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Christmas

Postby Big Jon » Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:26 pm

Merry Christmas to all Nopers :-)
A bit of a quiz - what do you want to see, do, start, stop… in British Orienteering in 2024
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Re: Christmas

Postby keduro » Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:39 am

A successful world champs in Edinburgh for the GB athletes and the many volunteers involved in staging the event.
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Re: Christmas

Postby Homer » Tue Dec 26, 2023 5:52 pm

Beat Big Jon at BOC 2024 :lol:
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Re: Christmas

Postby Big Jon » Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:13 am

Homer wrote:Beat Big Jon at BOC 2024 :lol:

Hmmm, not sure that will be too difficult!
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Re: Christmas

Postby Gross » Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:21 am

Happy Christmas to you Big Jon.... my O-wish for 2024 would be to actually have a weekend when I'm in the UK when there is a proper O event on.... not this running round streets stuff..... bring back Docharn :)
Go orienteering in Lithuania......... best in the world:)

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Re: Christmas

Postby Big Jon » Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:43 pm

You’ve had the chance of Oing in Loch Ard (or next to), can’t get more old-school tough than that !
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Re: Christmas

Postby forest grump » Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:15 pm

Big Jon, I have a map of Loch Ard North of M21E from the Scottish Champs in 1985....in which you apparently won in 71 mins. 9.0km with 300m climb. I think it belongs to Hugh Buchanan as it's his writing on the back. It's a 1:15k Harvey's map surveyed in 1977 by J.A.T. Richards, K Berge & P. Jackson.....proper old school :lol:
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Re: Christmas

Postby Gross » Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:53 am

Ahhhhh... yes..... nothing beats putting controls out in the wrong forest :) :)
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Re: Christmas

Postby ryeland of doom » Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:36 pm

There was also Drumore Wood, a place used in tales to frighten children in the 1970s. Had a "run" there once although I thought the 1979 6 days incarnation of Loch (H)Ard was pretty terrifying, still is.

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Re: Christmas

Postby Big Jon » Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:00 pm

Drumore - memories of a Scottish Champs date? Mud, mud, mud, mud and more mud - the patches of runnable forest between the thick blocks turned into total quagmires. Maybe it was after that event we were banned from O-ing there?
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Re: Christmas

Postby graeme » Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:55 am

Wish for 2024 - British Orienteering coming together to deliver WOC.

Big Jon wrote:Drumore

Bilbo has got his crayons out and Christmas Cup will return in 2024. Whether these things are related, you'll have to wait and see!
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Re: Christmas

Postby Big Jon » Tue Jan 09, 2024 11:51 am

Big Jon wrote:Drumore

Bilbo has got his crayons out and Christmas Cup will return in 2024. Whether these things are related, you'll have to wait and see![/quote]

Thumbs up from me :-)
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