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Quantock Long O 2021
Ian shared this account of his recent Quantock Long-O challenge, with Chris Branford of WIM: For a number of years Quantock have organized a Long-O event on the Quantocks Last year – because of Covid – they changed the format from a one-day event and used MapRun so that the event could continue with the […]
Posted on Wed, 25th August 2021 by Jolyon MedlockWSX Chat 25th May
Some perspectives on recent orienteering from Gavin and Jolyon: Gavin: It’s been a while since I wrote. My excuse is I’ve moved to Chingford to live with my son, daughter-law and the two grandkids. Long story which I’m happy to relate, so probably best to avoid me if it’s a long walk to the start! […]
Posted on Tue, 25th May 2021 by Jolyon MedlockWSX Chat 28th April
I have been so busy orienteering that I haven’t posted a WSX chat for a few weeks. However, as the rain arrives and my village cricket game is cancelled, here is a short missive. The events are coming thick and fast. Since Rushmore, some of the WSX crew made it over to TVOC Bradenham Park […]
Posted on Wed, 28th April 2021 by Jolyon MedlockWSX Chat 13th April
There was an overriding sense of euphoria on Sunday. Somewhere deep in the forest the sun was shining, the smell of wild garlic pervaded the air, the beeping sound of the start clock signalled the (re-)start of something exciting. It’s easy to get carried away, but it was wonderful to be able to see so […]
Posted on Tue, 13th April 2021 by Jolyon MedlockMapRun League Re-starts!
The postponed Winter League has been revived as the Spring League and will commence on April 15th. Full details are now on the MapRun page.
Posted on Wed, 31st March 2021 by Julie Astin