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Rome Orienteering – Day 3
Finally after 2 days in Rome’s outlying parkland came the main reason for the trip, an urban orienteering race in and around the old city of Rome. Read more
Posted on 29 October 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
Rome Orienteering – Day 2
Day 2 was in another large park in Rome – this time Villa Pamphilj , the weather a little warmer and this time slightly longer courses, planned as a middle... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
Rome 2017 – Day 1 – Sprint
We arrived in Rome on the train from Naples and it was a simple journey on the Metro up to Caffarella, a parkland. After handing over a Doctors Certificate (as... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
World Games 2017 Sprint – Wroclaw
Randomly we found ourselves in Wroclaw for a couple of days at the same time as the World Games – completely unplanned! The World Games is full of sports that... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
Ride Staffs Sportive and Cycling Festival 2017
I’ve never done a sportive before, the thought of paying to ride around some open roads to be honest hadn’t appealed to date but I thought I should be it a go... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
Poland Cup – MTBO World Masters Series – Long
The long race was to the north of the previous 2 days, characterised by very steep sided valleys and spurs and a complete mix of track ride-ability from flat ou... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
Polish Masters Sprint Championships 2017
A hot afternoon brought us back to the same start as the middle earlier in the day. We watched as most starters turned right up the 60 metre climb and wondered... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
600th Post
I’ve logged in tonight to post a couple more posts about Poland and I’ve noticed another milestone has passed – this is my 601st post since starting this blog... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
Poland Cup 2017 – World Masters Series – Middle
The start overlooked a classic central European wooded valley with the town of Polanica-Zdroj nestling in the bottom. From there it was straight up – 65 metres... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
More Moo Cows and Fences Coming to Cannock Chase?
Hednesford Hills (Cannoock Chase DC) Cannock Chase has a few owners : Staffordshire County Council, Forestry Commission, Cemex Quarries, etc.. and soon the RSPB. Read more
Posted on 23 June 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
Dark and White Summer MTBO #1 – Castleton
I arrived at a hot and dusty Castleton fairly late as I’d been to pick up an ebay purchased toolbox for the man-cave on the way there. Read more
Posted on 23 June 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
Poland Cup 2017 – MTBO World Masters Series
Thursday night saw the normal frantic packing and wondering if I’ve remembered everything – one day I’ll do a check list – although to be honest I’ve never... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
Dark and White Summer Series 2017
Spring has sprung into early summer and the long evenings bring back the 17th year of Dark and White summer weekday mountain bike orienteering series! Read more
Posted on 12 June 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
MTBO Camp 17 – Ultra Long
MTBO Camp ultra longs are legendary – mixtures of maps including tourist and google maps are not uncommon and the spring weather in Denmark and Sweden often... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
MTBO Camp 17 – Map Memory Training
The Brits as usual sneaked off for a lunchtime café stop nearby following the middle race and a few of us returned to the mornings venue for the afternoon... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
MTBO Camp 2017 – Middle Race #3
It was a bit of a drive to day 3’s middle race to the South. Sarah B was sharing my car and handily brought a satnav with her. Read more
Posted on 30 April 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
MTBO Camp 17 – Route Choice Training #2
The sun shone for the afternoons training on Hollerup. We split into groups of three of similar ability and rode a series of route choice legs with a left, righ... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
MTBO Camp 17 – Middle Race #2 Svinklov
Another morning of showers and manky weather but the day brightened into sunshine! Svinklov was another brilliant area for MTBO, a really dense track network... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
The Route (Midlands)
I was assisting with Sportident timing Walton Chasers contribution to ‘The Route’ on Saturday. The Route is a new idea by British Orienteering to attract newbie... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS -
MTBO Camp 17 – Route Choice Training
The heated set in my kindly upgraded 3 Series BMW hire car from Budget came in very useful whilst driving over to the afternoons training. It was a beautiful... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2017 OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS