YHA and Navigation Training

Stayed at

YHA Helvelyyn Greenside,

Hiking & Map Reading Activities

at Glenridding

9th - 10th March, 2013

Our room

Dinner with the course-mates and our lecturer, Ashley

Discussing about the expedition

Looking at the map 

We cooked together - Ayam Masak Kicap

"Sweet Soy Sauce Chicken" (Brunei) and Vegetarian Dishes (English)

Let's get together !!

Having a discussion

after dinner

Had a talk with Ashley

Breakfast..papers to be eaten

Glenridding view

cold wind that day

hostel main entrance

Me...with the background of the mountain

Nemo...with the mountain view background

The hostel front view where we stayed the night before

Our main transportation..

Jed and Josh..

Nemo...Smile for the camera

Glrenridding Scenery? I bet so..

We were given a task to navigate the group

Let't get started

Panorama view of the Lake District

View from the bridge

Our team led the way

Small waterfall

Inside the 'parachuted-type' tent

we took a break for a while

Isn't it awesome?

Very nice and cool view

our Msc OAA - Dib Dab Team

what a dayyyyyyy

Hiking !!!

a simple brief from Ashley and Jason

navigating time..

covered with snow

Heading to the next point...

Awsome ?? yeah...We enjoyed the experience

view of Lake District

Smile for the camera bro...

looking for the features

one of the main features (wall) needed to be aware of

our temporary shelter

Discussing who's gonna lead the team after this..

my face..blown by the cold wind

focus bro..

Hey Jed, what are you looking at? :p 

while Lah was busy focusing on what Ashley tried to explain

Mbekkkkk...

Josh and Vicky were now leading the group

Another view of Lake District

Nemo...with the background of white mountain

Me again..

Had a break for a while

yezaaaa....

going home...

incredible view...

on our way to car park..

9th March, After the Via Ferrata activity, we were heading to a place which we had no idea where we were.The place was called Glenridding, I bet so, somewhere in the Lake District area. I wasn't so sure at that time. As we arrived to the place, I saw the sign mentioned 'YHA Helvellyn Hostel'. We stayed at YHA Helvellyn hostel just for a night. Nothing much to do, we cooked together, shared our cook - Brunei and British dishes and we were also having discussion regarding the expedition that night. We were so tired yet really enjoyed the moment.

10th March, - The next day, we had another tasks to do in order to adapt a situation which might be existing during the expedition. It was a navigation technique or map reading skill. We were given a scenario on how to navigate and lead the team. The thing that we needed to be aware of was to look at natural and man-made features that might be useful for us to detect a marked point that we were looking for. Did you get what I mean? Indirectly, we did some hiking activity. I found the area was absolutely amazing. I really enjoyed the experience.