Author Archive for Jolyon Medlock
BOC Balmoral
This year the British Orienteering Long Distance Championships were held on the Queen’s private estate at Balmoral. Not a dash around her ornamented gardens of course, but let loose on her private hills and woodlands of Royal Deeside – a terrain many will be familiar with from the Scottish 6 days. Sadly I didn’t attend […]
Posted on Tue, 12th June 2018 by Jolyon MedlockScottish Spring
As a precursor to the BOC at Balmoral in May, I thought I would treat Lyra to a belated 11th birthday present, by attending the Scottish Spring weekend around Stirling. I also thought it would help with fitness for me ahead of the JK, which given a month of snowed off events now seems justified. […]
Posted on Tue, 10th April 2018 by Jolyon MedlockHyp-O-thermia on Haytor
Warming up after a freezing and blustery run over Haytor. Haytor is one of the jewels of Dartmoor National Park. The airy tor is a precipitous climb and is extremely exposed to the wind and the changing weather, but an ascent is rewarded with distant views over the Devon coastline. Having left the sun drenched wind-less […]
Posted on Tue, 14th November 2017 by Jolyon MedlockA perspective on a Classic weekend
Hampshire is a county of contrasts. In the space of a few miles one can be transported from the bustling container port of Southampton, where the horizon is dominated by massive cruise ships, interminable rows of cars and IKEA; to the peaceful, ancient and sylvan vistas of the New Forest, where extensive tracts of woodland […]
Posted on Tue, 7th November 2017 by Jolyon MedlockBritish Champs
This weekend a small contingent of WSX members attended the British sprint championships in Campbell Park (Milton Keynes) on Saturday and the British middle distance championships in Wendover Woods on Sunday. Peter, Jolyon and Lyra took part in the sprints. Lyra won a Bronze medal in the W10 in the sprint final, which took place […]
Posted on Tue, 3rd October 2017 by Jolyon Medlock