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  • I’m now fixed, finally, after my fall in Sicily, and back to running again. My first event since recovering was the Bushy Park Trail Challenge that SLOW, my orienteering club,...

    Summer Plans 2011

    I’m now fixed, finally, after my fall in Sicily, and back to running again. My first event since recovering was the Bushy Park Trail Challenge that SLOW, my orienteering club,...

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  • It’s the fourth year for the City of London Orienteering Race, which is taking place on 10 September (entries open!). It’s also the fourth year that I’m producing the map...

    City of London Race 2011 – Preview

    It’s the fourth year for the City of London Orienteering Race, which is taking place on 10 September (entries open!). It’s also the fourth year that I’m producing the map...

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  • I’m currently in Scotland for the extended Easter/Royal Wedding/Bank Holiday break, and have been taking advantage of the current unusually fine weather – and a special cheap train fares deal...

    Munroist in Progress

    I’m currently in Scotland for the extended Easter/Royal Wedding/Bank Holiday break, and have been taking advantage of the current unusually fine weather – and a special cheap train fares deal...

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  • I was the Czech Republic over the weekend, at Doksy, which is north of Prague and near the German border, for the 2011 orienteering Varsity Match. After a “model event”...

    Varsity Match 2011

    I was the Czech Republic over the weekend, at Doksy, which is north of Prague and near the German border, for the 2011 orienteering Varsity Match. After a “model event”...

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  •   I’ve just got back from Sicily, where I was taking part in the Mediterranean Orienteering Championships. The three-stage event, consisting of two sprint races and a middle-distance race, was...

    MOC 2011 – Orienteering, Sicilian Style!

      I’ve just got back from Sicily, where I was taking part in the Mediterranean Orienteering Championships. The three-stage event, consisting of two sprint races and a middle-distance race, was...

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  • Scottish Orienteering have produced this video of the Park World Tour race that was held in Perth City Centre last year. Bear with the gratuitous slow-mo and the guy jumping...

    Park World Tour – Perth Race Video

    Scottish Orienteering have produced this video of the Park World Tour race that was held in Perth City Centre last year. Bear with the gratuitous slow-mo and the guy jumping...

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  • Look what’s appeared on the north side of the Olympic Stadium in east London: A section of what looks like wrap has appeared on the outside of a small part...

    Olympic Stadium – It’s a Wrap

    Look what’s appeared on the north side of the Olympic Stadium in east London: A section of what looks like wrap has appeared on the outside of a small part...

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  • I spotted this sign attached to the edge of the Eton Manor site, on the Eastway just north of the London 2012 construction site, last weekend: Lots of interesting information...

    Will this be Britain’s Most Secure Road?

    I spotted this sign attached to the edge of the Eton Manor site, on the Eastway just north of the London 2012 construction site, last weekend: Lots of interesting information...

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  • It looks like the East Marsh, part of Hackney Marshes, the world’s biggest complex of football pitches, is about to disappear under concrete, to form a coach park for the...

    East Marsh’s Days are Numbered

    It looks like the East Marsh, part of Hackney Marshes, the world’s biggest complex of football pitches, is about to disappear under concrete, to form a coach park for the...

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  • I went for another circumnavigation of the Olympic site at the weekend. I was expecting to get some nice pictures as the sun came out just before sunset, with the...

    Olympic Update

    I went for another circumnavigation of the Olympic site at the weekend. I was expecting to get some nice pictures as the sun came out just before sunset, with the...

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