The ramblings of Lynne Walker,
an orienteering coach (amongst many other things)
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering • Coaching
A wee while since I posted on the Blog – what message does that give people? Does it mean that
1. I suffer from SAD and so am unable to get going and do anything when the long winter darkness is here? Nope, I am generally happy no matter the time of year.
2. I am a bit lazy and so have not bothered to do anything? Well, there is some truth in this statement.
3. I’ve been ill? A week was lost in February with a heavy cold but that should not stop me writing. March – see the next article for this!
4. Busy with work? A lot of truth in this one – read on!
5. A holiday? Yes, this as well which will be written about in the next article.
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
The Purple Thistle (PT) is a ‘barebones’ event. This means that there is quality orienteering on a technical area, but there are few extras. For example, pre-enter (no entries on the day), turn up and stand in a queue at the start with each competitor deciding when to go, no water at the finish. There is often an event campsite closeby. This year there was a large entry from EckO, spanning quite an age range as well.
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
This is the alternative title for my experiences at the Irish 3 Day Orienteering Event, held near Lough Eske in western Donegal in June 2010.
Paul & I decided to head for Donegal as we had enjoyed our few days on the north coast of Northern Ireland in January. We had not had time to explore further west and this would be the ideal opportunity.
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
I have driven ‘through’ Erskine more times than I can count; I even spent six weeks on teaching practise in 1990 at the secondary school (Park Main HS) in the town. I never ever knew just what was lying behind the trees or just across the footbridge from the school.
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
April and May 2010 see the main races this year. The JK was at the start of April, followed by the British Middle Distance Championships on 17th April and then the British Individual and Relays over the weekend of 1st and 2nd May. The Scottish Championships are at the end of May.
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
We made the journey down to Devon for the JK and thought that we would spend most of the week after it exploring Dartmoor and the coast. Then we found out that there was the added attraction of a couple of other orienteering events in the area on the Wednesday and Thursday - this was described as the JK dessert.
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
Paul and Lynne were lured by the ‘sunny Devon’ image and travelled down to take part in the annual orienteering festival. A day later than anticipated we arrived at our Dartmoor holiday cottage.
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
I really am not sure whose idea the weekend was, but I basically agreed to co-ordinate it. We advertised the weekend and then . . . the responses came flooding in. I began to panic; where were we all going to stay? Could we possibly coach all these people, all fifty to sixty of them?
Warning – this is a l_o_o_o_o_n_g post!
Posted by Lynne Walker | Filed under Blog • Orienteering
One very pleasant thing about retirement is the ability to pick and choose with regard to the work opportunities offered. Stramash had offered me a couple of the Teaching Orienteering Part 1 (TO P1) courses and the second was on the Isle of Mull.
I am a level 4 orienteering coach and a qualified Assessor & Coach Educator. I have been orienteering for xx years and have coached on many foreign tours.