Jack Evitts - 188377

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Details

Date : 22/01/2022

Duration : 2-3 Hours

Style : Equals

Type : Quality Lowland Day

Weather : Overcast

Wind : Gentle Breeze

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Description

Night Walk for some low visibility Nav practice.

Nav went fairly well. i need to get into the habit of relying on the compass to help make path decisions rather than trying to use my eyes all the time.

End of the walk was bad. The footpath that we were on became a gravel quarry and no longer existed. We followed a most trodden route which was blocked off at the end. At this point I used the aid of GPS and Google maps satellite imagery and found the vehicle routes to get to the main road. if the walk wasn't time dependant the best decision would have been to back track 2 km and follow the main road back into the village.

I have also got in touch with OS about this to see if its possible to do something to prevent others ending up in the same situation.

Area : Staffordshire

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Time Taken : 02:42:49 Distance : 9.88 km Ascent : 108.8 m Descent : -106.4 m Avg Speed : 3.64 kmph Moving Speed : 3.77 kmph
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