Micro-navigation exercise in the surrounding area from Trig 541 in GR 14 15.
Wild camp the previous night in surrounding area, woke up and proceeded to cover numerous checkpoints consisting of shake holes (varying sizes), cairns and spot heights. Use of ground orientation to find ourselves on the map was also a good part of the days - walking away from a known point, then re-orienting using contours mainly.
Also use of timed walking on a bearing. I decided that because of the difficult terrain, counting steps was not the best option so didn`t use it.
I brought a friend along with little experience of micro-nav so the day was much more focussed on me for my skills, but also helping him take on learning where possible.
An excellent area to use for micro-nav as the terrain is featureless, boggy in many places and dotted with hundreds of shake holes, meaning getting the right one was difficult at times.
Area :
Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park
Bannau Brycheiniog (the Brecon Beacons) is a mountain range in South Wales. In a narrow sense, the name refers to the range of Old Red Sandstone peaks popular with walkers which lie to the south of Brecon. Sometimes referred to as "the central Beacons" they include South Wales' highest mountain, Pen y Fan. The range forms the central section of the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog), a designation which also encompasses ranges both to the east and the west of "the central Beacons". This much wider area is also commonly referred to as "the Brecon Beacons".
