Navigation Walk
Walk 21 Navigation walk including the Stone Circle Walk
- Sunday 11.00 am
- Distance 5 km
- Height gained 200 metres of ascent
This walk allows participants to try out the practical skills of navigation on the paths around Corwen. You will go by bus to the Hendwr Caravan site where you will walk around the lower hills on the Berwyn aroud the Moel Ty-isaf stone circle. This walk will also allow people to visit the stone circle and walk back.
For those people doing this walk they may want to come to come to the Navigation skills lecture taking place at 6.30 pm on the Saturday evening
Skills that can be practised include
- Map symbol recognition
- Pacing
- Timing
- Taking bearings from a map
- Walking on a bearing
- Contours
- Grid references
You will need a 1:25,000 ordnance survey map sheet number 255 Llangollen and Berwyn and a compass to get the most out of the time out on the hill. Shops in Corwen including the Post Office sell maps and our own pop up Cotswold Outdoor shop will have both maps and compasses for sale on the day.