By: Blonde Two
With the UK’s desire to find wild open spaces increasing we Blondes are receiving more and more enquiries about our navigation courses. The good news… Read full article
What are permissive footpaths and how can you find them on a map?
By: Blonde Two
The Countryside Code RESPECT other people – Stick to marked footpaths and leave gates as you find them. Behave gently and quietly PROTECT our countryside… Read full article
OS Maps… can you walk a secret message?
By: Blonde Two
As you can imagine, with the current social distancing measures, Blonde One and I are really missing seeing each other, walking together and generally sorting… Read full article
Pictorial representation: what exactly is a map?
By: Blonde Two
I was sent a book for Christmas. A fantastic book that is full of maps but not maps as we navigators usually know them. Unless… Read full article
Contour lines: what are they and how useful are they?
By: Blonde One
Contour lines are the orange lines on an Ordnance Survey Explorer map that tell you height about sea level of the ground. The lines are… Read full article
Safe Winter Walking: How to Write a Route Card
By: Blonde Two
Winter walking advice Anyone who has taken part in DofE or Ten Tors expeditions will be very familiar with the concept of a route card…. Read full article
Tuesday’s Ten – Reasons to go on a navigation and map reading course
By: Blonde Two
As my collection of maps grows I find it hard to remember a time when I couldn’t read a map. As a child, I loved… Read full article
Monday Mash Up
By: Blonde Two
Do you have a favourite Dartmoor story or superstition? Although we love map reading, we Blondes are always careful to be polite to the pixies… Read full article
Dig out that old map and plan for National Get Outside Day!
By: Blonde Two
It’s National Get Outside Day on Sunday and an old map has given me an idea for a great way to get outside. I recently… Read full article
Navigation tip – how to find a pinpoint feature
By: Blonde One
Copyright Ordnance Survey If you want to find a pinpoint feature that you’ve seen on a map, you need to have at least one attack… Read full article
Navigation tip: handrailing
By: Blonde One
The handrails that are very useful when navigating are not like this! Handrails for navigation are linear features, either natural or manmade, like a wall… Read full article
Friday’s Phrase
By: Blonde Two
For this week’s Friday’s Phrase we travel to Dartmoor and find ourselves on a misty day, teaching some very lovely and appreciative ladies how to… Read full article
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