Outdoor Skills: Introduction to Walking and Camping
Duration: 20 hours
Summary
If you enjoy being outside, keeping healthy and enjoy a challenge, then this course is for you! Over 7 weeks (3 hr sessions) you will learn how to use a map and compass to follow a walking route, experience putting up a tent, eat food that you have heated over a camping stove and practice packing your bag ready for a long distance walk.
Outcomes
This course will be taught entirely outside. Each week we will focus on a different skill connected to walking and camping. By the end of the course you should feel confident to follow a local long distance path. We will discuss the safety aspects of walking and camping as well as participate in the practical experience. Some of the activities you will be encouraged to participate in, include:
- Using a map to find a walking route
- Safely putting together a camping stove to boil water
- Making informed decisions about the types of food that should be taken on a walk
- Using a compass to find North and help guide you on a walk
- Putting up a tent and discovering what the important features of a hike tent are
- Examining kit options to find the best for you
- Interpreting a weather forecast to useful information to be used on a walk/camp
- Taking part in a long-distance walk to demonstrate the skills you have gained
Progression
- Certificate in Skills for Sport and Active Learners
- For those under 24 the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme would be an alternative progression route
Other information
Entry requirements
- Aged 19 or over
- Able to meet at Needham Lake (there are regular trains to Needham Market)
Qualification
- Unaccredited
Award organisation
- n/a
What you will need
- Comfortable walking shoes/boots, a waterproof & small ruck sack
How we will support you
- Financial support application
Book your place now!
Email: info@rflearn.co.uk
Telephone: 0300 456 2050
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