Event 1:31:00 [3] ***
spiked:14/18c
This was an interesting course - a mix of point to point and within it 3 sections of score style. All was going well until #8 which eluded me for probably 10 mins, so this being in the score section I delayed it and moved on to next control. Came at it from the "top" after completing that loop and found it, though I struggle to see controls in gymea lily areas. That section completed moved to the next - again all well at the beginning but faltered on #13 (having got #15 ,#16 and #17 before) but did a first for me. Following veg boundary skirted past control and ran off the map. I have arrived as an orienteer - all the best do it! Decided to give up and headed south to get the remaining controls and "found" the elusive #13 - perfectly in a parallel universe! Stormy squall hit while en route to #14 so needed to protect map. More south travel and then in for the last - which to be honest I wasn't much interested in - again on a tree root mound in gymea lily area so hard for me to see landforms etc. So ...nice area and really interesting course - just not switched on. C'est la vie!