Purple Thistle 2010

[andy]

this is a bit vague since getting climb wasnt as straightforward as i thought but:

Mighty 12km ~500m climb - Black
Big 8.5 km ~375m climb - Brown
Middle 6.5 km ~250m climb - Green/Blue
Small 4 km ~175m climb - Lt Green/Green
Baby 3 km ~100m climb - Orange

Note these courses are still subject to some change

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[greywolf]

Just back home from an excellent Purple Thistle: great area, fantastic weather, very tough courses, especially on Day 1 - not very many folk going sub 10 mins / km (too distracted by the views, I guess ).
Thanks to all the planners/organisers/helpers

[eddie]

Thanks for coming everyone

Results can be found http://www.purple-thistle.co.uk/10/results/d1

http://www.purple-thistle.co.uk/10/results/d2

[Strider]

Thanks for coming everyone

Results can be found http://www.purple-thistle.co.uk/10/results/d1

http://www.purple-thistle.co.uk/10/results/d2

Will you be posting the courses on routegdaget, as I'd love to see the areas..?

S.

[mikey]

Maps

http://odean-deano.blogspot.com/

[Strider]

Maps

http://odean-deano.blogspot.com/

Many thanks for that

S.

[frog]

I enjoyed the weekend although walked a shorter course on the Sunday as I'm supposed to be "taking things easy" for 3 weeks and decided my 6k "walk" on the Saturday probably wasn't that easy on my hip after all.
The views were beautiful and it's great to be orienteering in a different area.
Great roads for cycling around towards Plockton.
Visited a geocache at Duncraig station which is a surprisingly hard station to find, you have to cycle past the front door of Duncraig Castle to get to it which is odd. Some fascinating stories of people who have owned the castle, including this crew.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/reale ... tle-t.html

[brooner]

Full results, splits and routegadget all now available on the Purple Thistle website.

Day 1 Routegadget
Day 2 Routegadget

Thanks again to all who came, saw and conquered the Purple Thistle this year, your enthusiasm for tough and technical orienteering is fantastic. I'm glad that you all seem to know what to expect with the PT now (toughest event of the year was mentioned a few times!), and despite the long times out on the course almost everyone returned still smiling after enjoying either the area, courses or even just the views, which makes it all worthwhile.

[mike g]

you have to cycle past the front door of Duncraig Castle to get to it which is odd. Some fascinating stories of people who have owned the castle, including this crew.

We did the seal trip at Plockton and the boat captain talked about the castle. He said it was once a girls' boarding school so all the boys in the village became excellent rowers! It's now owned by a New Zealander as a B&B - would be an interesting place to stay next time.

[Becks]

Callum's seal trip! That man is a living legend!

[DeerTick]

Hated every minute of it while out there. Loved it when I finished.

Thank you.