Inver is a pine forest just east of Braemar and is an area I have not run in for several years. I ran the Brown (longest) course which was 7.1k with 220m of climb and 19 controls.
This was the last SOL of 2009, with the south west part of the area new to orienteering. I ran the Short Brown/M50L course which was 7.7k with 260m of climb and 23 controls.
Roger Scrutton planned tonights event at Riccarton - Heriot Watt University campus to the west of Edinburgh. I ran the long course which was 4.7k with 50m of climb and 20 controls.
Forvie is an open, sand dune area to the north of Aberdeen. Doug Guy planned some technical and enjoyable courses, with my M50L course being 7.7k with 15 controls. Fastest on the course was John Tullie in a very impressive 53 minutes.
It was great to return to Coull after ca 20 years and to run a course, planned by Roger Coombs, which made really good use of the area. I ran M50L which was 7.3k with 330m of climb and 17 controls.
I am an enthusiastic orienteer who runs for Forth Valley Orienteers in Scotland. I began orienteering over 35 years ago when at school in Cheshire and currently compete in the M50 age class.
This site is a record of my orienteering exploits, with occasional forays into my other hobbies of telemark skiing and watching wildlife.