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Want to learn how to navigate?

SheCycles.com has teamed up with Oyster Active to offer SheCycles members an exclusive coaching day for mountain bikers and off-road cyclists who want to learn how to plan a route and navigate.

  • DATE: Saturday July 7th 2007
  • TIME: 10.00am to 5.00pm
  • VENUE: Avebury, Wiltshire (Near Swindon)
  • COST: £65 per person includes a tasty organic lunch, trail snacks and afternoon tea
  • CONTACT: contactus@oysteractive.com or 01295 251644

    The course will prepare you for planning and navigating a mountain bike route confidently on unfamiliar territory. It will give you the skills to recover should you become ‘geographically confused’. The day will be specifically for women riders so there’ll be no embarrassing moments or sexist comments from blokes about women and map reading!


    Subjects covered include:

  • Maps and Scales
  • Rights of Way
  • Contours and Legends
  • Grid References
  • Route Planning
  • Weather and Trail Conditions
  • Compass Use
  • Map Orientation and Route Finding
  • What to do if you get lost
  • Discuss the use of equipment such as cycle computers and GPS

    The morning will be a classroom session and the afternoon will be spent riding the route that you, in groups, have planned. The riding will not be technical so that you can concentrate on your navigation. The Marlborough Downs is an area of outstanding beauty and fascinating history blessed with miles of great trails.

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