I ran M45 which was 8.1k with 215m of climb and 16 controls. I had a bad start, losing time at the first 2 controls. As I climbed to 3, the underfoot conditions became rougher and stonier and the mist came down; reducing visibilty and increasing the technical challenge. Fortunately, I didn't try to make up for the lost time and concentrated on picking up distinct features to guide me between the controls. Chatting with Rob Lee afterwards, I discovered that he had adopted a similar "join the dots" strategy. From 3, I navigated to 4 via the knoll and then the crag; and to 5 I went via the 2 cairns and the small reentrant. I managed to maintain good concentration for the remainder of the course and whilst I encountered the occasional difficulty in making the map fit the ground, managed to complete the rest of the course without significant navigational errors and in a time of 55 minutes. Overall, Scotland again just lost out to England.
Results.
Splits.
Map with my course.
Map with my route.
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