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Upper Limits UK

Provider of Professional Training and Outdoor Adventurous Activities for all

COMPANY PROFILE

After being involved with a similar project in Central London, Alistair Poulain and Steve Collis formed Upper Limits UK Ltd in July 2000 & rebranded in 2020. The company is now dedicated to providing adventurous activities, events and professional training in a unique style that is normally associated with the British Armed Forces for individuals and business alike. Our activities, events and training programmes are designed to motivate, build team spirit and give all those who attend a sense of achievement and well-being. Active Training Solutions, A division of Upper Limits was set up mid 2005 to complement our other activities and provide Professional Training and Courses for people from all walks of life who are keen to develop or learn new skills associated with the leisure industry. Many of our small but professional team of instructors have served with the Army Physical Training Corps, which is directly responsible for the Physical, Adventurous and Recreational Training of the British Army, both in the UK and Overseas. We are totally committed to assisting you in achieving your goals and making your experience with us a memorable one.

19/10/2025

Not sure what it is about doing a NNAS Gold Course in October but this is typical of day 2 conditions! The 4 attendees (2 on Gold 2 on Continuation Training) all showed exceptional skills throughout the weekend. Congratulations to those on assessment.

Our next Gold Course takes place over the weekend of the 15th & 16th Nov with a NNAS Bronze and Night Owl Award on the 1st & 2nd Nov and all 2026 courses listed on my website www.upperlimits.co.uk

Please Call 01454 321153 or email navigation@upperlimits.co.uk for more information.

National Navigation Award Scheme Harvey Maps Hiiker Páramo Directional Clothing LOWA Lowe Alpine Mac in a Sac Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons - National Park

07/10/2025

With our National Navigation Award Scheme ( NNAS) courses proving extremely popular, we have decided to add a further date for the Gold Award.

Gold Award – 18th & 19th Oct 2025 (1 Place Remaining)
Gold Award – 15th & 16th Nov 2025 (3 Place Remaining)

Both courses are taking placeon the Black Mountain near Glyntawe starting from Bannau Brycheiniog Camping & Caravan Park / Dan yr Ogof Car Park.

For more details call 01454 321153 / 07414 495705 or email navigation@upperlimits.co.uk

National Navigation Award Scheme Harvey Maps

29/09/2025

A great long weekend of Navigation and Map Reading. Kicking off with the NNAS Tutor Course on Friday followed by Bronze and Straight to Silver Courses over the weekend.

Congratulations to all successful delegates who are all in a fantastic position to progress onto further, more advanced awards.

Route Fly throughs can be found by clicking the links:
NNAS Bronze Day 1 - Sept 2025! https://www.relive.com/view/vYvrzBEXxLv
NNAS Day 2 & Intro Course - Sept 2025! https://www.relive.com/view/v26MzPngVEq

Further navigating Nation courses can be found at www.upperlimits.co.uk

We are now also on TikTok & Instagram, so feel free to follow us across all social media platforms.

National Navigation Award Scheme Harvey Maps Hiiker LOWA Páramo Directional Clothing Mac in a Sac Lowe Alpine

14/09/2025

The weather has been kind to us this past week in North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

After a travel, admin and rest day Monday (after the lakes) we went big on Tuesday with my favourite route on Snowdon, up the Watkin and down via the South Col.

We have done this previously but included it for those who hadn't along with a slight variation on the very last leg.

The next few days consisted of a good mix of routes and explorer days, heading up and around Llyn Elsi, Holyhead Mountain, Moelwyn Mawr 770m and Dorothea Quarry.

Specific route details, including route fly throughs and maps can be found on Mountain Adventures & Training

It's now back to course delivery of First Aid and NNAS Navigation courses with a couple of group walks thrown in for good measure

Planning is now well underway for 2026 with our Lakes visit planned for the 4th to the 8th of June and most courses provisionally in the diary.

Feel free to call on 01454 321153 or email training@upperlimits.co.uk for more information.

As always, need to mention Harvey Maps Hiiker Páramo Directional Clothing Lowe Alpine Mac in a Sac & LOWA as it's their clothing and equipment used by our team.

Our courses are governed by National Navigation Award Scheme and

07/09/2025

A great few training days in the lakes, basing ourselves around Borrowdale to bag a few whilst completing three great routes. All can be found on Mountain Adventures & Training in more detail.

With the feedback from this year trip being very positive for all, we have already pencilled in the 4th to the 8th of September 2026 for more CPD in this area. Training will take place on the 5th, 6th, 7th and possibly the 8th.

Here are some of the highlights from 2025. With the weather against us (unfortunately), We now head down to North Wales to continue the Adventure with the Walking Group.

Thanks to:
Harvey Maps Hiiker LOWA Páramo Directional Clothing Mac in a Sac, Montane & Lowe Alpine

26/08/2025

Below are just some of our up-and-coming navigation & Map Reading courses taking place over the coming months. Great for outdoor professionals, leaders and those looking to gain some additional skills or CPD:

NNAS Tutor Award – 26th Sept 2025
NNAS Bronze Award – 27th & 28th Sept 2025
NNAS Night Owl (Night Navigation) – 27th Sept 2025
NNAS Gold Award – 18th & 19th Oct 2025 (Fully Booked)
NNAS Bronze Award – 1st & 2nd Nov 2025
NNAS Night Owl (Night Navigation) – 1st Nov 2025

Please call 07414 495705 / 01454 321153 or e-mail: navigation@upperlimits.co.uk for more information, to book or if you require a course at your own venue.

All other courses and dates for 2025 can be found at: www.upperlimits.co.uk

National Navigation Award Scheme Harvey Maps Hiiker Splashmaps Mountain Training

06/08/2025

Just completed our final weekend of Navigation Training on the Mendips before heading back out to the Julian Alps.

Congratulations to Lee, on Successfully completing the NNAS Silver Award and who must of felt under pressure on day one having 2 other Tutors (Lee & Lynnie) along with Naomi for CPD. Lee showed outstanding skills throughout both days of the course but really did excel on day 2.

For all you National Navigation Award Scheme Tutors out there, Upper Limits UK has just taken order of a double sided Map with 1:25,000 scale on one side and 1:50,000 Scale on the reverse thanks to David @ Splashmaps. We will be using this on Our Intro, NNAS Bronze & future Tutor Courses as a fantastic training aid. Just a shame about the added postage Royal Mail

We will be looking to order others to cover both the Mendips and The Western Beacons for use on our NNAS Silver & NNAS Gold Navigation Awards in the near future.

It would be great to see Splashmaps & Harvey Maps establish a link so that we could use them more. Ordnance Survey just seem to be reactive rather than proactive in their approach.

As for Navigational Apps, and although we have many to demonstrate, the Upper Limits UK teams preference would be Hiiker both for ease of use, compatibility and the large range of maps and overlays it offers.

When it comes to kit for our bigger hill days it has to be LOWA for approach shoes and boots, Páramo Directional Clothing & Mac in a Sac for lightweight waterproof clothing and Lowe Alpine for our day & rucksacks.

29/07/2025

Two great days over last weekend completing the Somerset Three Peaks.

We decided to not do this in one day but like the Three Castles Walk, Split it over two days and add some other great sections. The routes also took us out to the Chew Valley Lakes and also the Two Rivers Way which again would be a great route and one we may add to the list for next year!

Our route details can be found on Mountain Adventures & Training.

Next up we have a National Navigation Award Scheme Silver Award this coming weekend before we head out to the Julian Alps In August.

Tap into our walking group programme under events or call 01454 321153 for more information.

Harvey Maps Hiiker LOWA Splashmaps

20/07/2025

Congratulations to all delegates who attended and achieved the NNAS - Tutor Award with us this weekend. We shared some great resources and ideas for use on future courses.

My next NNAS - Tutor Award takes place on Friday the 26th September with other National Navigation Award Scheme courses taking place monthly. Check out the events tab above for all our events throughout 2025.

More details can be found on Mountain Adventures & Training

National Navigation Award Scheme, Harvey Maps Splashmaps Hiiker Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue Walk Wessex

Thanks to the The Bell at Old Sodbury and their fantastic staff for hosting us once again. Its really appreciated.

14/07/2025

Another fantastic weekend of Navigation & Map Reading training with both a NNAS Bronze and intro course taking place.

All those attending were successful and most in a good position to go for the NNAS Silver Award.

NNAS Bronze July - Day 1! https://www.relive.com/view/v7O9ZPQwjQ6

NNAS Bronze July - Day 2 and Intro! https://www.relive.com/view/vrqojYw7yK6

Next we have the NNAS Silver Navigation Award which takes place on the 2nd and 3rd of August on the Mendips.

Harvey Maps National Navigation Award Scheme The Bell at Old Sodbury LOWA Hiiker

27/06/2025

Outstanding skill shown during an EFAW course with us last week 💪💪

27/06/2025

What an amazing trip over to the Julian Alps.

10 days, initially looking to bag Triglav at 2864m but witn the mountain huts not open until the 1st of July, this would have meant a huge mountain day of approx 16 - 18hrs.

So not to rush such an experience, we opted for some lower level summits and amazing walks.

Our two main summits were Mt Sija at 1880m which we combined with a low level route up to Slap Savica along with Visevnik at 2040m which was amazing and offered great views over the park once the cloud lifted..

We had also hoped to squeeze in Veliki Dranski yrh at 2240m but feeling under pressure on our last day, on an unmarked scrambly route, we decided to turn back at 1940m. Another 40m and we would have been over the worst but coming off would have taken far more time than we had planned given the loose rock.

I am back out there in August but also am looking at September 2026 to bag Krn and Triglav all being well.

All our routes and walks can be found in more detail on Mountain Adventures & Training.

We now move in to a period of running courses before heading to the Lakes and North Wales in September.

Here are the highlights of the trip.

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