Owls Count

Day 1 – Alvie
My Route
A fairly good start to the week. I felt my running and navigation were reasonable, but I needed to push harder on the long legs – something that was a theme of the week.

Day 2 – Balavil
My Route
A good first day followed by a poor second. I had an early start, which accounted for part of the long time. However, the real problem was a large mistake at number five. I ran well from the open into the forest, knowing exactly where I was. A clubmate asked me to help relocate him, I did this, and then start going again without getting my concentration back on the map. 14 minutes later I finally found the control. After this I never got going again. Not concentrating fully meant I made another mistake at ten, when I got confused by an earlier marsh – I just never spotted it on the map.

Day 3 – Inshriach West
My Route
A much better day – probably my best running and navigation of the week. I started in the light green forest well – before drifting off target at four and losing a couple of minutes going back up the hill. The next control I took too slowly – mindful to get back on track, after the problems of the previous day. From there on I orienteered well.