Once you have mastered the fundamentals of map and compass navigation of the Bronze NNAS Award, the Silver Award takes you several steps further into the hills.

The two day course is designed to set you free in open country, leaving public rights of way behind. In order to reach this goal we will firstly learn how to use the map and compass in a more precise way, and secondly relate ourselves to all the natural features we see around us. We will also learn how to have a greater understanding of contour features and the many ways in which they can help us navigate. At the end of the course you will be well on your way to seeing the landscape as a bird does, flying over it.

We include an evening of nighttime navigation, the perfect way to realise that these new skills actually work!

For more details of what is covered please follow this link to the NNAS website.