Fetch Orienteers
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Oct 2020
8:36pm, 9 Oct 2020
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rf_fozzy
McG wants to talk about maps.....
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Oct 2020
8:36pm, 9 Oct 2020
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rf_fozzy
ISOM or ISSOM for you?
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Oct 2020
2:33pm, 14 Oct 2020
1,075 posts
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Totriornottotri
I just did some orienteering near Farnborough. Mytchett. Was lovely. Bracken’s high still though. Had a good run with someone till 11 when the elastic snapped, then I was within 30 seconds of them at 2 and 3 to go but finished about 2 min up after they made a mistake on last control. |
Oct 2020
2:35pm, 14 Oct 2020
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Angus Clydesdale
That’s one of the things I used to love about orienteering. 
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Oct 2020
4:53pm, 14 Oct 2020
1,476 posts
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Shortcut Cam
Mytchett is just over a mile from my house and is an excellent playground for O, trail running and MTB. Unable to run today but will print map off and run this weekend. At least they’re will be elephant tracks through the ferns.
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Oct 2020
6:07pm, 14 Oct 2020
1,076 posts
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Totriornottotri
There were elephant tracks anyway - not always helpful. I had to get right on top of some controls to find them - As it should be I guess but it was the bracken blocking the view rather than any crap nav.
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Oct 2020
4:59pm, 17 Oct 2020
6,999 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Can I have some advice from you experienced orienteers please? I’m still at the level where I struggle navigating without the help of a line feature. How would you go about navigating to control 15? The area around controls 15 and 16 was previously coppiced with a lot of wood lying around on the ground making moving in a straight line difficult. |
Oct 2020
5:35pm, 17 Oct 2020
2,296 posts
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Oranj
It's all cross-hatched, so yes, hard running although there's some semi open. You run along the path to the end of the wooded cark green and then I think you've got a choice of two attackpoints: 1. The 'x' which is a 'special item' (it might be a bench or some forestry related thing) - you run due S through the distinctive trees from that using the two depressions on the hillside to guide you, or 2. take the little path S to the beginning of the fence to the SE of the building and then run due SE from that. Like this: |
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Oct 2020
5:36pm, 17 Oct 2020
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Oranj
Oops, *due SW*
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Oct 2020
5:46pm, 17 Oct 2020
7,002 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Thanks Oranj, it hadn’t occurred to me that the fence line is a line feature, doh. Following that would have made things easier.
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