No problem with that ! I don’t think we have ever (since 2008) had the course as early as September.
My usual process is to canvas for sufficient interested names (roll up ! Roll up !!) and when we get there, we’ll have a Doodle Poll to find an autumn weekend to suit everyone.
I will be away for 4 weeks in August/September on different trips, so with the instructor on stand-by, I look for names in midsummer to set the thing up.
It’s a practical and informal instruction course which doesn’t make any big demands or require previous experience, but which could be of inestimable value.
ANDREW