One of the few benefits of an orienteering calendar with hardly any events in was that at very short notice we were able to postpone the Agglestone event as Storm Alex approached, and re-schedule it the following week. Thankfully we swapped rain and wind for beautiful Purbeck sunshine and were able to show off […]

Hope you have all been keeping well over the last three months. Since our efforts at the CompassSport cup we have experienced a (hopefully) once in a lifetime banishment from our chosen sport. Although if I recall, back in 2001, during the Foot and Mouth outbreak, when I was more into climbing mountains than orienteering, […]

First of all, apologies for the late posting, but I am abroad with limited wifi. Quite a lot to report this week, we have four reports from members to read, two from a South West Training 3 day event in the Lake District, from the perspective of a junior (Lyra) and a parent (Nicola). Then […]

Last weekend we helped North Gloucestershire Orienteering Club celebrate their 50th birthday with a fast middle distance at Knockalls and a classic (long slog) at Lightning Hill, both in the Forest of Dean. Several clubs are also celebrating similar milestones and as we know, Wimborne are celebrating their birthday at the Caddihoe Chase in October […]