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Apr 2008
11:04pm, 11 Apr 2008
124 posts
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Hollyfairyelephant
Something I'd like to give a go at some point but I haven't done map references since geography at secondary school. 
Can you take dogs with you? I guess I should have a look at the website you posted earlier in the thread to read the rules.
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Apr 2008
11:14pm, 11 Apr 2008
1,379 posts
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RooA
HFE, some events may allow dogs on the courses some not, you'd have to check with each event to find out (usually its says somewhere in the event info/flyer)
FBR, on alot of event the courses are colour-coded white-brown (usually, occasionally black!) Munnki wants to do a red course because they are fairly easy navigation but are longer so are good courses for runners, i wnat to do a blue cos I am well'ard and want both the long distance and technical difficulty Munnki is being soft.
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Apr 2008
10:19am, 12 Apr 2008
2,940 posts
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bigmunnki
BlackBlackBlack!!
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Apr 2008
10:21am, 12 Apr 2008
1,381 posts
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RooA
Hahaha! Now you're talking sense munnki *plans to find an event where there is no black course*
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Apr 2008
10:28am, 12 Apr 2008
2,942 posts
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bigmunnki
What about purple? Very rare I know, but isn't it a really long red!
PurplePurplePurple!!!
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Apr 2008
10:31am, 12 Apr 2008
1,382 posts
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RooA
Yes I think it is, although just looking at the BOF website now and they don't list black or purple.
Besides if I'm not racing you on a red then I'm certainly not going to race you on a purple.
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Apr 2008
12:17pm, 12 Apr 2008
192 posts
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quimby
I have returned! Did the Orange course, which was 2.5k. Hurtled off at a great pace, missed the 1st control, had to go back. Spent most of my time for the first half dashing off at speed without looking hard enough at the map; after it took me 17 mins to find control 4, I remembered that navigation is often a lot more important than speed, so slowed down. I reckon I still covered about 5k in total though! Used an electronic dibber for the first time - aren't they cool? And a little receipt printed out at the end with the time between all the controls. And, for the full off-road experience, as well as being ankle-deep in mud in places, it HAILED on me! WHEEEE!!!
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Apr 2008
12:27pm, 12 Apr 2008
1,390 posts
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RooA
Yay! Well done quimby.
Yes dibbers are very cool, i was so over-impressed when I first used one. Remember control cards? Not good in the rain
Glad you had a good time
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Apr 2008
12:40pm, 12 Apr 2008
193 posts
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quimby
Of course, now I'm home, it's bright sunshine outside! Grrr.
I was startled to be told I was a W40 in orienteering - I'm not 40 until September, so I'm still a FV35 in the running world, but the two worlds seem to calculate it differently. But I still feel about 20, prancing about in the mud like a loon! I have a nasty feeling that a man who was walking the course with his dog may actually have beaten me - I saw him several times whilst I was haring about. We shall see. At least I got a good run, even if it wasn't a course-winning effort.
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Apr 2008
1:01pm, 12 Apr 2008
1,394 posts
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RooA
yes because you are 40 this year you turn W40 on 1st January. Orienteers are like racehorses everyones birthday is on new years day
Prancing about like a loon is what its all about
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