Dalnamein is located adjacent to the A9, a few miles north of Blair Atholl and is a new area for orienteering. It is a mix of pine plantation and open hill, has some areas of quite detailed moraine and was covered with a thin blanket of snow.
I ran the brown course which was 8.4k with 190m of climb and 22 controls, and which took me 57 minutes. The course had a number of transitions from wood to open and vice verca, which is always challenging; and controls which were hung on the far side of the features - as they should be! The limited visibility and rounded features in parts of the forest also provided a good test of compass work and confidence.
I was tired from organising the FVO Club Championships the previous day and from the Clubs dinner dance the previous evening, but apart from that ran reasonably well. I overshot 5 by ca 45 seconds, was hesitant into 13 and drifted off line from 14 to 15, where the walk forest was much less thick than I anticipated it would be.
Results.
WinSplits.
Map with my course.
Map with my route.
6 comments:
Ahhhh haaahhhh...... straight is great :)
Especially if you go straight for tea at Killiecrankie!!
how did you get through the fence at that point on 19?
& how did you know that the fence on the way to 2 was not uncrossable? - i went to the gate!
nice course!
helen p
tea at Killiecrankie :)
Re fence crossings - I recall some comment in the pre race information about deer fences being crossable!
Still found I had to search for ways through though - especially at 19!
yeah maybe i should read final details :)
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