Wass Crossing Point

[Ravinous]

To throw in my thoughts (Course 1)....
Looking at the leg I saw two crossing points and thought the higher one would be more optimal and save climb. But looked again and... my red line is not straight to the next control but to the lower crossing point. And no similar line to the upper one. And there are tapes in front of me, presumably helping me down to that lower crossing point. So no choice but to use the lower one.
I don't remember looking at my descriptions to see if I needed to use the crossing points or not as I thought the map was clear. I might well have done so if I thought it was ambiguous.
So, it was clear cut common sense as per the rules, fine, for me. I guess I needed to be running harder! Can't comment on the lines of the other 20+ courses.
But I can understand that in a race situation if you don't give yourself time to look at the map carefully enough...
It could have been made more 'idiot-proof' by the suggestions above.
Hindsight is always a wise thing.
Read the next issue of CompassSport for the full story from the Not Very Fat at All Really Day 2 Controller...!

I thought Day 2 wass a good day

[Mrs H]

That map extract is rendered even more confusing by the fact that the crossing point appears at first glance to be directing the runner into olive green which I think I might have instinctively avoided and gone for the other one.
If you wanted every one to cross at the same point why were two on the map? why not just the NE one?

[andypat]

M21E, at least, did have tapes from the previous control to the southern crossing point - this threw me a bit as I hadn't been expecting to see tapes at that points and couldn't remember what that colour tape meant
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Agree it wasnt a big issue. I saw the tapes, but since the map/control description didnt show a taped route (and the tapes werent black/yellow) I dutifully ignored them

It was a bit of a bugger getting up out of the stream at the N crossing point though!

I thought the crossing points were a bit superfluous (from an O perspective rather than safety) since the road wasnt OOB at that point there wasnt really anything to cross!

[Happy]

It was a bit of a bugger getting up out of the stream at the N crossing point though!

I believe I took a few pictures at that crossing point you refer to https://goo.gl/photos/xsEhx3qRcUN6D5ps8