tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82816940296578430142024-03-14T10:40:25.482+00:00PFO Juniors Norway BlogThis is the blog for the four Pendle Forest Orienteering Club juniors who are travelling to Norway in 2008.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598853017191307723noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-13413577181971240402008-08-30T10:18:00.002+01:002008-08-30T10:39:11.099+01:00NORWAY 2008Again we would all like to say a huge thank-you to anyone who has contributed to the trip it was a great success and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely. We have also improved our orienteering more than we thought possible in just 10 days. Below is the whole group in our tour O-tops- no doubt you will start to see them at events across the NW soon.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6a3Etp19jXHmSbCqNiGAmeY13ff3O83Dvl8_RaU7Z7S77BPGsPROinXyozJM5Y-w3aI8utMR8h6SCtRkwmO13bALhb5PL8BlLzemYagBU4jezf_WW9aU5FW-WUKX9xg-OvG7W8Gd2Q-P/s1600-h/IMG_2963.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6a3Etp19jXHmSbCqNiGAmeY13ff3O83Dvl8_RaU7Z7S77BPGsPROinXyozJM5Y-w3aI8utMR8h6SCtRkwmO13bALhb5PL8BlLzemYagBU4jezf_WW9aU5FW-WUKX9xg-OvG7W8Gd2Q-P/s320/IMG_2963.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240238590038862450" /></a><br /><br />When we weren't orienteering (no-one can train 24/7- or so we thought until we saw some Norwegians at events) we often relaxed by swimming in the sea north of the Shetland Isles (however it was 16 degrees in the water- not bad for the North Sea)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ96pqPf5nRQdNEZC9jKhliM9yaQuG1IMcSquzD72QQgvVXEFLtYeUz5B5Bth8WPhPHWwZ71hI5oF2aSfn7USUXEotcq6k3gWyr6TEoJJBKTKOT0ocCuUHOxJroAU3BFFrEEFLFLwACt7Y/s1600-h/IMG_2965.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ96pqPf5nRQdNEZC9jKhliM9yaQuG1IMcSquzD72QQgvVXEFLtYeUz5B5Bth8WPhPHWwZ71hI5oF2aSfn7USUXEotcq6k3gWyr6TEoJJBKTKOT0ocCuUHOxJroAU3BFFrEEFLFLwACt7Y/s320/IMG_2965.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240238591197127298" /></a><br /><br />Below is the result of trying to keep pace with the locals at a friendly evening park race....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRVRz66wKBZePJckOOnxDR41-q_NqhZzKSxgcmYaoCvuCq5AjDPhyphenhyphen-57cBqrbOrzaiGtN3wIa882gS20iDxlVTly9x4x6Bf2HFE71US4ETCt3QvBeXXesFMZurG7GB8u1Pgk1dfQH3Lmi/s1600-h/IMG_2969.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRVRz66wKBZePJckOOnxDR41-q_NqhZzKSxgcmYaoCvuCq5AjDPhyphenhyphen-57cBqrbOrzaiGtN3wIa882gS20iDxlVTly9x4x6Bf2HFE71US4ETCt3QvBeXXesFMZurG7GB8u1Pgk1dfQH3Lmi/s320/IMG_2969.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240238595829872130" /></a><br /><br />Our accomodation for the tour was in Fredrikstad Ski Kulb's Skihytta (She hutta). The club own and maintain it for use by club members as a training facility year round. Locals can also pop in for a cup of tea etc.(Is anyone familiar with the planning regulations in Tockholes?)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMr2e320GfW37Qog8OYszJ2WPOmGtZVEGov70ClZPUhj77Un95BlNm3tXRibgiY799BaC7HGVTsZMefuGuhlHOMniHQ6f2BVeT7Rbx2HqUz7KEQAI-5-ItxqkzuJ10WpXtC0vrgv-sfud/s1600-h/n577565299_3871783_2692.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMr2e320GfW37Qog8OYszJ2WPOmGtZVEGov70ClZPUhj77Un95BlNm3tXRibgiY799BaC7HGVTsZMefuGuhlHOMniHQ6f2BVeT7Rbx2HqUz7KEQAI-5-ItxqkzuJ10WpXtC0vrgv-sfud/s320/n577565299_3871783_2692.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240238602135881314" /></a><br /><br />Below is the best picture i could find to illustrate our idea of an enjoyable evening activity- going down to the nearest mash and playing football/ rugby/ handball whilst up to our waists in mud/water/ecosystem. Of course the teams were decided by residence- Cumbria played Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYJ9FjKcX3AmzjUG5wwTW08XLQFoIiUm0vaFbRspumZP5c9w7_nPrGo9QcnjrBbaWSjtJELCwVWQJaKBFBrg5zsWzHKjWINpaNvSIqkfgwGpSHF1Up_iL3KHuSkuvfwuJHdQY7CxC-Afz/s1600-h/n577565299_3871803_388.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYJ9FjKcX3AmzjUG5wwTW08XLQFoIiUm0vaFbRspumZP5c9w7_nPrGo9QcnjrBbaWSjtJELCwVWQJaKBFBrg5zsWzHKjWINpaNvSIqkfgwGpSHF1Up_iL3KHuSkuvfwuJHdQY7CxC-Afz/s320/n577565299_3871803_388.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240238604788334994" /></a><br /><br />I would personally reccomend anyone to go and orienteer in Norway as it isn't like anything we have in this country- their whole cultrure is outdoor sport and they will do anything to accomodate orienteering events and training. In summary an exellent experience.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-16916729197160288092008-06-22T19:25:00.003+01:002008-06-22T19:37:52.750+01:00Thanks to PFO<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB74TxzInwlWyxbXp8APM8dujzvMsTl7m3txdFqNeOfR-h7HrUumlC2AD8vOLfMIsnhNBhHdtQRNzpa51DpiwWU5JMG-TA3tynpc0wUegJOyKK8KVofxydAAothxITkCUprhavOBtIU-N8/s1600-h/scan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB74TxzInwlWyxbXp8APM8dujzvMsTl7m3txdFqNeOfR-h7HrUumlC2AD8vOLfMIsnhNBhHdtQRNzpa51DpiwWU5JMG-TA3tynpc0wUegJOyKK8KVofxydAAothxITkCUprhavOBtIU-N8/s400/scan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214776662065392594" /></a><br />WE would like to say a big thank-you to PFO club + members for their contributions to the Norway trip. Especially to Maureen for her excellent cake stalls at recent events.<br /><br />Today was the first Stockport town centre race with plenty of steep, technical orienteering to be had by the many high profile orienteers who turned up. For the rest of us it was hot and/or windy at times but very enjoyable. Below is a scanned section of my mum's map (course 3, W45+) which shows most of the central area used:Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-29837010263647423132008-05-22T14:54:00.002+01:002008-05-22T15:02:16.834+01:00More Cake Stalls!On Friday 9th May the four of us (with lots of help from friends and family) held a cake stall at school to raise money for our trip. Talking to others who had sold cakes in school we realised we would need around 900 cakes (300 per family). After a week of baking (many thanks to parents and more than one set of Grandparents!) we made all 900 cakes required and sold a large percentage of them. We raised £204 overall.<br /><br />The following weekend was MDOC's Twin Peak event at Macclesfield Forest in Cheshire, over the two days the North West Squad cake stall (with some of our left over cakes from Friday plus many more) raised a similar amount to our efforts on Friday.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-63984366601656673942008-04-20T18:08:00.003+01:002008-04-20T18:23:10.008+01:00British ChampionshipsThis weekend saw the culmination of the main racing season in Britain with the British Champs, all the way up on the Moray coast of Scotland. The terrain was described as "complex forested sand dunes" something i had never previously experienced. Below is an extract of my course (M18L) which was 8.8km long with just 200m of climb- an indication of what a flat coastal area this is. This map was 1:10000 with 2.5m contours so it first appears as if it is much steeper!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuws1dMWVSUIu0BGrqDizfPc_BGUp3Dkyn67ffzEGPbWcJrxQRsqF248hrnZwCEEIkSQA2f8dMU-xnr0fwUSsGVN0YyDPgtGpfUqf5mfNc1id7mpIAKZ2VCdmVmNW-Shx4B9yPQruJZ-A/s1600-h/scan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuws1dMWVSUIu0BGrqDizfPc_BGUp3Dkyn67ffzEGPbWcJrxQRsqF248hrnZwCEEIkSQA2f8dMU-xnr0fwUSsGVN0YyDPgtGpfUqf5mfNc1id7mpIAKZ2VCdmVmNW-Shx4B9yPQruJZ-A/s400/scan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191378304476729186" /></a><br /><br />If you click the picture it will come up much clearer and more legible. The black Biro line you can see is the route i took- not necessarily the best but no-ones perfect!Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-78576526533412010242008-03-01T19:36:00.003+00:002008-03-01T20:24:48.530+00:00Blodslitet (Tim Watkins Tropy)Today was officially the longest course I have ever run (discounting the Capricorn Mountain Marathon.) It was 14.4km straight line distance- I am yet to measure the actual distance I ran. This special event is run once a year by South Ribble Orienteering Club as a tribute to Tim Watkins who worked hard to bring this event to Britain from Scandinavia. See <a href="http://www.sroc.org/">http://www.sroc.org/</a> for more details on the event and its history in Norway.<br />After completing the C class in 3 hours 10 minutes (25th of 44 starters) I can't wait to have another go next year (hopefully with none of the limestone pavement that made up this years area!)<br />Below is a small extract of my course (I couldn't scan the whole thing as it was A3);<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDdIv8Kuy2vBaSxyqrWgI-0iRhZ8_Y7aPj7PvwytJ2jHGrRUaSn3d1KygQUD6nwOfcJnahMcV9r3_rIOSo3IT0c2qjz2z1D2hRM5BfT7giKBWh7i1MbUIO4GVLN43apmFH-q7yitp_TjY/s1600-h/scan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172866915848177634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 474px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="226" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDdIv8Kuy2vBaSxyqrWgI-0iRhZ8_Y7aPj7PvwytJ2jHGrRUaSn3d1KygQUD6nwOfcJnahMcV9r3_rIOSo3IT0c2qjz2z1D2hRM5BfT7giKBWh7i1MbUIO4GVLN43apmFH-q7yitp_TjY/s400/scan.jpg" width="451" border="0" /></a>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-39843745019419975162008-02-22T12:22:00.009+00:002008-03-01T20:34:45.339+00:00Lake District AdventuresOver Half term myself and Danny spent three days enjoying some fine winter weather in the Lake District. Day 1 took in Grasmere, Helm Crag, Greenup Edge and Eagle crag, before stopping at Rosthwaite camping barn for the night.<br />Day 2 was a big climb out of the valley up High Spy and a lovely ridge run down to Cat Bells. This was followed by a brief dip in a chilly Derwent water and a nice warm bed (compared to the previous night) in Keswick Youth Hostel. Day three was up onto the ridge on the eastern side of Derwent Water taking in Bleaberry fell, High Seat and High Tove before dropping down to Harrop Tarn and the car park below to finish. All in all a cold, tiring few days which were enjoyed immensely and will no doubt be followed by more adventures in the future (I hope). Below is a selection of the best pictures:<br />For Dan's slant on the 3 days click on Dan's fell running blog on the PFO website/in the right hand column of this webpage.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Greenup Edge<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb4a40KJ-8XMxE_BTH7ubx78RsrKU9TQtUAFzCg4Ud2hztiJ3sSKf9VbebAYTdzHJ09ZnRSMEy3AwAX946BWeRVllhvROCLgE6hELQ2UVjwgokfZJX6hB1DEVI4O0ySM31w94lk2HrFE5/s1600-h/IMG_2441.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169789545575823890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb4a40KJ-8XMxE_BTH7ubx78RsrKU9TQtUAFzCg4Ud2hztiJ3sSKf9VbebAYTdzHJ09ZnRSMEy3AwAX946BWeRVllhvROCLgE6hELQ2UVjwgokfZJX6hB1DEVI4O0ySM31w94lk2HrFE5/s320/IMG_2441.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ice!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAY4fUBwXYd3YF_l72VBJ5kYvN_fO0Fo0dcnlG2i77rfv2gdGi0UTZwmrkixJOGJoltq6CfEgmLFKjGi5uy4K_4u7DWMVIQ-Sb3O1A9U-KgqPNn3BnJncPJVF-y2YX_6SfXXIhjwuZNEem/s1600-h/IMG_2446.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169789554165758498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAY4fUBwXYd3YF_l72VBJ5kYvN_fO0Fo0dcnlG2i77rfv2gdGi0UTZwmrkixJOGJoltq6CfEgmLFKjGi5uy4K_4u7DWMVIQ-Sb3O1A9U-KgqPNn3BnJncPJVF-y2YX_6SfXXIhjwuZNEem/s320/IMG_2446.JPG" border="0" /></a>Blencathra and Derwent Water<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFzBMN9jmwnPh-abwRwpr_o_adpYH9YRqz7AxsVkvqHdTR5rIwgl1yM5YYp8ji_KbOqlMJ0LLjeUoJjduz7AEMMv03mRjKyYC-4pMEUiMjhyphenhyphendidpA3l0VYW3uqyKT39zmqox7wyknSi13/s1600-h/IMG_2465.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169789558460725810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFzBMN9jmwnPh-abwRwpr_o_adpYH9YRqz7AxsVkvqHdTR5rIwgl1yM5YYp8ji_KbOqlMJ0LLjeUoJjduz7AEMMv03mRjKyYC-4pMEUiMjhyphenhyphendidpA3l0VYW3uqyKT39zmqox7wyknSi13/s320/IMG_2465.JPG" border="0" /></a>Borrowdale<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQ5EP2D_Jk4kA0kgE1yGbFNgyS10EWqSWCEvJPbZyh_K4M8Ga6iKCt9xOv2qc7V3iWYcSh6StOjIj5e-QLZty7D6nA_wzq4KDVU1l4C0pc2ICV8m6NnHy-oITpLNolWLzCpDckVfn9ESa/s1600-h/IMG_2467.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169789567050660418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="239" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQ5EP2D_Jk4kA0kgE1yGbFNgyS10EWqSWCEvJPbZyh_K4M8Ga6iKCt9xOv2qc7V3iWYcSh6StOjIj5e-QLZty7D6nA_wzq4KDVU1l4C0pc2ICV8m6NnHy-oITpLNolWLzCpDckVfn9ESa/s320/IMG_2467.JPG" width="324" border="0" /></a>Harrop Tarn<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyI91gjf-JGvEQ026tKaW7ZC72P0UcmRZsjTKiTeyGRKLBaRH5EIHdO6ybo6SnbPObqwWZD126wJb1qjHswNA83qN3ybEwPlZy-CqfcOqEY0_Un3Qa-GAQQCU-KzOEGqiPpZLOSf544toQ/s1600-h/IMG_2479.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169789579935562322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyI91gjf-JGvEQ026tKaW7ZC72P0UcmRZsjTKiTeyGRKLBaRH5EIHdO6ybo6SnbPObqwWZD126wJb1qjHswNA83qN3ybEwPlZy-CqfcOqEY0_Un3Qa-GAQQCU-KzOEGqiPpZLOSf544toQ/s320/IMG_2479.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-91697078504371667432008-02-02T19:37:00.000+00:002008-02-02T21:51:51.510+00:00Winter Wonderland!!Well winter has arrived in style wilth several inches of snow across Rossendale. After a later than usual start we made it up Cowpe (not bothering to actually reach the summit), through the quarries and over towards the wind turbines. Quote of the day goes to Danny with this offering "Head to the one with wings on it". Reffering of course to a wind turbine at the time- badly affected by snow blindness at the time I hope. Some pictures are below...<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-_6oE9U3LYAuQcINFWCXkuJclpeswMHr3J6QWWvT8MZ-OVLmKrqn2Z7i94v5dEMgLItSPA8E6tUzsxeVGfJj9A7xQIIkk0oAa6niedAuWeq-q1Yx28qTu8jg_iRr7kWMJs4O6aJ5QZKh/s1600-h/IMG_2380.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162471110352205890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-_6oE9U3LYAuQcINFWCXkuJclpeswMHr3J6QWWvT8MZ-OVLmKrqn2Z7i94v5dEMgLItSPA8E6tUzsxeVGfJj9A7xQIIkk0oAa6niedAuWeq-q1Yx28qTu8jg_iRr7kWMJs4O6aJ5QZKh/s320/IMG_2380.JPG" border="0" /></a> The frozen waterfall!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9xSHNgFFaqZ83Y6aH67swCZKCpK5l76dRJ6CbEd9wif-gKE5Gddh6PY8NvYUKCvP5Ko2nJoP3Ln_S8exoV7liTApwLzKYhxGvlchbMiWWpYS-28lCYTbm2NVJnIS7pwMVNBiaZyF3KfD/s1600-h/IMG_2379.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162471118942140498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9xSHNgFFaqZ83Y6aH67swCZKCpK5l76dRJ6CbEd9wif-gKE5Gddh6PY8NvYUKCvP5Ko2nJoP3Ln_S8exoV7liTApwLzKYhxGvlchbMiWWpYS-28lCYTbm2NVJnIS7pwMVNBiaZyF3KfD/s320/IMG_2379.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br />Danny's Bit:<br /><br />Ever warming British winters are making snow a bit of a rarity in Lancashire. This morning however, we were shocked to see around 10cm of snow in the valleys and up to 50cm on the hills. The hills were calling, but so was the Lancashire Schools XC at Witton Park. After much deliberation, we eventually decided to try the roads only to reach the car park after the race had started. So we got our snowy hill run in the end...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdfkGyKpmlWK4BnDS7CQgW98ZqdvUzjnP4GRnII546RcEi2DFX60-ZnwwQtebqED9DTMrb6k7pxeqrVtWEYf1sgXFYkAfOZWI1jxRLEs7nAJH74x2OoLqVRp1b9T4_wgdn41LRKnXV-c/s1600-h/DSC036701.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdfkGyKpmlWK4BnDS7CQgW98ZqdvUzjnP4GRnII546RcEi2DFX60-ZnwwQtebqED9DTMrb6k7pxeqrVtWEYf1sgXFYkAfOZWI1jxRLEs7nAJH74x2OoLqVRp1b9T4_wgdn41LRKnXV-c/s400/DSC036701.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162409772787077906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjov73dFfhWfHyu8SYGn0LX3NgSZgSsle5Rlc0IiaT82XqbHAai3JQMM706QeY2Fmpt1nG3at0UJR20KJRm1JIm-BCwxgpLvjHNLsmt0bt9-f-9AsitvWnjUG_QV424iZ5Qkgsricjh8B4/s1600-h/DSC036711.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjov73dFfhWfHyu8SYGn0LX3NgSZgSsle5Rlc0IiaT82XqbHAai3JQMM706QeY2Fmpt1nG3at0UJR20KJRm1JIm-BCwxgpLvjHNLsmt0bt9-f-9AsitvWnjUG_QV424iZ5Qkgsricjh8B4/s400/DSC036711.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162410099204592418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Running over Cowpe Moss was tough going as underneath the snow and the tussocks were frozen bogs, incredibly energy sapping; not nice at all!<br /><br />Frozen Waterfalls en route, we were considering starting the Lancashire Ice Climbing Club:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMo88xn2qhJXi7dNQk096-ovDl2w6SRNseuPr0OCXxaulEBzyvk9j6Y5OKjPgaxJaWxSsZJ-LX3XdI-i0Z9F1HLO3COG_7TZ3dwW0vHfa2sEkq0R61Kz-A2mTKg4Xwy10JiwiSL31X0QQ/s1600-h/DSC036751.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMo88xn2qhJXi7dNQk096-ovDl2w6SRNseuPr0OCXxaulEBzyvk9j6Y5OKjPgaxJaWxSsZJ-LX3XdI-i0Z9F1HLO3COG_7TZ3dwW0vHfa2sEkq0R61Kz-A2mTKg4Xwy10JiwiSL31X0QQ/s400/DSC036751.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162411469299159858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZNj2nJsClE9Xet0UX0N_buAzVC137UNtuqmZWN8KnGNuDEdFcGer_QhgiD6Ovt0wqTbLBocHdJb6fRQ_4EwiFyr6gSmbr8n85cSUr8aYDuBleHVaXqkbNYvVpo3BN1xc4KQj_Dc1gx8/s1600-h/DSC036761.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZNj2nJsClE9Xet0UX0N_buAzVC137UNtuqmZWN8KnGNuDEdFcGer_QhgiD6Ovt0wqTbLBocHdJb6fRQ_4EwiFyr6gSmbr8n85cSUr8aYDuBleHVaXqkbNYvVpo3BN1xc4KQj_Dc1gx8/s400/DSC036761.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162411482184061762" /></a><br /><br />All in all, a very good 7.8 miles which took slightly longer than expected due to repeated immature endeavours mainly involving snow balls and yellow snow. Snow makes children out of us all you know.<br /><br />The Pennine Bridleway above Cowpe Reservoir:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpNolnOPHkbpxo-IbF6ciGOSQzFZ0bqzlIvRb12vl2KAQw-ScHI1V5IwmASarjWKU9bAtx5PzWnLm3ER1JJe2BSYtiNGTtS0sAFrjWNjpwKnMduvOrgQ2HG8KdH-36bkdL8_xnA7D-CU/s1600-h/DSC036741.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpNolnOPHkbpxo-IbF6ciGOSQzFZ0bqzlIvRb12vl2KAQw-ScHI1V5IwmASarjWKU9bAtx5PzWnLm3ER1JJe2BSYtiNGTtS0sAFrjWNjpwKnMduvOrgQ2HG8KdH-36bkdL8_xnA7D-CU/s400/DSC036741.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162412852278629202" /></a><br /><br />Ironically, by the amount of car tracks seen today, people with gas guzzling Chelsea tractors seem to enjoy driving on the gravel tracks in the snow, but it's mainly them who are making snowy winters a thing of the past in Britain.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-41924952163451429832008-01-26T21:05:00.000+00:002008-01-27T12:10:18.824+00:00Saturday Morning Run - 26th Jan - Great Hameldon Hill50mph winds made for hard running. We did a 12 mile (19.3km) loop taking in Most of Cribden, Great Hameldon (409m - SD 794 289) and Hameldon Hill (399m - SD 810 287).<br /><br />Winds around the side of Cribden were so strong, huge effort was required to put one foot infront of the other. Thankfully, we did have the wind on our backs for some of the duration, especially noticeable on the slog up Great Hameldon.<br /><br />Looking Down The Valley Towards Peel Tower<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPplb0OX64sxk-jX7EEy7QBHghyDLz3Jg39ouJJh6zwObauKlpvtqg6Blq0RjuL3Hc6pia_7t8ocCgO_ave3lT2uIPXmNmS7nUyMsHf4ahE3LQWHgUB1Y4dO9lGkjmqYXWGVB8HGx-oZF/s1600-h/DSC03656.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPplb0OX64sxk-jX7EEy7QBHghyDLz3Jg39ouJJh6zwObauKlpvtqg6Blq0RjuL3Hc6pia_7t8ocCgO_ave3lT2uIPXmNmS7nUyMsHf4ahE3LQWHgUB1Y4dO9lGkjmqYXWGVB8HGx-oZF/s400/DSC03656.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159895808169644722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Great Hameldon Hill Summit, The View South<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrg5Uh1cEjI9qjo0E7O0LfA3q3z9N8FEu7IWyMb9S4rxliyw7F0zlsrBs435GK0c3QdFdR3etr2uwADhSrD0pi3gX4ZiZsYQu5i8wkDDS4JPXIn8nlCavJZHniWpYnLzlEYtVt8-4gSGX/s1600-h/DSC03658.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrg5Uh1cEjI9qjo0E7O0LfA3q3z9N8FEu7IWyMb9S4rxliyw7F0zlsrBs435GK0c3QdFdR3etr2uwADhSrD0pi3gX4ZiZsYQu5i8wkDDS4JPXIn8nlCavJZHniWpYnLzlEYtVt8-4gSGX/s400/DSC03658.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159897298523296450" /></a><br /><br />Great Hameldon Hill Summit, Windswept<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjbnSo4SkBsAxPm5yEw-oZ2wxzen80NSxE87xLZkQZKJ5d_NUQNsxGPid73SjgXDruiZEHfVvmcEWeBVuG1CaZprjYyJn4S0jWrnb_kLDllMAruqfg3FgbAgPqqAYIDKuMeSLdHMsszsy/s1600-h/DSC03662.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjbnSo4SkBsAxPm5yEw-oZ2wxzen80NSxE87xLZkQZKJ5d_NUQNsxGPid73SjgXDruiZEHfVvmcEWeBVuG1CaZprjYyJn4S0jWrnb_kLDllMAruqfg3FgbAgPqqAYIDKuMeSLdHMsszsy/s400/DSC03662.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159897646415647442" /></a><br /><br />On the path to Hameldon Hill we came across some rather icy 'puddles' which turned out to be knee deep icy bogs.<br /><br />Upon returning to Loveclough, we did come across what would be an excellent orienteering forest, a nice surprise when the legs were beginning to burn. All in all an excellent run, apart from the gales, perfect weather!<br /><br /><a href="http://pendleo.googlepages.com/GreatHameldonHill.kml">Click here</a> to download the route for viewing in Google Earth. You will need to have Google Earth installed on your computer.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598853017191307723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-16759015304800959572008-01-16T23:29:00.000+00:002008-01-16T23:46:44.326+00:00News Flash - Finals Here We ComePendle Forest Orienteering Club are through to the National Final of the Compass Sport Trophy! <br /><br />After battling with the mud and rain at Frodsham, PFO came out ahead of local rivals SELOC to ensure a place in the inaugural final. After missing out on qualifying in previous years, this is a leap forward for the club. PFO will compete against the cream of British orienteering clubs at Sutton Park, Birmingham on the October 18th.<br /><br />Needless to say this is partly due to the outstanding efforts of our Norway Juniors, with Alex Willis and Sophie Horrocks scoring the maximum possible on Blue and Light Green courses respectively. Liam and Ste also contributed to the clubs success. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Percorso_di_orientamento_%28ita%29.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Percorso_di_orientamento_%28ita%29.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span>Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598853017191307723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-51137715515225608242008-01-03T20:03:00.000+00:002008-01-03T20:09:52.595+00:00Mountain Bike Orienteering Part 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJQhisbhMqjeTntoodIbDc69hCMfgdjktkIZPtnRH3dWc7jzZx8L5en0TWaguBs1DK948qVrdS0zJQTRrpykDr2ci6QwKdJkmI5aL7kBIR5N65keM2KmjonGkHlPKbH9D5JCPjLmhBSTk/s1600-h/IMG_2354a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151344942192251858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJQhisbhMqjeTntoodIbDc69hCMfgdjktkIZPtnRH3dWc7jzZx8L5en0TWaguBs1DK948qVrdS0zJQTRrpykDr2ci6QwKdJkmI5aL7kBIR5N65keM2KmjonGkHlPKbH9D5JCPjLmhBSTk/s320/IMG_2354a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I woulod like to add to Danny's comments about the event last Sunday and say that it was a really good event; different to what we both normally do (being 4 hours long!) but enjoyable for the novelty if nothing else. I have added a picture my Dad took as we raced away from the start having already planned our route (we did however promptly make a 180 degree error on reaching the main road- less haste more speed i think!).</div><br /><div></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-17694979495309161912008-01-03T17:35:00.000+00:002008-01-03T17:39:55.960+00:00British Schools Orienteering Champs Report<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfTR-5hCwNY_iUajzxGjA7mXtNiWdroG6OVOrb-SmoyE7LB04y7e7oITXel-t-Zip-LwHimIizXWsXpn4lOTay13cFIYKKrvJR4msPvBeC4hEneK1g_YuxNYMuluA6nAaf-b3622IThoK/s1600-h/Free+Press.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151306180112405442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfTR-5hCwNY_iUajzxGjA7mXtNiWdroG6OVOrb-SmoyE7LB04y7e7oITXel-t-Zip-LwHimIizXWsXpn4lOTay13cFIYKKrvJR4msPvBeC4hEneK1g_YuxNYMuluA6nAaf-b3622IThoK/s320/Free+Press.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>SUCCESS mapped out: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School’s year 12 orienteering team (front left) with other runners, who competed in the British Schools’ National finals at Dorset.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div> Rossendale Free Press Report Tops in the end 7/12/2007 </div><div><br />BACUP and Rawtenstall Grammar School’s year 12 orienteers have been crowned national schools champions.<br />They beat more than 70 school teams from the UK and Northern Ireland to claim the British Schools title at the army’s tank training ground at Bovington, Dorset.<br />And BRGS also took third place in the overall team category – based on the best nine finishers from years seven to 13 – for the second successive year.<br />There was also a silver medal for Emily Lester, who marked her final appearance at the championships by taking second place in the year 13 category<br />And the new year seven girls team of Eilidh Brailey, Esther Clare and Heather Cudworth completed a fine haul by taking a team bronze medal.<br />The winning year 12 team comprised Liam Taylor, Alex Willis, Stephen Horrocks and Jack Heyworth with the first three finishers counting.<br />It was a second taste of national glory for Liam and Alex, who were part of the BRGS year seven team who won their category five years ago.<br />BRGS teacher Tom Gray was extremely pleased with the school’s performance.<br />He said: ‘Liam and Alex were in the team that won in year seven and the team has just got better and better through the years. Last year was our first time on the podium in the overall category and we were hoping to go one better but were third again.<br />‘It was a really good achievement with the spread of results for our team because we had counters who were new children in year seven. We have good orienteers coming through to replace the ones who will be leaving and we are hoping for another good team result next year.’<br />There were a number of other top 10 performances in almost Arctic conditions over a range of courses suited to each school year group. They were: Liam Taylor (fourth) year 12 boys, Sophie Horrocks (sixth) year 10 girls, Paul Burdekin (seventh) year seven boys, Eilidh Brailey (seventh) year seven girls, Alex Willis (ninth) year 12 boys, Danny Hoyle (ninth) year 13 boys and Alix McDermott (10th) year 11 girls.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>With thanks to the Rossendale Free Press for Permission to use the above photo and article.</div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-38801134703159383852008-01-02T22:57:00.000+00:002008-01-02T22:59:25.282+00:00Awesome Limestone Descents<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eKXx3KGT3AIpA0LU1_jqF9l8Gd0rslO9odCjm450gAWa-OiVso1S3XJZwOBzOuxfyrED23ObSNrixLmWzD0qwEad7tS69z_qdYZELStb6SYcm7kS1uxJMGdY2TgP2BWJUADYPafRJF4X/s1600-h/Dry_stone_wall_20.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eKXx3KGT3AIpA0LU1_jqF9l8Gd0rslO9odCjm450gAWa-OiVso1S3XJZwOBzOuxfyrED23ObSNrixLmWzD0qwEad7tS69z_qdYZELStb6SYcm7kS1uxJMGdY2TgP2BWJUADYPafRJF4X/s320/Dry_stone_wall_20.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151017525775086642" /></a>Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598853017191307723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-34638311379094070682008-01-02T22:10:00.000+00:002008-01-02T22:56:58.846+00:00Nothing like 4 hours hard riding in the Dales to cure the Christmas overeating!On 30th December 2007, Alex Willis and myself ditched the running shoes, for a day in the saddle in a mountain bike orienteering event.<br /><br />Organised by Kudu Bikes Triathlon Club, the event was a competition between two disciplines, running and mountain biking. It's aim to see whether the runners, with the advantage of footpaths (offering much shorter root choices), could beat the mountain bikers with the clear advantage of speed. To even the out the event, there were two compulsory checkpoints for the bikers, which the runners could ignore. Also, one particularly speedy bridleway was made out of bounds to bikers.<br /><br />Starting in the centre of Hawes, we headed out on the roads to get the 2 compulsory controls. Following this was a steep climb on forest tracks featuring several switchbacks. After this very painful climb, we were rewarded with a brilliant downhill taking us over some great limestone steps.<br /><br />Back into Hawes we set out on our second loop, this was a steep climb onto a huge Roman Road running along the ridge of Whether Fell. The next step of the journey offered some fantastic technical riding over open moorland. The kind of track good enough to find it's way onto a magazine cover.<br /><br />The last descent into Hawes' neighbouring town Gayle, was very technical with deep ruts and tight corners. It follows that I took flight over the handlebars, thankfully, no serious damage. A quick blast through Gayle took us back into Hawes and to the finish. We finished with 140 points in 14th place.<br /><br />The winner was the speedier mountain bike, yet surprisingly the runners occupied many of the high placings.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598853017191307723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-44285931842206976362007-12-20T11:55:00.000+00:002007-12-20T12:14:38.590+00:00British Schools Orienteering Championships 2007Liam Taylor, Alex Willis, Stephen Horrocks and Jack Heyworth are the Year 12 Boys British Schools Orienteering Champions. They completed a wet and windy challenging course over the British Army’s Tank Training ground at Bovington, Dorset in November.<br /><br />B.R.G.S. was placed 3rd as a School in the Large Secondary Schools section. Sophie Horrocks Alex Willis and Liam Taylor were amongst the nine runners counting towards this place.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-25010670395880332702007-11-21T21:09:00.000+00:002007-11-21T22:01:40.265+00:00Tockholes Training Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifb5lVJ-hFDz4ZsaTGg8z4xgOPYt71FX8V6HXlGUdj5yOtK2eAYd9gr6LXcD2zQSn_Ya-wy6CoE6DZSBt63pzFKpuiqnRlRn0z5oALloTykETYG02rfmBdSkb3db-lCQ_hTEmu7uhC04UD/s1600-h/IMG_2268.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135413608087219890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifb5lVJ-hFDz4ZsaTGg8z4xgOPYt71FX8V6HXlGUdj5yOtK2eAYd9gr6LXcD2zQSn_Ya-wy6CoE6DZSBt63pzFKpuiqnRlRn0z5oALloTykETYG02rfmBdSkb3db-lCQ_hTEmu7uhC04UD/s320/IMG_2268.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The aim of the training day was to provide training for all abilities within the PFO membership. Alex and Stephen (with some parental help) started planning the day in October. Due to the wide range of ability and experience within the club the challenge was to provide a wide enough range of training courses to be of interest to everyone. </div><br /><br /><div></div><div>The training was split into three groups, novice, intermediate and experienced. Within each group they planned three courses. The planning involved visiting Tockholes, several planning sessions and numerous hours at the computer using mapping software to plan the courses. All this on top of their normal schoolwork and other commitments.</div><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>On the day around 35 people (including a large number of juniors) turned up despite the cold damp November weather. The courses they did ranged from Scandinavian style training to micro courses.</div><br /><div>All those who attended seemd to enjoy themselves and hopefully gained something from the day.</div><br /><div>Feedback comments recieved included:-</div><br /><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">"Thanks so much for yesterday's training- really appreciated all your efforts and I certainly gained experience from the varied courses that you had set up.<br />If you do have any time for coaching young people, you are always welcome at my school, Northern Primary in Bacup"</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">"Thank you for all the hard work you put in to today's event. I know the CTK children got a lot out of it and enjoyed the stream too. I enjoyed being able to do some of it on my own too. Well done to you all, and hope there is another similar day again very soon"</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">"Fantastic day out! It was apparent just how much effort the organisers had put in; really appreciated by all. It was good to see people from a variety of skill levels training together. It was a valuable experience for everybody training on the day."</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">"On behalf of the BRGS 'little-uns', thanks for all the time and effort you put into the training day. It was a great success; the minibus was a cacophony of chatter all the way back to Rawtenstall . Thanks Again"</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Alex and Stephen gained valuable experience which hopefully they can use again, maybe for another club training day in 2008!</div><br /><div></div><div>Hamish + Kate Willis</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-37795483644647572412007-11-03T17:01:00.000+00:002007-11-03T17:19:22.829+00:00Club Training Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyeLbBFHJdHDmmewMseGh1YdK3BU8J0057bwX2UF03xfH2YkwGnBYCuKDClF08Vfq5Sc6g9F18e25aewNqII40CQs4VE-LU4tHcGJRwBVQslWr58Jx-8cXqyP0AyOPfnJ70qFVSuawiDr/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128664615334091186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyeLbBFHJdHDmmewMseGh1YdK3BU8J0057bwX2UF03xfH2YkwGnBYCuKDClF08Vfq5Sc6g9F18e25aewNqII40CQs4VE-LU4tHcGJRwBVQslWr58Jx-8cXqyP0AyOPfnJ70qFVSuawiDr/s320/images.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>On 10th November myself and Stephen are planning a training day for the all club members including those juniors at affiliated schools. This will follow on from a similar day we organised over the summer for a group of primary school children from CTK in Burnley.</div><br /><div>This was done as part of our Orienteering Young Leaders Award completed as part of our Silver Duke of Edinburgh's award. The November training day is designed for adults and children and for all ranges of ability so that they can improve their skills and hopefully become better orienteers as a result of the day. The other aim of the day is for a social feel with members engaging over a packed lunch in the woods.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>On offer on the day will be a total of 10 different courses, all aiming to challenge a different skill needed for orienteering from teamwork (somtimes useful when lost) to planning ahead of yourself and picking out the very minor details in the map.</div><br /><div></div>We have been planning the day for the last month with several visits to the area and a few planning meetings in the comfort of our own homes (plus an e-mail conference)<br /><br /><div>Watch this space for a full report on the day.</div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-17776274781701757762007-10-23T09:56:00.000+01:002007-10-23T10:04:08.916+01:00Yvette Baker Trophy, Sunday 21st OctoberOn sunday the 21st october, a team of 10 pfo juniors went up to caldbeck to represent the club in the annual yvette baker trophy event, for club juniors. it is an interclub event, where juniors from each club race against juniors from half a dozen other clubs.<br />this year, on a whole, we did not do as well as previously, and may miss out on the national final. the main reason for this was the relative inexperience of some of the newer runbeers, and also the fact that many of the team members had been away on a physically draining north west junior squad training day on saturday.stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018672843863659705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-40183874820518234392007-10-21T20:01:00.000+01:002007-10-21T20:36:06.060+01:00Injury :(<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKppIK2igt_4Kh6sYMwszQBbnhZmzcIAp_mqxa_ENNKVR_BY-lNdLQnhtHX1hPQERXEBcjwqINQfiDmSUxeNkTQdIzbMZdr57oa2UOOvL33S9o079jhGOOyAMBEORJC8UEJNQ2BPYSauc/s1600-h/Knee.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123874874530048130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 113px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 175px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="196" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKppIK2igt_4Kh6sYMwszQBbnhZmzcIAp_mqxa_ENNKVR_BY-lNdLQnhtHX1hPQERXEBcjwqINQfiDmSUxeNkTQdIzbMZdr57oa2UOOvL33S9o079jhGOOyAMBEORJC8UEJNQ2BPYSauc/s320/Knee.jpg" width="141" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div>Since the training weekend detailed below I have had pain in my right knee. It wasn't too painful, so I rested it by not training at all for a week. The following weekend was the British School's Score Championships. My knee had settled down a bit after a weeks rest so I ran at the Score Champs (coming 4th in Boy's Year 12/13). BRGS Upper School Boy's Team won the trophy :) (best 6 scores from years 10-13 counting).</div><br /><br /><div>However after the minibus journey home from Sussex my knee was painful again. So I rested it again and went to see a physiotherapist. She diagnosed that my knee cap was rubbing, as it was not moving correctly up and down its groove in my femur. This was due to the fact that my quads were overdeveloped on the outside of my thigh and underdeveloped on the inside. This caused my knee cap to be pulled diagonally to the outside as opposed to the inside.</div><br /><br /><div>To counteract this I have to do squats on one leg and weights in the gym to build up the inside of my thigh as well as resting from training/running for two weeks. At the moment my right leg diameter measures one inch less than my left both above and below my knee. By the time I go back for a check with my physio in two weeks I need to have built up the muscle mass and have equal diameters on both legs!</div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><div>I'm doing all the prescribed exercises and hoping to be fit again for the next NWJS training weekend and Delamere Forest event early in November.</div></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-90064575990252839342007-10-07T19:13:00.000+01:002007-10-07T19:56:27.613+01:00Fundraising<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyT00nd8w_IDUT7USGZLFwamBxpchXfzgR8VfKWLdMSxKLucuVfmJNSTYvLySRVFPlrpWuzmes940LqKK4Xqby-oAJdGOqububIkdjUJn5P39MxyNCu9Nz3U_TSX8V5r7dFnF0yGB0QPk3/s1600-h/Buns1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118667559404916178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="148" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyT00nd8w_IDUT7USGZLFwamBxpchXfzgR8VfKWLdMSxKLucuVfmJNSTYvLySRVFPlrpWuzmes940LqKK4Xqby-oAJdGOqububIkdjUJn5P39MxyNCu9Nz3U_TSX8V5r7dFnF0yGB0QPk3/s320/Buns1.jpg" width="103" border="0" /></a> <div>The North West Junior Squad try to raise money throughout the year. They do this mainly by having cake stalls at major orienteering events in the North West Region. Juniors (or their parents and grandparents!) bake cakes, buns and biscuits and bring them to the events to be sold. The juniors also help to man the cake stall and sell the cakes before and after their runs. There is usually a hungry crowd of people wanting to buy cakes after they have run their courses. Some buy cakes to take home as well. Home made jams and chutney are also sold at certain times of year.</div><br /><div>The cake stall money is used for many of the North West Junior Squad expenses. Part of it is used to help subside the Norway trip and helps towards the cost of Norway Tour Tops.</div><br /><div>From September 2005 to August 2006 the cake stalls raised £1999. From Sept 2006 to August 2007 they raised £1694.</div><br /><div>This year the squad is having a stall at a Dickensian Christmas Market in the Lake District to sell home made mince pies etc. A stall at a similar market in 2005 raised £937 from the sale of cakes, jams etc.</div><br /><div>Fund raising for the Norway tour helps to reduce the cost to each squad member going. Some of the other ways the squad are raising money for Norway 2008 are :-selling quiz sheets, bag packing at local supermarkets, selling cake recipe books, selling home made Christmas cakes .</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118667559404916194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbBKQ4ofAK7SukQEIF3CrehUEUQ0qec5Au47kN9DiGoGhPV0vV64duQUlQkk9kE8CIE8IFUylffvQe9Di77lkRe_X5dGASLJkeLvUOJ7QWrktAtSxqGz7EGsYOywOpuFnt1XsGleDdFbr/s320/Buns2.jpg" border="0" /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-3550737238271505332007-10-01T19:58:00.000+01:002007-10-01T20:11:41.073+01:00NWJS weekend 29/30th September (2)Saturday:<br />The training is detailed in Alex's contribution but I would like to add that for me aswell the time trial was very wierd on that map, also I developed a syndrome of getting to right on top of the flag and then not being able to see it for a minute or so and as this happened on 3 controls I wasted approximately 2 and a half minutes (out of 11:19), the fact that we were using training flags placed on the floor and not full size flags was most of the problem.<br />The rest of the training was good though and the two techniques of simplification and attack points were reinforced by well planned routes to get the most out of the terrain.<br /><br />Sunday:<br />On Sunday the whole club attended the BL Regional Event located at HIgh Pike in the Lakes. The location was great and the open fell land gave way to fast times and there was also a good network of paths but fine details close to the controls needed particular attention meaning that the Saturdays training was put into good practice. The weather was good and although not the brightest or hottest day, there was no rain and gave some extremely good conditions to run in.<br />I ran the JM5L course and found that it was extremely fast running, mistakes cost a large amount of time as you could run straight past a control hidden in a dip, or not run far enough and hit a wrong parrallel (sp?) feature. I only made a single mistake over the whole 8.1km of the course and this was on control 15 were I found an unmarked marsh in a re-entrant almost the same as my control just 100m ahead.<br />The enjoyable part of this race was the fact that for once I got to stretch out my legs for large sections and as such completed the course in just over an hour only just behind the leader (54mins approx). I believe that I could have run faster I think if it hadn't have been for the trouble of getting to sleep the night before with some of the younger members of the club thinking it funny to annoy everyone else instead of going to sleep, resulting in me being very tired for the event.<br />Overall this should be a gold standard leaving me just one more to get before the end of the year.<br /><br />LiamLiam Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839920544442325809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-9810659635424005142007-09-30T19:20:00.000+01:002007-09-30T19:53:14.752+01:00NWJS weekend 29/30th September<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRXJVPluCA6V_2IPzo_eXwiVkwHpvtSRRe5qVGp79xfRpgJ1Q76nJQUaqP8KuZ0ybu-Uw0EhqxDL7Xs1YNANAYCzkBGU3P0YY2rCBgpnNTC_O0ONP49xTNklZ4BtQ_3rJH3u89NPFRfnc/s1600-h/scan0002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116071317437804738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 344px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 309px" height="309" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRXJVPluCA6V_2IPzo_eXwiVkwHpvtSRRe5qVGp79xfRpgJ1Q76nJQUaqP8KuZ0ybu-Uw0EhqxDL7Xs1YNANAYCzkBGU3P0YY2rCBgpnNTC_O0ONP49xTNklZ4BtQ_3rJH3u89NPFRfnc/s320/scan0002.jpg" width="386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday:<br />Saturday was on the sand dunes near Haverigg in the south lakes. These are grassy as well as sandy (unlike the wooded dunes found in Scotland) so an added challenge was actually running up some of the sandier slopes. With 3 separate exercises to get through (a time trial, simplification exercise and attack points exercise) the pace was steady (more so for some than others) yet purposeful. For me the time trial was a nightmare of a first exercise on a strange scale (1:7500 with 2.5m contours). After that I began to get used to the rapidly changing terrain (flat to dunes and back again) so the other two exercises went well.<br />The 'serious' exercises were followed by a clock relay (see attached map) in pairs with a novelty item. Each runner goes out to the control, picks up the item and moves it round a control before coming back to tig their partner who does the same. There was some bending/changing of the rules whereby each runner simply drops the item a bit further round a rough circle in view of the next runner.<br /><br />Sunday:<br />Sunday incorporated the BL regional event at High Pike which for me meant my final run on JM5Medium. The course was open and fast (depending on how well the climb in the first half of the course was tackled) as the second half was entirely downhill running. 49 minutes for 6.2km wasn't bad but a few small errors could have been cut out to get closer to the winner's time (around 44 minutes).Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322413698764945249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281694029657843014.post-75175143939327697962007-09-24T19:16:00.000+01:002007-09-24T19:28:25.362+01:0023rd September - JM5L raceThis was the first proper race back in the season for me and as such i was slightly apprehensive. The event was at Ainsdale dunes over near Southport and it was on sand and thick and low vegetation, which is one of my least favourite terrain types. Also I hadn't been feeling well up till then and had spent Saturday in bed instead of helping run an event. Now that my excuses are out of the way...<br />The course I was on was JM5L and was 6.8km, climb unspecified.<br />The start of the race was a complete nightmare, I got my angle from the start wrong and ended up going to control 2 instead of control 1, however from here I knew where I was and could work my way back. Having already been to number 2 that was pretty easy but then number 3 proved to be another problem. This first section was over extremely complex and slow terrain and probably cost me about 10 minutes in total.<br />The next section of controls, number 4 to 16 was over quicker terrain in the southern area of the map and here I felt more at home with quick running between large attack points and then careful navigation nearer to the control being the main feature of the running, I felt confident over this section and was quickly able to settle into a nice and consistent runnign speed, something which i have been working on over the summer whilst training.<br />The last section of the course went back into the complex section at the north of the map and this time i faired much better and made only slight navigational errors with the last two controls being comparative flyers.<br />Overall posistion 4/5 in JM5L, time of 66 mins. The winner achieved 48 but 2nd place was 62. As a result I am overall happy with this race.<br /><br />LiamLiam Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839920544442325809noreply@blogger.com0