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Equipment
Posted on December 5, 2006 | No CommentsHere’s how I’m getting GPS tracks for my recent orienteering races. I’m using a Navi GPS (£80) bought from Storage Depot, with an SD memory card (£15) to log the route.... -
Back from Switzerland
Posted on July 23, 2006 | No CommentsJust got back from Switzerland after a superb week orienteering around Zermatt. Pics/results to follow once I get some sleep/work done – for now, take a look at the great... -
Altitude
Posted on July 14, 2006 | No Comments48 hours from now (1022 CET on Sunday) I’ll be leaving the start line on Day 1 of Swiss O Week – six days of orienteering in the mountains high... -
Summer Series
Posted on May 29, 2006 | No CommentsI am, somewhat optimistically perhaps, going to nine events in June. They are all local or district events – at this time of year, the vegetation gets too high in... -
JK 2006
Posted on April 18, 2006 | 3 CommentsPhotograph by DigiSport, reproduced with permission. One word – superb! I really enjoyed this year’s JK. I had low expectations of the areas and my own fitness – but I... -
Out of Action
Posted on March 31, 2006 | No CommentsI’m currently ill (since last Thursday) so not doing any orienteering at the moment. At this point I’m hoping to still be at the JK in two weeks, if only... -
Relocation, Relocation, Relocation
Posted on March 10, 2006 | 2 CommentsThe latest “Oxford Today” magazine, sent out by the university to its alumni to make sure we don’t forget it, has a great full-page article on OUOC and orienteering in... -
Fixtures Map Update
Posted on February 11, 2006 | No CommentsI’ve updated the Fixtures Map code with a couple of new features: Ability to exclude events more than 100 miles from you, except nationals/internationals. This is set from the page... -
Another UK Events DB
Posted on February 3, 2006 | No CommentsI somehow missed Rob Williams’ excellent Orienteering Fixtures webpage, which has been online for several months and is a very similar concept to my own page. It has a number... -
Maps of Maps 3: Database of UK Orienteering Events
Posted on February 2, 2006 | 10 CommentsFollowing the Map of Maps 1 and 2 projects, I’ve been working on an unofficial, location aware database of UK orienteering maps. It is based on the official UK list,... -
First (Real) Orienteering Podcast?
Posted on January 30, 2006 | 3 CommentsMat Dickinson has now posted a couple of short podcasts at OS Now, which I guess makes him the world’s first second orienteer podcasting about the sport. Nice one! Now... -
GMap Pedometer
Posted on January 25, 2006 | 5 CommentsAfter a long run on Sunday I did some post-run analysis, and found an excellent site, GMap-Pedometer, that harnesses the power of Google Maps and also USGS altitude information. Basically,... -
The Future of the Fixtures List for UK Orienteering
Posted on January 10, 2006 | 2 CommentsInteresting discussion (page 2) on NopeSport – disclaimer: I’ve contributed to the discussion – at the moment about the fixtures list for UK orienteering, and a general desire for it... -
Personal Orienteering Maps
Posted on December 29, 2005 | No CommentsMichael writes about the perfect Christmas gift for any orienteering-obsessed family – a personalised orienteering map of the house and garden. With this in mind, I downloaded the Adobe Illustrator... -
European Travels Meme
Posted on December 23, 2005 | No CommentsThe countries I’ve visited in Europe (via Alex.) Create your own one here. (The Lithuania highlight is slightly cheating, as I haven’t been there yet – but I’ll be there... -
Orienteering Podcasts
Posted on December 13, 2005 | 2 CommentsPlenty of orienteering weblogs out there now, including quite a few UK amateurs ones like YepSport. Blogs are so 2004 though, the current buzzword is of course podcasting. Think weblogs...