1.) Pick an unintimidating, simple area that you've never been to before. This morning I chose a very popular riverside loop near Beauly (see Walkhighlands description at this link here). 2.) Spend 20 minutes studying the map, picking out key junctions, obvious features to follow (in this case, the river), and thinking of any places which might be confusing. Try to commit the whole thing to memory. 3.) If you have a smartphone with a GPS app such as Viewranger or Memory Map,