The Cubs have been preparing for the Pip Hartley Memorial Hike by learning map symbols and getting to grips with contour lines and grid references. We’ll be going into more detail over the next few weeks and practising making our own route plans.

In case the Cubs want to watch a few of the videos that we’ve been showing them, here is a link to the Ordnance Survey’s YouTube page. (They seemed to like the videos, it certainly kept them quiet last night).

Learn how to Map Read with Simon King (7 videos)