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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 11h

Map Reading Task 375 - Contours only Match the symbols on the contour map to the feature highlighted in the photo AND the photo location. If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Detailed video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening.

View from a rocky mountain summit to slightly lower mountains. Pale blue sky and sunshine lighting up the rocks.
White oval for use with accompanying map.

Contour only map with shapes added. To be used in conjunction with adjacent photo.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Video answer to task from 6th August (in comments) Did you identify the correct trig point?

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Friday night fun! Night navigation including following a compass bearing over very rough ground. Next group course Friday 23 October 7pm.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Getting ready for tonight's night navigation session. Main torch is the Nitecore UT6 with the UT27 as a spare.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The folks at Radio Lento produce some great, relaxing recordings. Worth a listen (and a coffee)

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Map Reading Task 374 Give grid references for the feature highlighted and the photo location. (along the corridor then up the stairs) Bonus for identifying any other features If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Detailed video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A short video showing some map comparison features in the Hiiker app (including LiDAR view) see video in comments below

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Prizes for Patrons! This week's Spot Prize for a lucky Patreon subscriber is a copy of Peak Bagging Peak District by Anna Paxton. It's a lovely book for anyone interested in exploring the Peak District (see link in comments) Thanks go to Vertebrate Publishing for the prize.

Front cover of the book Peak Bagging Peak District by Anna Paxton.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not a bad view to wake up to. Early this morning in the Peak District.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Video answer to task from 30th July in comments. Northumberland Landscape.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Map Reading Task 373 Identify the 2 features highlighted. Where on the map was the photo taken? If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Detailed video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fantastic sky last night. High cirrus associated with an approaching cold front, and a low sun resulted in the appearance of twin "sun dogs".

A low sun behind high cirrus cloud illuminating a plane contrail and twin sun dogs (left and right)

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Video answer in comments explains what features we can see and also some sad history about the location.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Map Reading Task 372 - Landscape Recognition Which hills are shown in the photo? Where on the map was the photo taken? Bonus for explaining how you worked it out - what features can you see? Video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Stream direction question. Video answer in the comments

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Video in the comments based on yesterday's Map Reading Task. I went to find the pond, deliberately choosing a route that I wasn't familiar with. The video shows my plan, the terrain that I encountered and the features that helped with navigation. The photo shows the ford at the starting point.

A Peak District peat bog with rough heather moorland.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Map Reading Task 371 - Route choice How would you get from the ford at A to the pond at B? Consider: Easiest to navigate. Fastest. Distance, elevation gain, terrain. Tick off features and attack points. Video discussing route options for Patreon subscribers this evening.

Map extract with red circles highlighting a ford A and a pond B.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

No flagstone paths to today's interesting Peak District location. Map and compass over rough ground to the V1 Flying Bomb crater.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New flagstone path on Kinder looking rather out of place. Personally I preferred the challenge of needing to use a compass and tackling rough terrain! #peakdistrict

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Video in the comments gives the answer to a task from a couple of months ago. No man made features, no streams, no woodland just contour lines!

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Map Reading Task 370 - contours only! Locate the 5 features on the O.S. map. Rank them in order of elevation. If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Also posted to my FB page, see other answers there. Video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've passed this feature lots of times over the years. I always think it would make a great howff. Maybe I should get up there with my bivvy bag one night 😄

Gritstone boulders forming a natural shelter.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Got wet on today's run. First time in ages!

A person running away from the camera past a large puddle on a countryside path. Two trees can be seen against the grey sky centre of shot.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Map Reading Task 369 4 trig points on the maps but which one are we looking at? What landscape features help you work it out? If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening. #mapreading

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Map Reading Task 368 1 - Identify the body of water. 2 - Identify the precise position on the map from where the photo was taken. What features determine your answer? If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Is it a trig point? Video answer in the comments.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Map Reading Task 367 Identify the 2 features highlighted and the position from where the photo was taken. If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening. Map extract via Hiiker #mapreading

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Had a great little run to the edge of the map! (blue dot) Malin Head, as far north as you can go.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Map Reading Task 366 Which of the 4 arrows on the map identifies the trig point in the photo? Explain your reasoning (what features helped you work it out) If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Video explanation for Patreon subscribers this evening.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Map reading. Not everything is on the map! See video explanation in the comments.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Map Reading Task 365 1) Identify the feature circled in blue. 2) Identify the precise photo location. What other key features can you identify? If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Video explanation for Patreon subscribers this evening. Harvey map used with permission.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The Hiiker app has an interesting feature that allows you to compare and overlay 2 different maps. The video in the comments demonstrates how to compare O.S. Harvey and Historical maps. This would help answer a recent map reading task that I posted!

Image of two different maps of the same area side by side. Text and arrows overlayed.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Just cleaning the bite valves on my soft flasks. I was drinking out of these yesterday 😬🤮

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Map Reading Task 364 1) Which of the symbols on the map matches the location of the feature highlighted in the photo, or is it somewhere else? 2) Identify the precise photo location. If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Video explanation for Patreon subscribers this evening.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Video in comments discussing navigation options on Kinder Scout.

Map extract showing 2 locations on Kinder Scout with an arrow between them.
Related video discusses how to get from A to B

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Map Reading Task 363 Look at the stream in the black rectangle. Which direction does it drain? (which coloured arrow does it follow) If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Video explanation for Patreon subscribers this evening.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Map Reading Task 362 1) Match the summit highlighted in the photo to the correct symbol on the contour map. 2) Where on the map was the photo taken? 3) What other features can you identify? If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening.

View from high ground down on to a straight valley with a river in the bottom. High mountains on either side of the valley and in the far distance.
A yellow triangle marks a summit, to be used with the adjacent contour map.

Contour map with various symbols, one of which matches the summit in the adjacent photo.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

On a recent night navigation session we attempted to locate the boulder field. We were confident that we had navigated to the correct place but there weren't any boulders! The video in the comments explains what was wrong.

Map extract with blue circle showing a cluster of rocks / boulders.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Map Reading Task 361 The runners are heading for the feature highlighted. Can you locate it on the map? If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening. #mapreading

Runners traversing a very steep slope with a river and waterfall in the valley bottom. Vegetation is rough moorland.
A yellow box highlights the feature that the runners are navigating to - see accompanying map.

Harvey Map extract for the accompanying photo.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Navigation skills video in the comments. Does your navigation strategy involve running around like a headless chicken trying to find the feature? There is a better way! The video explains how to search efficiently and gives a real life example from a recent night navigation course.

Map with GPS trace showing someone going round in circles looking for a cairn.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Contour only task - video answer in comments.

Side by side image showing a photo of mountainous terrain and a corresponding contour map of the same area.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We were having a great day practising navigation skills on Kinder. We successfully located the large boulders only to find that someone had thought it ok to leave all their rubbish behind. At least they were considerate enough to put it all in a carrier bag for someone else to deal with 🤬

A man wearing shorts, a green shirt and a hat looking at a map. The ground in front drops away steeply. Across the valley we can see rocky outcrops on high ground.

A large orange bag of rubbish stuffed between large boulders.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Map Reading Task 360 Locate the 2 hills AND the photo location on the map. If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! Video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening. #mapreading

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It was worth getting up early this morning.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Video in comments explaining what is unusual about the purple route on the map.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Map Reading Task 359 Locate the 2 features and the photo location on the map. If I like your answer it doesn't mean you are correct! See other people's answers on my Facebook page. Video answer for Patreon subscribers this evening.

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Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Map Reading Task 358 1) Study the profile and map to work out the route of my run (start, finish, high points etc) 2) Where was I after 1km? Task created using Hiiker mapping. Video answer this evening.

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