One of the best areas in Portugal got burnt down last year... but the map also had north lines that were about 20 degrees out... even though it was used for a World Cup Final. It was discovered by Stan Hale at a camp the following winter as he got extremely p****d off by being off line all the time on a training exercise... so he lined the map up with roads etc & discovered the 'problem'....
Some of the Portuguese areas in the mountains in the North East are great.. where POM was three or four years ago...
What Is The Greatest Orienteering Area
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like many people, i can think of some superb areas of orienteered on, but because some of them haven't been used for major events many people don't know about them.
a few which spring to mind: roanhead and haverigg (nr barrow), loughrigg, arisaig (scottish 6-days 2001), newnham park (devon), merthyr mawr.
as for on the areas you can vote for, my favourite would be bigland - nice and runnable, technical, and hilly - lovely!
a few which spring to mind: roanhead and haverigg (nr barrow), loughrigg, arisaig (scottish 6-days 2001), newnham park (devon), merthyr mawr.
as for on the areas you can vote for, my favourite would be bigland - nice and runnable, technical, and hilly - lovely!
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Arisaig...that was lovely! from the map in the gallery, Haverigg looks really nice too
the place where the short race was before the High Dam National last year was well nice too...was that Great Hagg and Turner Wood? (near Haverthwaite)
the place where the short race was before the High Dam National last year was well nice too...was that Great Hagg and Turner Wood? (near Haverthwaite)
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At the end of last summer I was cycling back to Edinburgh from yonder Western Isles, when there was a more than overdue break in the weather, corresponding with my journey from Mallaig to Fort William. The road then passed through what seemed to be the most fantastic piece of forest making me think it would be ideal for orienteering, and what a shame it was that it was so far from (being careful here...), erm, anywhere, that it would never be used for such a purpose. Well wouldn't you know it, someone could be planning an event there next year, and the area be called Arisaig. I've not been back, nor have I seen an orienteering map, but it's one of the most beautiful parts of the British Isles I've seen. Can't wait to run there.
PS For those who don't know, it's the area the Hogwart's Express goes through in the Harry Potter films. Think viaducts .
PS For those who don't know, it's the area the Hogwart's Express goes through in the Harry Potter films. Think viaducts .
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Everyone sems to have missed my main point.
If you go to any area with the pre-conceived idea that it it is crap then you are already half way beaten.
If the map is reasonably accurate and the courses are well planned then most areas have some merit.
You need to think positive! Orienteering , possibly more than many other sports, needs a positive mental attitude.
Go and beat the opposition and forget about fighting against the map and the area and the planner............[/quote]
If you go to any area with the pre-conceived idea that it it is crap then you are already half way beaten.
If the map is reasonably accurate and the courses are well planned then most areas have some merit.
You need to think positive! Orienteering , possibly more than many other sports, needs a positive mental attitude.
Go and beat the opposition and forget about fighting against the map and the area and the planner............[/quote]
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Although there are some crackers on your list trebor, I can't say any of them really get amongst my top favourites, so I haven't voted, although Cannock Chase, Bigland and/or Graythwaite might get in a selection chosen to represent the best of types. There are simply too many outstanding Scottish areas left off your list for me (e.g. Docharn, Culbin, Darnway, Creag Mhic). For open sand-dunes, I enjoyed Penhale, but have found Merthyr Marwr, Roanhead, Drigg, all more interesting in England/Wales. I also have a love of Formby, but probably not as 'good'. Newborough in its prime knocked socks off Penhale and Pembrey for me.
Interesting you've got Lossie, and comment in comparison with D&D and others that they "lack the runnability of lossie, which is just as technical". Lossie has a fantastic strip near the shore, but otherwise it's a piece of cake technically. D&D, for instance, is consistently a much higher standard in my opinion.
What I do like about your list is the variety. Much as I love a lot of Scottish terrain, I'd want the best of the other types of terrain in the UK in any list of favourites - that's after all what to me is so great about British orienteering.
Interesting you've got Lossie, and comment in comparison with D&D and others that they "lack the runnability of lossie, which is just as technical". Lossie has a fantastic strip near the shore, but otherwise it's a piece of cake technically. D&D, for instance, is consistently a much higher standard in my opinion.
What I do like about your list is the variety. Much as I love a lot of Scottish terrain, I'd want the best of the other types of terrain in the UK in any list of favourites - that's after all what to me is so great about British orienteering.
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Just for clarity i tried to put the areas around different regions, and tried to do ones lots of people have heard of - i don't think that they are the greatest (ok Hambledon is) but there are 100 british areas better than sherwood (in my opinion)
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RE: Arisaig...
Well for all you who's hopes have been raised already by Will, keep your eyes & ears peeled after the summer as the full extent of this event will become clear, plans are afoot and further discussions occured this weekend, when we know its happening, so will you guys. For the chance to run on such a quality area, you would be insane to miss this one!
ps will: arisaig is actually open moorland!
Well for all you who's hopes have been raised already by Will, keep your eyes & ears peeled after the summer as the full extent of this event will become clear, plans are afoot and further discussions occured this weekend, when we know its happening, so will you guys. For the chance to run on such a quality area, you would be insane to miss this one!
ps will: arisaig is actually open moorland!
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I would vote for Craig Mhic just for the fantastic enjoyment of running there - beautiful woodland, nice moorland, nice views, loverly weather (well it was for Scottish Champs '94, anyway). A bit too much visibility to be really difficult but an absolute pleasure to run on.
Also I would like to object to the inclusion of Wharncliffe, which would be in my list of least favourites - brambly and rough and not pleasant and I always make mistakes. The best area in Yorkshire is Yateholme, fantastic peat hagg/heather plodding and ridiculously steep mixed grotty/nice forest, and views over the whole of Huddersfield. Also Plumpton Rocks, Hurstwood, Magilligan Strand I like. And obviously D&D, Lossie, Graythwaite, Moel y Dyniewyd, Sherbrook, Newborough et al.
Also I would like to object to the inclusion of Wharncliffe, which would be in my list of least favourites - brambly and rough and not pleasant and I always make mistakes. The best area in Yorkshire is Yateholme, fantastic peat hagg/heather plodding and ridiculously steep mixed grotty/nice forest, and views over the whole of Huddersfield. Also Plumpton Rocks, Hurstwood, Magilligan Strand I like. And obviously D&D, Lossie, Graythwaite, Moel y Dyniewyd, Sherbrook, Newborough et al.
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Scottish was there in 1994, and yes I think you did control it. Do you remember men's and women's elite had what should have been a common control, except that it was marked in a different place for each course. Only the women's control was put out in the morning, but a men's control with the same code was added later on. I think Jon M went to the wrong one but couldn't be disqualified.
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brooner wrote:ps will: arisaig is actually open moorland!
And there's most of the map from the 2001 6-days at the following site if you want to have a look:
http://www.pil.net/~malenkai/ol/olimg/arisaig.jpg
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