A practical guide to learning or improving your navigation with a map and a compass. This book is aimed at the beginner to the world of walking as well as those who have been using map and compasses for a while but would like to improve. Using plenty of diagrams, OS and Harvey Maps to illustate points in the text, this book takes you logically through the various stages necessary to learning map and compass skills thoroughly. The book includes a look at GPS systems and computer-based mapping programmes. It closes with suggestions for practicing your new found skills.

Having the skills of navigation at your disposal is a liberating experience. Getting away from the crowds, inventing your own routes, discovering new areas, and perhaps most importantly giving you the confidence to do it yourself, is all part of making your outdoor experience more enjoyable. This comprehensive guide to navigation is aimed at giving you the incentive to do this. With the author's anecdotes and handy hints close by, those new to using the map and compass, and those who have already mastered navigational skills, will find this guide inspiration enough to get 'out there' and experience the outdoors safely and with fun.