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Oct 2008
4:38pm, 15 Oct 2008
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quimby
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Oct 2008
4:39pm, 15 Oct 2008
7 posts
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According to the email we have to mark the course on the map ourselves (or more likely with help) so I assume this gives me more of an idea where I am supposed to be going rather than following a pre marked course. (Hopefully) Anyway, I quote: "If you start early and find orange too easy you can go and run the light green as well." This fellow is an optimist. 
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Oct 2008
4:41pm, 15 Oct 2008
8 posts
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I've looked on the British Orienteering website so have a fair idea what to expect regarding maps. |
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Oct 2008
4:46pm, 15 Oct 2008
1,045 posts
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quimby
Oooh, marking your own course is what we had to do in olden days. The ones I do now tend to be pre-printed. But yes, marking the controls on the map will give you a chance to familiarise yourself with it. If you are using a compass (and, for an orange course, you don't necessarily need one), be sure not to try & take a bearing & charge direct from control to control. Use the paths.
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Oct 2008
4:53pm, 15 Oct 2008
9 posts
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Not sure I remember how to do bearings. And to think I was the navigator on Boys Brigade outings. Anyway, nice chatting, got to go now. |
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Oct 2008
8:06pm, 17 Oct 2008
10 posts
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Good job I checked things. The Derby event is tomorrow (Saturday) and not Sunday like I thought. |
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Oct 2008
1:33am, 18 Oct 2008
1,100 posts
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quimby
Good luck Muzzy!
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Oct 2008
12:30pm, 18 Oct 2008
11 posts
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Well I enjoyed that, despite coughing and wheezing all the way round due to a chest infection. There seemed to be a bit of inner club rivalry/cheating out there though. As everything was set up old style (punch cards not dibbers) some people where doing the checkpoints in random order, I thought the idea was to do them in a set order ?? Off to the British Orienteering site now to look for another event. |
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Oct 2008
4:04pm, 18 Oct 2008
1,107 posts
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quimby
You are supposed to do them in order, yes. If you've got a dibber, you will be disqualified if you don't do them in order. Glad you enjoyed it, though.
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Oct 2008
12:27pm, 19 Oct 2008
12 posts
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Hi Quimby Just looked at the results, at least I didn't come last. 12th out of 16, but I lost quite a bit of time running round in circles looking for the last checkpoint. I was looking for the number of the previous one by mistake. I looked at it 3 times thinking I needed to find 210 (previous cp) when I actually had the right one at 211. Learnt from one of the clubs kids that it is easier if you write cp numbers on map rather than keep looking at a seperate piece of paper. We live and learn. |
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