Radio 4

[Karen]

Radio 4 - orienteering article on NOW.
1.35pm Thursday

[buzz]

If anyone's interested it was on World at One 36 mins in....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002692s

Presumably picking up on the recent newspaper article on dementia.

Positions orienteering as an old fashioned, but mentally healthy, activity rather than a competitive sport.

They also talked to a neuroscientist about navigation - might be relevant for any coaches interested in cognitive processes https://jefferylab.com/

[ryeland of doom]

Positions orienteering as an old fashioned, but mentally healthy, activity rather than a competitive sport.


It is very irritating that there is an index to sports on the BBC website and orienteering is missing. Anyone tried educating them?

[roadrunner]

If anyone's interested it was on World at One 36 mins in....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002692s

Presumably picking up on the recent newspaper article on dementia.

Positions orienteering as an old fashioned, but mentally healthy, activity rather than a competitive sport.

They also talked to a neuroscientist about navigation - might be relevant for any coaches interested in cognitive processes https://jefferylab.com/

Orienteering does seem to be widely misunderstood - one travel insurance policy I've seen covers "orienteering (no climbing)"!

[sborrill]

The Radio 4 WatO coverage didn't do the sport any favours (or even position it as a sport). It was mainly described as an activity for people who enjoyed those strange retro things called maps and allowed them to look up at nice architecture instead of having them staring down at the GPS on their phones. There was a vox pop about "When did you last use a map?".