Luckily, Storm Jorge managed to skirt our part of the world last weekend, so our SW Orienteering League event (formerly known as the Galoppen) at Blackwater was blessed with great weather. Mind you, a few days earlier the Controller (Kevin Pickering) had been out to the area to check if there were any fallen trees […]

First of all, apologies for the late posting, but I am abroad with limited wifi. Quite a lot to report this week, we have four reports from members to read, two from a South West Training 3 day event in the Lake District, from the perspective of a junior (Lyra) and a parent (Nicola). Then […]

Not much to report locally due to two weekends of storms cancelling many of the events in the diary. Luckily enough I went to Lincoln to see parents and knew there was a Night Event happening, more training for the British Night Champs this Saturday I am attending in Hambleden, Julie and Gavin both coming […]

Sunday’s BOK South West League event was in one of the more technical areas in the South West, Stockhill, in the Mendips. It was used for the British Middle distance champs in 2018. Stockhill is a forest plantation overlying an area previously used for mining, so lots of depressions and pits everywhere. We had a […]

Last weekend we helped North Gloucestershire Orienteering Club celebrate their 50th birthday with a fast middle distance at Knockalls and a classic (long slog) at Lightning Hill, both in the Forest of Dean. Several clubs are also celebrating similar milestones and as we know, Wimborne are celebrating their birthday at the Caddihoe Chase in October […]