B E L A
1999

 

a few pictures of the 2ND BELA course
of 1999

15 of the 19 participants are shown on this page,
working on either Navigation sessions or the weekend practical at the Long Myndd.

 

BELA "99" route palnning theory practice
a navigation session consisting of theory and route planning planning a doE bronze expedition
each participant plans a route for a bronze DoE expedition
each route must also have a route card, a route tracing, a height profile, and emergency information

 

 

Practical session at
Bradgate Park, Leicestershire		 unfortunately not many pictures due to poor weather,
(it rained or was to dark for pictures most of the day)
Bradgate park, Leicestershire Bradgate park, Leicestershire
Bradgate is the former country seat of the Grey family, which was famous for Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for just nine days Bradgate has a large resident deer herd
another section from the Bradgate map which path are we on
Bradgate is the reasonably wild place that is ideal for navigation practice


it is very near to Leicester and Loughborough, and is also at a
low altitude, it is classed
as wild country and as such
is suitable for Bronze and Silver DoE
& BELA training

 Badgate map
Bradgate map amongst the many
techniques taught were

orientating the map
establishing position
identifying features in the distance
aiming off
use of catching features
handrails
bearings
and
timing
the group is deciding their exact
position here using a
1 to 10-000 scale orienteering map
before attempting to find a
boulder marked on the map
but well obscured by braken		 finding set features in the park

 

 

skills afternoon with special needs 2000 participants Louisa Smith a participant on the
Autumn 1999 BELA course helps an award participant with Special needs during a
"Skills afternoon" at Grendon Hall.

the afternoon was during early stages of preparation towards
a Special needs Expedition to Derbyshire
during August 2000

link to more special needs pictures at bottom of page

 

 

practical session at
Irchester
country park, Northamptonshire		 establishing position in Irchester country park
using the perminant
orienteering course
for micro navigation training		 must know where he is on the map to look this happy

 

 

practical skills assessment
and expedition training
in the Long Myndd

 BELA weekend in the Long Myndd
Wildmoor pool

Wildmoor Pool
(left & below)
the tricky place to find
and a navigation checkpoint
once you arrive
map reading exercise

the two shots below
show most teams sorting their
cooking & camping
more practical skills within
"living out of doors"

the campsite was within
the grounds of
Bridges Youth Hostel
evening meals cooked after the days walking
Light Spout waterfall
towards Carling mill valley

above
shows the check point at
Light Spout Waterfall
on Sunday

left & below
both shots near the end of the walk
Carding Mill valley

good to see happy participants
after 25 Km of walking

 about to finish at last

 

 

these pictures show the final navigation day at Daventry

 

during the morning participants
constructed lesson plans for teaching both theory and practical
navigation sessions to their
own youth groups

 preparing exercises to use with one's own youth groups

 

 

 

 


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