as234#orienteering pro tip: start in open classes to be able to choose who you want to overtake (you). [Works only if they share courses with competition classes.] Or just walk up to the start and feel like a VIP jumping the queue. Return to competition centre unlimited times for forgotten equipment without any extra stress.
Richard WebbElibank and Traquair. Event was in 1981 but map older. Extract from a large sheet. #OldOrienteeringMap #Map #Orienteering #ESOC #RoxburghReivers
Gullane Dunes and Archerfield Estate 1979. Much of the area - the wooded bit to the east has been lost to golf and the big southern open area is the famous Muirfield course. Dunes are still used and hosted the Scottish Championships. #OldOrienteeringMap #Orienteering #Map #Interlopers #EastLothian
Dalswinton 1981, Harvey's Map Service. Once again an area that was mostly felled after use. It was excellent terrain at the time. Usual Harveys clarity. The forest, now mainly Sitka is just north of Dumfries. #OldOrienteeringMaps #Orienteering #Maps #SolwayOrienteers
I sometimes feel it is an inherent, unsurmountable problem in #orienteering that it is a sport that attracts individualists but would heavily rely on cooperation to avoid overtaxing and burnout in those who commit themselves to the sport beyond mere participation in competitions. Is this only because we are far from reaching a critical mass where things start getting easier?
Waterhouses 1981. Near Durham and used for BUSF (the universities championships of the time) individual. The course was on two maps. #OldOrienteeringMaps #Orienteering #UniversityOfDurham #Maps
Damian Lehmann4th orienteering race completed! An easy one, 11 km, 280 m elevation gain. It paid off that I’d trained in the area twice beforehand. I got a good sense of the terrain, identified some interesting routes, and got used to reading smaller-scale maps. Unfortunately, a dumbbell fell on my toe 48 hours earlier. The dumbbell was fine, though...
Stephen BorrillWhilst being the chairman of West Anglian #Orienteering Club means I need to prepare and deliver a talk at the AGM, the upside is I get to give out all the trophies celebrating our club's successes over the last year 🏆
Johan Malmström5 additional sports have been added to strava. To much surprise orienteering was not one of them! But is one of them ”replacing sim card in iPhone”?
#orienteering #strava
#orienteering #strava
Michiel NederlofDid my first #orienteering trailrun this morning. It was such great fun that I forgot to take pictures. #trailrunning