HI THIEF ,
I have just thought of something else .(do not know if it will help.)
The week before my skills , I did a mock sort of skills test , and one of my greatest fears was that I would get lost on the divertion
(I am not the worlds best at quick mental maths , and was worired about getting the ETA spot on and heading ,making allowances for the wind ,ETC .)
ANY WAY ,
In the mock , I errrrr did get horribly lost . I took completely the wrong heading . I nearly ended up on the ski slopes of AVIMORE , teehee , and realised I had never been that far over near them before and would need to start climbing if I continued on THAT coure .
I kept trying to find my landmarks , and was just about to tell the MOCK EXAMINER (MY FI ) that I was going to turn around and head back to a point that I felt I would recognise , when those dreaded words beat me to it
FI . " I have control "
I was upset ,and annoyed that so close to my TEST , I had messed it all up ,
(but I got a grip . didn't let a tear escape ) let myself relax a minuit ,while my FI . exspalined what I had done wrong ,
(and he felt from the way I was looking around having realised my mistakes , that I would have eventually found the way , BUT , he wanted to get back for his lunch , and didn't really want it at the mountain top cafe . TEEHEE )
A week , later , I used the most simple uncomplicated method for my divertion (on the real skills test ) that BEAGLE had mentioned .
easy peasy , china graph pencil
no ruler , (used my thumb for distance )
used the ROSE for heading ,
just like BEAGLE said ,
and guess what ,
I WAS ABSOLUTLY SPOT ON , FOR MY HEADING AND ETA , and boy did that put me on a high and make me feel confident , to do the seond half of the test that I had felt more confident with .
as I say , GOOD LUCK , and enjoy it ,
THE PINKSTER