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
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
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
This week’s Friday’s phrase came to light (completely unintentional but impressive pun) while I was doing a bit of local research for an article for… Read full article
Getting lost when you are out walking, running or cycling is, at best, annoying and, at worst, dangerous. It is interesting to note where (according… Read full article
Devon and Cornwall More 4 Did you have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend? We Blondes hope you have managed to get outside and enjoy some… Read full article
When it comes to navigation skills, you might think that open terrain offers the most likelihood of becoming temporarily misplaced (aka lost) but you would… Read full article
Title image – copyright Ordnance Survey (OS Maps) Last Sunday Mr B2 and I decided (after a visit appointment) to go and have lunch in… Read full article
The question above about using phone step counters to judge distance was one posed, very sensibly, by one of our navigation trainees (it was very… Read full article
As an outdoor instructor it’s really important to keep up your skills. It could be easy to get complacent with your abilities and assume… Read full article
I used to call it ‘Dartmoor tummy’ but expedition anxiety isn’t just limited to leading youngsters on Dartmoor (although that does bring with it a… Read full article
This week’s Friday’s phrase is one that came from one of the lads on the Ordnance Survey Street2Peak team. We Blondes believe in simplifying the… Read full article
Anything goes on a Monday so, as you all head back to work (and we head somewhere else quite exciting), here’s something a little bit… Read full article