Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Orienteering
On the weekend of 20th & 21st February I was working with a group of Duke of Edinburgh leaders who are mainly based in North Ayrshire. I was delivering a Teaching Orienteering course, parts 1 and 2. Beforehand it was arranged that we would be inside at a community centre in Saltcoats on the Saturday morning and the Sunday afternoon. The other sessions (Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning) would be at Eglinton Park, a 15 minute drive away.
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23 Feb, 2010
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Orienteering
Way back in the mists of time (around August 2009) Terry O’Brien asked if I would control the Scottish Night Champs (SNC) at Faskally near Pitlochry. This is a lovely wood full of detail but many paths and tracks. The SNC would form part of a weekend: controllers’ course Saturday afternoon, SNC Saturday evening and the Knoll Kollection on Sunday. Hopefully this package would attract a reasonable size of entry.
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17 Feb, 2010
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
The second EckO New Year deflab fun run took place on Sunday 3rd January 2010. The format and location was meant to be the same as last year, but the icy weather put paid to part of that! John Anderson reported that the road up to the Nature Reserve at Taynish was impassible but he suggested an alternative.
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05 Jan, 2010
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Orienteering
‘The day Lynne was faster to three controls than Andy Dale’
At least 13th December 2009 was a Sunday . . . but it felt like a ‘Black Friday’. Niall’s advert said “This event will be a little bit different as it is Christmas. It will have a distinct Christmas theme and will be great fun for all the family and suitable for all abilities.”
Well he was wrong about some things. It was not suitable for all abilities - my brain failed me totally and I was not alone. Why? Well, read on for what was involved in Santa’s Surprise…
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13 Dec, 2009
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering • General
Retirement – all the time in the world to do things! Start to try to live up to the profile on the blog – an active Orienteer (yes), Mountain biker (can’t cycle at the moment due to hip), Kayaker (not been in my kayak this year due to hip), Climber (would probably fall off a ‘Diff’ and not been up a hill for ages!).
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18 Oct, 2009
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
The biennial 6 Day event is the largest event in Scotland. Over the years it has peaked at over 5000 competitors (in 1999 when it was held in conjunction with the World Championships) to about 2500 in 2001 when the event was cast into doubt by the occurrence of foot & mouth disease.
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18 Aug, 2009
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
First of all, I must admit that I was not a fan of urban orienteering and did not bother to enter the races. So what has happened to change my mind? Quite a lot over the past couple of years is the answer.
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26 Jan, 2009
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
Kerrera – an island just south of Oban, a short ferry journey, low-lying but with intricate contour detail and stunning views to Mull, the Garvellachs (the Islands of the Sea) and numerous other islands dotted around the Firth of Lorn.
All photos were taken by Iain Shepherd, INVOC. Many thanks for these Iain.
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27 Aug, 2008
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