Hi all
Discussed this a bit on Whatsapp but I’m interested in doing some winter skills training pre-winter weekend #1: due to work etc. this is probably going to be cutting things pretty fine, trying to book something for either the weekend of the 2-3rd or 10-11th of Feb, driving up after work Friday or Friday afternoon if I can negotiate a half day and driving back Sunday eve.
I was originally looking at doing the 1-day fell assessor-run course in the Lakes, but having looked around online I’m leaning more towards going up to Aviemore instead, as a 2 day course is a bit more expensive but accomodation is cheaper… obviously fuel cost/travel time is going to be higher but I guess the conditions will be much better up north and the courses obviously cover a bit more.
There’s a bunch of providers with spaces on skills courses for both weekends for about £200, and it looks like accomodation works out to about £35-40 per person per night, for a B&B a bit outside Aviemore or for a shared dorm room in the Aviemore hostel. There is a private 4-bed available in the aviemore hostel for at least one of the weekends still as well.
Still looking at logistics etc. but would anyone be interested in joining in with a course? Recommendations on a course provider would be great too, unfortunately Glenmore Lodge are booked up already and Plas y Brenin are £££/don’t offer 2 day courses in Scotland.
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