The NE used to have 3 of the nicest conifer forests to run in you could desire due to the forests being planted at one time and not yet felled - Kellas, Broomly Fell and another I can't think of. Inevitably the fellers got in so I assume that these are now a patchwork of mostly felled and young replant.
Swynnerton in the West Midlands, and parts of Cannock were similar (although the NE areas had no (minimal) braken. Due to forrestry those days are now gone for ever.
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Re: British Long
by EddieH » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:59 am
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Re: British Long
by madmike » Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:12 pm
AndyC wrote:From memory 2004 @ Simonside had dreadful weather
The bloke I felt sorry for at BOC on Simonside was the guy who started at the same time as me and as soon as we hit the moorland opened up his A3 map (still on the way to number 1) and woosh off it went....... a long way to drive for less than 3 minutes of orienteering.
Oh I also felt sorry for the poor lady who was in the portaloo that blew over.
hop fat boy, hop!
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by Mrs H » Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:17 pm
You mean these loos? 
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by Freefall » Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:39 pm
This was the Finish Kite the day after BOC2004.
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Re: British Long
by Kitch » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:41 pm
Mrs H's picture
thats a lot of effluent from 6!
If you could run forever ......
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Re: British Long
by DaveK » Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:47 pm
I seem to remember standing in the finish straight on day 2, wondering why I was the only person there. We had hired a car from Newcastle airport and had to have it cleaned before retuning it because of the state the carpets were in with red mud, despite having put newspaper down!
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Re: British Long
by Mrs H » Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:59 pm
Oh dear - how on earth did you manage to miss the sign? 
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Re: British Long
by Big Jon » Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:19 pm
Kitch wrote:Mrs H's picture
thats a lot of effluent from 6!
I remember one toilet provider stating that orienteers produced more than twice the volume of "normal" toilet users per head - maybe that added to the flow......
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Re: British Long
by PhilJ » Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:03 am
So who's the culprit for generating the most sh*te on Nopesport then...shall we have a poll ? 
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Re: British Long
by DaveK » Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:56 pm
PhilJ wrote:So who's the culprit for generating the most sh*te on Nopesport then...shall we have a poll ?
Mmmm.
Might have been day 1 when I seem to remember being the only person there then? Do vividly remember the mud though, if not the right day! Note to self - do not post at 11.47pm
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