A small group of us met up in Pangbourne on Sunday 11th July for a "Walk Leader Training Day".
We have several members of our group who would like to lead walks for us, but don't feel quite ready yet. This event was designed to help people learn a few tricks of the trade plus help improve navigational skills. I'd printed off some maps of the area, along with some useful information sheets for everyone, and Lee directed the proceedings. He's done a few events like this before.
Each of the participants took turns in leading a section of the walk. After identifying where they were and being told where we needed to go, it was up to them to determine the route. There were frequent stops for discussion about how to deal with the types of situation likely to occur when walking in these parts. A pub-stop was nicely timed to coincide with our only rain shower.
Although we'd only walked about 6 miles in four hours, everyone said they'd enjoyed the event and had learned a useful amount from it. We are planning to run a similar event in November, as several people told me they'd wanted to go to this one but were available.
Thank you to Lee for leading this event.
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