WORKSHOP CONTENT & LEARNING OUTCOMES

Goal-Full Summer Mountain Walking QMD (Sunday), which will be of value to S Mountain Leader Trainees or Lowland Leaders/Hill and Moorland Leaders interested in the SML award, or a Central Region Member looking to add to their DLOG and have a full day in the mountains. The QMD (Sunday) will include Micro Nav/Flora and Fauna/Geology/Air Craft crash sites (always good for micro nav), and will take in the peaks of the Central Beacons (Waun Ryd, Fan y Big, Cribyn, Pen y Fan and Corn Du), meeting at Beacons Resevoir (A470 SN 989183 OS map ref, postcode LD3 8NL-which will take you to the Storey Arms-ring 07435 288932 if temporarily tactically displaced). Please note-weather could affect the shape of the day eg Snow/Ice, in which case route will be changed to keep within Summer conditions-event is peer lead so flexibility to weather conditions is needed.

There is an option to do a wild camp on the Saturday evening for attendees who want to travel up the day before (Saturday 12th) and meet Saturday afternoon, wild camp (within Leave No Trace guidelines/local permissions), dependent on interest-again people wanting to add to their DLOGs or wanting to do their first wild camp/have a Central social. All with the option of a night nav on the Saturday night. Ready to meet at 9.00am for the Sunday QMD. If interested in a Saturday camp-please email dt1969@hotmail.co.uk

COVID Permiting-travel to be arranged from Central Region/car share or pick up from train stations-COVID Regulations to be adhered to at all times.

EQUIPMENT/KIT REQUIRED

Clothing, gear, food and water for a full day in the mountains in Winter/early spring conditions. Map and compass for those who are looking to practice micro nav (OS 1:50 160/OS 1:25 12). There is an optional Teams call that will be arranged a few days ahead of the meet to discuss forecast weather conditions/kit if necessary.

CATERING/FOOD

Bring your own for a full day in the mountains-it will be a long day with a lot of ascent/descent-in early March (four seasons can be expected in one day), hot drink/lots of energy giving food.

WORKSHOP PROVIDER CREDENTIALS

Peer lead-there will be SML qualified attendees in the group, with higher awards (WML/WMIC potentially attending), the weather conditions will be assessed and the planned QMD will keep within capability/weather conditions.

CANCELLATION PROCEDURE-please phone 07435 288932 if cancelling at short notice-so we are not hanging around waiting, cancel on line if before.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE EVENT

Your CPD record - If you attend this event and it counts as CPD, your CPD point/s will automatically be added to your record in due course - you will not need to add it yourself.

Please allow up to 2 weeks for the workshop provider to complete the event in the system and assign you your CPD, thank you.

Start

13/03/2022 09:00

End

13/03/2022 18:00

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

24

Bookings

11

Venue

Beacons Resevoir (A470) layby Southern end.

Town

Brecon

County

Powys

Postcode

LD3 8NL

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

51.85403

Longitude

-3.46824

Name

Mountain Training Association

Phone

+447435288932

Email