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Course Details
Courses consist of a morning or afternoon session which begins with meeting your instructor whilst you sign in over a cup of tea or coffee. Followed by an introduction to the vehicle and an explanation of the skills needed to safely negotiate off road obstacles.
Then it's your turn behind the wheel to negotiate the challenges of the
off road course.
All courses must be booked in advance. For more information click here
Prices
3 hour course in our vehicle with instructor for one or two drivers |
£130.00 |
For three or more drivers |
£65.00 per person |
1 hours instruction in our vehicle: 1 driver |
£65.00 per Person |
2 hours instruction in our vehicle: 1 or 2 drivers |
£100.00 |
Instruction in own vehicle |
£40.00 per hour |
All Prices include VAT |
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Please note if using own vehicle you must have off road insurance cover.
Combined Courses
4x4
Voyager
Our 4x4 Voyager course is designed to give you the confidence and ability to
plan and tackle your off road adventures.
With an emphasis on fun and adventure, throughout this one day
course our instructors will introduce you to the practical wilderness
skills required to survive, based around the four principles of survival-
fire, food, shelter and water- with an emphasis on using your vehicle as your survival
resource.
On this course you also benefit from one to one instruction with our Landrover
trained instructor on off road driving techniques. Here you will get behind the
wheel of one of our Landrover 110's on the purpose built 4x4 off road driving track.
The track incorporates ascents, descents, side slopes, water and ruts. With
our expert instructors you will be guided through every aspect of
manoeuvring, approach, engagement and extraction.
To ensure you come away from the course prepared for everything,
we also cover navigation techniques, from map/compass/GPS to natural
navigation!
Each of these sessions involve you getting practical, hands on experience,
and by prior arrangement you may also train in your own vehicle.
Skills covered:
Fire- Sources of fire: car batteries, torch batteries, headlamp, potassium
permanganate, tinder, kindling, building and establishing your fire
Food- Game preparation, traps and snares
Water- Sourcing, collecting, filtering and purifying your water
Shelter- Use of your vehicle, bashas, campsite location, camp craft,
building your camp
Survival Plan- Priorities: Protection, Provisions, Position
Off Road Driving- Ascents, descents, sides slopes, water, ruts
Navigation- Introduction to map and compass, direction finding, pacing,
relocation, distance, backbearings
Natural navigation, solar navigation, stars, moon, natural indicators,
shadow stick
This course is set within the National Forest, on farmland with a purpose
built 4x4 off road driving course.
Contact us for more information on
info@woodland-ways.co.uk
Course costs:
£125 per person
The course begins at 10.00
and concludes at 18.00
This course can also
be run on demand for organised groups at weekends or weekdays, please
contact us for details.
Dates
17th April 2010
17th October 2010
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Please check back soon for an interactive map of our off road course.
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