Training Log Archive: StuartE

Orienteering in England near Fyfield. It was quite cold and slightly windy and kept on changing between being too cold and too hot. It was a bit hard without a compass (don't have a northern hemisphere one) so my bearings were quite wonky. I was very confused for the first 2 controls but didn't take too long all things considered. The fields we were running in were quite different from ones in nz as they were very uneven and lumpy. Navigation wise I did fairly well being able to pick out the rocks and bushes accurately, the only part I really struggled with (aside from the start) was a section towards the end in a field with almost no features visible and with no compass being able to find a control on a very low earth bank.

Warmup/down at orienteering while going to/from start/finish.