Route Planning Route Cards Route Cards 1

Route Planning Route Cards

Route Cards: 1. Groups need to prepare a route card for each day of a venture 2. Purpose of a route card: • To identify where a group should be at anytime. • To pre plan for emergencies. • To aid a groups navigation on the ground 3. A well prepared route card should enable a group to follow their route on a map using only the card

Standard Route Card

Standard Route Card – Completing the Details

Standard Route Card – Completing the Details • • • Check Points Destination details Grid reference

Standard Route Card – Completing the Details

Standard Route Card – Completing the Details

Standard Route Card – Completing the Details

Recipe for Route Direction 1. Type of Path Footpath, bridleway, byway, national trail, orange road, yellow road. 2. Direction North, South, East, West, SE, NW etc 3. Distance 300 m, 0. 5 Km, 1. 2 Km, etc 4. Distinguishing Features Through woods, past rectory farm, uphill, across path junction, handrailing river on left 5. To a point where either you change direction or path type changes

Recipe for Route Direction - Examples 1. Footpath SW for 400 m past mast to cross paths, then bridleway W for 1. 5 Km downhill to junction with orange road. 2. Byway N 1 Km past Joe’s farm to junction with road, 200 m west on road then bridleway N to Green Woods. 3. Footpath N, curving NE 1. 5 Km to Manor house, then bridleway E 500 m past church to junction with footpath.

Route Card Exercise Using O/S OL 22 New Forest Explorer Map Complete the following • • • Plot the following six figure map references on the map. Plot a route between each check point. Complete a route card to define and describe the chosen route • • SU 118 134 SU 133 141 SU 145 138 SU 144 131 SU 136 124 SU 136 110 SU 150 097