In the second of our x 4 Podcasts for August, we look back at the past 10 years of GPS Training.

Shepherds Walks bought GPS Training in 2014

Bought GPS Training from Peter Judd, Peter had his own business and retired to the Lake District.

He worked for George Fishers in Keswick and could see a space in the market for GPS Training.

The first ever GPS Training course was in Mungrisdale, Lake District.

First x 5 years very hard but we quickly learnt that a more informed customer made life a lot easier for us

The first GPS training Podcast came about in September 2017

In 2016 we got rid of our retail premises and went solely online, this was in the old Tourist Information Centre in Rothbury when we finally closed down the retail premises.

We set up Outdoor GPS Shop in Sept 2019, which is the ‘budget’ website for GPS units.

GPS training offers a post-sale training and support package whereas Outdoor GPS sells just on price.

March 2020 – Covid – this had a very large effect on the business. It was a real wake-up call.

We managed to fast-track a number of plans, as we needed to get our sales up very quickly.

In 2021 I created our first ever ‘walk and talk’ video for YouTube, to showcase to potential customers the final navigational experience you get on a GPS unit.

April 2023 – Moved into our current premises, look at our build here.

Many tahnks for all your support, not only from myself but from all the team here at GPS Training.