MOUNTAIN TRAINING
NNAS TUTOR AWARD
Our final NNAS Tutor Award courses at the Brecon Beacons National Park Visitor Centre are: January 8th// February 19th// March 26th// March 27th//
MOUNTAIN TRAINING
ADDITIONAL HML COURSES
HML Assessment: December 2nd/3rd/4th HML Training: December 15th/16th/17th – this is the last HML Training course offered by Bigfoot Services Limited due to retirement on March 31st.
REC FIRST AID
REC (L5) Travel + Expedition First Aid Course
November 14th/15th at the Brecon Beacons National Park Visitor Centre – there is one place remaining on this course which will have a maximum of 4 candidates and comply with REC COVID-19 Guidelines.
MOUNTAIN TRAINING
BACK TO THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS……
December 1st – 4th: 2020 This 2.5 day course is based on the UIAA course I deliver in Indonesia and Morocco. It is intended to offer the opportunity for those wishing to learn new skills or as an introduction or refresher to the Hill and Moorland Leader or Mountain Leader Read more…
MOUNTAIN TRAINING
A WEEKEND HML TRAINING COURSE IN NOVEMBER
A weekend HML Training Course if it’s of interest? Mountain Training have approved this course which will run over three Saturdays in November, COVID-19 permitting……. November 7th, 21st and 28th in the Brecon Beacons. Further details from www.bigfootservices.co.uk using the Contact form.
GENERAL NEWS
AVRO ANSON L9149
This crash site was visited during an HML Assessment on Wednesday 7th October. Event and Historical Information:On 17 January 1939, Avro Anson L9149 was being used for navigation and observers training flying by the Southampton Training Aviation Company based at Hamble. The plan had been to fly to Coventry via Read more…
GENERAL NEWS
LIBERATOR PB4 Y1 38753
This crash site was visited during an HML Assessment on Wednesday 7th October. Event and Historical Information:This aircraft was used by the US Navy for anti-submarine and reconnaissance duties. On 24 August 1944, this Liberator took off from the US Naval base at Dunkeswell for a routine familiarisation training flight. Read more…
MOUNTAIN TRAINING
EXPEDITION SKILLS
October 13th – 15th: Aran Fawddwy (905m) + Aran Benllyn (885m) in the Snowdonia National Park The Expedition Skills Module is an optional module available to walking leaders. It’s an opportunity to increase your skills where you will be trained and assessed to lead groups on multi day camping expeditions.The Read more…
GENERAL NEWS
WELLINGTON R1465
Date of Crash: July 6th, 1942 Event and Historical Information:This Wellington was built by Vickers at Chester and assigned to 22 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Wellesbourne Mountford. It was being flown by a Canadian crew on 6 July 1942 when the aircraft met heavy cloud. It is believed that Read more…
GENERAL NEWS
LANCASTER W4929
Date of Crash: September 5th 1943 Event and Historical Information:On 5 September 1943, this Lancaster was undertaking a cross-country night flying exercise from Winthorpe when it crashed north of Fan Foel at around 620m. The crew comprised Sgt N T Duxbury, pilot; Pilot Officer V R Folkerson, navigator; Sgt R Read more…