MOUNTAIN TRAINING
NATIONAL NAVIGATION AWARD SCHEME – SILVER
August 6th/7th National Navigation Award Scheme – SILVER (£100) Venue – Brecon Beacons National Park
MOUNTAIN TRAINING
HILL AND MOORLAND LEADER AWARD – TRAINING
Hill and Moorland Leader Award – Training. There are places available on the following courses which are suitable for anyone wishing to learn the skills required for taking groups out on the Brecon Beacons. August 1st – 4th: 1 place available September 12th – 15th: 2 places available October 17th Read more…
MOUNTAIN TRAINING
HILL & MOORLAND LEADER AWARD
June 28th/29th/30th – Congratulations to the four candidates who completed this award yesterday. Challenging terrain and night navigation were required during this intensive three day assessment – congratulations to the four candidates! Feedback from Simon Chaplin ” 8 months ago I made a decision to start gaining Nationally recognised qualifications Read more…
MOUNTAIN TRAINING
NNAS FEEDBACK
June 22nd/23rd – NNAS Silver in the Brecon Beacons National Park: feedback from Dr Richard Archer from Stockport who travelled quite a distance to attend this course. “Thank you Alan for a great weekend on the NNAS silver course. I found your advice on navigating strategies really helpful, and I Read more…
GENERAL NEWS
MT KERINCI (3,805m)
May 2020: Join a small group on the island of Sumatra to climb Indonesia’s highest volcano. Further details are available by using the contact form on www.bigfootservices.co.uk for this 9-day trek with Alan Ward (International Mountain Leader). The cost is approximately £1,300 but this excludes airfares and a couple of Read more…
MOUNTAIN TRAINING
NATIONAL NAVIGATION AWARD SCHEME COURSES
Places are available on the following NNAS courses with Bigfoot Services Limited (established in 2003) in the Brecon Beacons National Park: June 22nd/23rd – Silver Award (Training & Assessment) June 27th – Tutor Award August 6th/7th – Silver Award (Training & Assessment) September 7th – Tutor Award October 15th – Read more…
REC FIRST AID
REC (L5) TRAVEL & EXPEDITION FIRST AID
June 15th/16th – 4 candidates completed this course to a very high standard with them travelling to the Brecon Beacons from the Isle of Arran, Morocco and Snowdonia – they were a pleasure to work with. The feedback was very positive and included: ” Just a quick email to thank Read more…
MOUNTAIN TRAINING
NNAS TUTOR AWARD
September 7th at the BBNPA Visitor Centre – this course is definitely running. A course for NNAS Training Providers or simply for those wishing to teach navigation.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
THE MILTON MOUNTAINEERS
Friday 10th May 2019 – Snowdon via the Llanberis Path DCP invited International Mountain Leader Alan Ward, who has a long association with Milton Mountaineers, to lead this commemorative climb with the help of his colleagues Heather, Helen and Phil. This guiding team from South Wales, gave their time free Read more…
MOUNTAIN TRAINING
MOUNTAIN SKILLS
June 8th/9th in the Brecon Beacons: one place remaining on this Mountain Skills course which is an entry level awareness course by Mountain Training and a useful introduction for those wishing to learn skills for safe hill and mountain walks in the UK. Planning – how to successfully plan a Read more…