Archive for November, 2004

Odd Orienteering Maps: No. 2 in a series

Sunday, November 21st, 2004

Most number of paths leading from a junction: Binning Wood.
There’s 12, count-em… In fact, you can see in the extract below I chose the wrong exit:

If you are a glutton for punishment, there’s two other similar junctions in the wood.

Odd Orienteering Maps: No. 1 in a series

Sunday, November 14th, 2004

Loopiest/most inefficiently designed track: Bagshot Heath.
After a great deal of up-and-down, you get to… almost where you started again. If ever there was an excuse to go off-road in a leg, it’s the leg shown:

Bagshot Heath SN District Event, 24th October

Sunday, November 14th, 2004

I almost missed this event, missing a train connection. I made it half an hour after the start closed, having to do a “DIY” start in the end. My glasses also fell apart during the rush at the start (I now wear contacts) which somewhat hindered my progress through the forest - the main issue [...]

Bye Spam + Other News

Monday, November 1st, 2004

In order to eliminate almost all comment spam on this website (you never see it currently, as the spam gets caught in my moderation queue, but it’s a pain for me to clear out the queue every day…) you need to type the word “yepsport” into one of the boxes when making a comment. This [...]