Coach LD has set up a couple of orienteering courses in the Humber Valley in Bolton. Although we're trying to stay very close to home almost all the time, we know Coach LD always does a great job. I don't think it will be long before we're subject to outdoor activity restrictions like the ones that have been imposed in UK and some European countries where Covid 19 is more widespread. So it was nice to get out in a different forest while we still can.
We were looking for yellow caution tape. There were clues on the tape - letters, numbers and words. This control had been vandalized so we had to text Coach LD to find out the clue.
It was lots of fun! We went to some places we'd never visited in the Humber Valley, and we got really muddy, which was great.
I wore Hokas to switch things up on my injured foot, as per Baloney's good advice. They were comfortable on the trails but they aren't designed for steep, muddy slopes so that made things extra adventurous at times.
We had just planned to hike but we had a little trouble finding #10, then we realized we would have to run to get back to our car and drive home in time for online Zoom Beers with Timato and K-Way.
On the way back, we met Gunda picking up garbage and also looking for controls. She was the only other person we saw in the valley.
Coach LD met us at our car with a finisher gift of homemade soup - yum! Then we went back to try more of our Half Hours on Earth craft beer while catching up on the news from Kitchener. A fun, socially distant day!