Archive for October, 2005

  • From some random blog: http://www.oobrien.com/yepsport/ – Wait — getting to your desired destination with a map and compass is a sport??? Obvious Joke: No girlfriend I’ve ever had could possibly...

    WTF?

    From some random blog: http://www.oobrien.com/yepsport/ – Wait — getting to your desired destination with a map and compass is a sport??? Obvious Joke: No girlfriend I’ve ever had could possibly...

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  • Home Commute At around 10pm 18C, calm & dry conditions. 2.10 miles 9 mins 14 seconds (moving time, i.e. not including time at traffic lights.) Max: 19.6 mph Average: 13.8...

    Commute

    Home Commute At around 10pm 18C, calm & dry conditions. 2.10 miles 9 mins 14 seconds (moving time, i.e. not including time at traffic lights.) Max: 19.6 mph Average: 13.8...

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  • SLOW is going to have a Micro-O section at the OK Nuts Trophy regional event at the end of November, on the middle part of the open courses. Interesting –...

    Micro-O at SLOW’s OK Nuts Trophy

    SLOW is going to have a Micro-O section at the OK Nuts Trophy regional event at the end of November, on the middle part of the open courses. Interesting –...

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  • The point in Great Britain furthest from the coast is “just east of Church Flatts Farm, about a mile south-east of Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire” according to the Ordnance...

    Furthest from the coast

    The point in Great Britain furthest from the coast is “just east of Church Flatts Farm, about a mile south-east of Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire” according to the Ordnance...

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  • Here is the summary of the previous season. One of my fellow orienteers in JOK advanced the theory that the stress of work affects my results adversely. Case in point...

    Stress and Orienteering

    Here is the summary of the previous season. One of my fellow orienteers in JOK advanced the theory that the stress of work affects my results adversely. Case in point...

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  • I completed the east-most section of my cross-England bike ride on Sunday, going from Rochester to Whitstable, a major seaside resort in North Kent, on a beautifully sunny day for...

    x-England Part 6

    I completed the east-most section of my cross-England bike ride on Sunday, going from Rochester to Whitstable, a major seaside resort in North Kent, on a beautifully sunny day for...

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  • This was an interesting area – true “inner city” woodland, with several burnt out cars, wrecked motorbikes and event a burnt-out van at various points on the course. The area...

    Lesnes Abbey Woods and Bostall Heath DFOK District Event, 2 October

    This was an interesting area – true “inner city” woodland, with several burnt out cars, wrecked motorbikes and event a burnt-out van at various points on the course. The area...

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  • It’s always a good idea to pay very careful attention to the map when out orienteering. Tweet

    Odd orienteering maps: No. 3 in a series

    It’s always a good idea to pay very careful attention to the map when out orienteering. Tweet

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