She has just rung but it was a bad line then cut off.Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Could not hear what she said.
She has just rung but it was a bad line then cut off.
Could not hear what she said.
Just spoke again. Back here for 8ish then dropping off in Hebden and over to yours.
Check your pm messages
I'd best make sure kettle's on around 9pm then
Poacher turned game-keeper
I have in the past been told that the ideal orienteering course is a start and a finish, if the area allows. Looks like the planner was almost using this theory!
Nic Barber. Downhill Dandy
There could have been a few reasons on the planner's mind:
1. Psyche out the competitors with such a long leg.
2. Provide some real route choice decisions for the teams.
3. A nice long leg to tire you out before hitting you with a couple of rapid-fire checkpoints in quick succession.
Elite won by Nick Barrable and Gustav Bergman
2nd Steve Birkinshaw and Kim Collison
3rd Sander Vaher and Timo Sild
I think E was the only course Nick hadn't won, though I may be remembering incorrectly.
apparently bad weather courses used today.
from Nopesport: Win for The Two Jonnies, Crickmore and Malley, on the A - having, if rumours were true, spent some of the night in the Portaloos - tent problems.
Nic Barber. Downhill Dandy
Or maybe the other teams only took an hour and a half!!
Yes, well I don't know much about these things as it was our first. Certainly major decisions to be made on route choice - North or South route - that was about it. We sort of expected more checkpoints to look for, rather than a long old slog for hours on our chosen route. Became boring.
Then the run in consisted of 2 very obvious checkpoints in the final mile and that was it. I'm not complaining, just not what we were expecting and it felt like a pointless grind over the hills, to see who could run fastest. Which must have been the point?
Day 2 was better with slightly niggly checkpoints to find.
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
Some were very fast, but at the end of day 1 we were winning the Vets (by a paltry 3 mins), most unexpected, but we can't have been that bad!. Awaiting the final results but think we just lost it, though not sure how all the 'old age' handicaps work etc.Or maybe the other teams only took an hour and a half!!
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
Maps are up on routegadget for most linear courses. No idea how I'd tackle that 21km monster leg on Elite yesterday - as I fit it all on one screen at a visible resolution!
Nic Barber. Downhill Dandy
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