East Monaughty 1980. Clearfelling soon took this forest off the fixture list. I would have spent a lot of time on an EUOC bus to get there. Premarked maps were a well loved luxury at this time.
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3249538
Blackford Hill event today on a 1:5,000 map. Here is the 1978 1:15000 map of the area by Andy Curtis
After four years of waiting, we have a new Mapper version to help us create perfect orienteering maps for free.
Thank you to all the OpenOrienteering team for promoting our wonderful sport .
The weather forecast is 3 deg C, 'feels like -3 deg C', tomorrow for the Army near Aldershot. I'm slightly tempted to drop out, but there are a couple of 90+ yr olds and many 80+ doing it, so this mere 60-odd year old can hardly use age as an excuse.
Orienteering yesterday and gravel cycling today! A good weekend.
We celebrate the release of Open Orienteering Mapper v0.9.6. After four years and eight months since the v0.9.5 it is finally here.
3 part pro-tip for better race performance: (1) enter a class shorter than you should be running (2) run fast (3) no mistakes.Tried this strategy yesterday and it worked out well.
Pickering Forest 1980. British Relay Championships. ,
Take a look at OpenOrienteeringMap which takes data as well as contour data and renders it in a variety of ways. As the name suggests, it's mainly for , but it may be useful in other ways
Hope everyone gets to do something they like this weekend, and get outside, and not get any wetter or colder than they prefer. Massive weekend of sand dune complex coming up...
Orienteering PlusDropped down to the 'long orange' course today for the Military League South event at Tweseldown. Slightly dispiriting though it might be, I think it's my level, at the moment at least. Back up to light green before too long, I hope.
Castle Malwood 1980. .
Scene of the killing of the Norman king William II. This is the southern edge of the 1980s British Championships area and used as a warm up event.
Wrekin 1979. Eastern half of the map which included some very brambly industrial ground on limestone as well as the Uriconian ridge itself. First use was for the Midland Championships. I was on control checking duty and had to climb the thing four times on my patrol. This map was for a use up the map stock badge event. Note the 10m contour interval.
King's Garn Gutter 1980
British Championships M19 course. Very hot, very runnable.
Throwing a real wild one out there:
This weekend: stupid health issues have bludgeoned what little fitness I used to have, but I was at least able to go on the courses set up last week for the scouts.
Last weekend: Scout event. Stupid health issues prevented me from being as involved as Id have liked, but at least got to help out on Sunday. Gorgeous NE fall day.
New Blog Post: aMAIZEing Night-O: Northeastern Club's Fun Night at Szalays Corn Maze!
Our family attended the annual aMAIZEing Night-O.
Our family recommends the corn maze at Szalay's Farm & Market! It is excellent!!!
And, we HIGHLY recommend walking the corn maze at the annual NIGHT orienteering event with the Northeastern Ohio Orienteering Club (NEOOC)!
Night orienteering, in the dark, in a maze, is a fun way to spend an evening!
Raatojuoksu 10km. Was fun!
Cramond, 1980 Cramond to Silverknowes with a photocopied map for an evening event. Mapped by Carol McNeil and others from Dunfermline College, the big black buildings on the west of the area (now houses).
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/10101
Happendon 1978. Another from the golden age of scribing. I was familiar with the map from Harvey's JK stands. Now only the eastern part is used, it is not possible to cross the motorway that has been built since. ,
Und wir kennen uns nicht einmal! Wolfsburg ist doch eine Grostadt.
Mit Karte, Kopfhrer und Antenne durchs Hasselbachtal Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club e. V. H24
Bill Gauld's , 1975. A map which was used for many years. When surveyed, the park was still grazed. Fewer whins and not many trees.
Drigg 1980, coast near a low level nuclear waste depository. A very fine area, one I have not seen used for a long time now.
Calder Wood, 1979 Robert Bloor. Still in use. ,
Ich mag Schichtarbeit. Wie sonst kannst du an einem Arbeitstag nach Davos fahren um an einem OL teilzunehmen und trotzdem noch dein Tagespensum naja 6h20 fahren
races have changed since the days of 1970s sitcoms
Enjoy an autumnal control
A weekend of orienteering comes to end. It was our first time taking part in Helg utan lg on the island of Gotland. We had a grear time and hope to be back next year
Naturpasset is an excellent idea if you have the territory. 100 controls, score event, several weeks to log them. I only had time for the first 22 controls, but the whole thing is about 30km2 and I had about an hour, so let me off. Next year I'll be more organised... Thanks IFK Kiruna!
Honestly, navigating a transit system around an urban environment is a pretty big and useful one.
A few years back we encountered an intermediate school group doing an amazing race exercise all over the city. I thought it was a brilliant idea. I also put together an urban course for a youth group, along the same lines.
Another . still have a lot to learn...
Day off. Heading to the horizon and beyond Luossavaara via the straightest route through controls (little orange flags). Here's one that lives near a boulder. It's cold and kinda bleak but beautiful in its own empty way.
We're running (no pun intended) a double-header at Hertford and St Albans in 3 weeks if you fancy giving a go
It seems like everyone was out doing some sort of running today. I've just got back from our event in Ely which coincided with a run fest around the city too. People running in all directions (but only orienteers in the centre and market square) including them running through our start and us running through theirs. At some locations there were multiple competing marshals.
Well that was fun, but it was also the slowest and hardest I've done in a long time. Everything white here is a boulder field, mapped boulders are a bit of a lottery, and everything yellow that isn't farmland is also a boulder field but you can see it before you trip. Speaking of long times...
Sunday morning mtb orienteering with a friend.
OMG I tried my category (35-45yrs). I was wondering if I could beat my worst enemy - the time limit...
But my brain went on holiday...
ctrl. 1: I got over the (inactive) electric fence: "Oh, I see it! I'm fas!" But not paying attention to the direction and got lost...
Instead of going to ctrl 5, I went to 9, then I went in the opposite direction than I should...
And in the case of 11, I didn't pay attention to the distances...
So 104 minutes. The first one did it in 43
While my NetBSD colleagues were doing the important job of debating the best way to take advantage of a buffet, I prepared for by going for a trail run through the beautiful woodlands at Maksimir Park armed only with a low-res GIF of an map
This weekend I did again an run.
Its a mental game as much as a physical one. Making fast decisions based on my map, adapting when the map what I thought was on the map dont quite line up, and staying focused under pressure.
Surprisingly good for the brain. Would 100% do it again.