rivers, sometimes on the edge of Eton. On these paths we build skills in basic map-reading and  learn to estimate time and distance. We also take advantage of the wide open spaces at Dorney Common to work with the compass: taking bearings and using simplification  techniques such as "aiming-off" and using "attack points". By the end of the course you should have the confidence to plan your own routes over lowland terrain. (You should also feel quite well-exercised, as we will walk for 5-6 hours each day.)

The course costs 90 per person, including the loan of map and compass.
This course combines training and assessment. Successful candidates receive a certificate and cloth badge.

Silver Level          Dorney and an area of woodland near Burnham Beeches,  Buckinghamshire
The next Silver course will be in Spring 2010.

The course will reinforce and develop the skills learned at bronze level. The emphasis will be on locating subtle features, on relocation strategies, and on improving the accuracy of map-measurement and interpretation. By the end of the course you should feel that you are a very competent navigator. (And - as for the bronze course - you should also feel quite well-exercised, as we will walk for 5-6 hours each day.)

The course costs 90 per person, including the loan of map and compass.
This course combines training and assessment. Successful candidates receive a certificate and cloth badge.

Navigational competence for charity events
We also offer one-day courses for people preparing for charity events - such as mountain challenges - for which the charity requires a statement of basic navigational competence. These courses are outside of the nnas scheme. Our venue is Dorney and surrounding area (see description above). For more details please email us at   enquiries@xcuk.com.
 

 

 


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