Archive for July, 2006

Biking This Summer

Friday, July 28th, 2006

This map shows the long-distance bike rides I’ve done in the last year or so (purple) and those I’m hoping to do in the next few months (turquoise.) The sections are: Bath to Bedwyn (final stage in a cross-England route), Southampton to Bournemouth, Whitstable to Dover, Putney to Croydon, London to Eastborne (in at least [...]

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Swiss Pics

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

I’ve put up my Swiss photos on a Flickr set here. A few were taken by fellow SLOW runner Paul Nixon (thanks Paul) on the last day when I was running.
Writeups of each day are here. I’ll eventually get around to scanning in some map fragments, too.
Swiss O Week was definitely the best orienteering holiday [...]

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Back from Switzerland

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Just got back from Switzerland after a superb week orienteering around Zermatt. Pics/results to follow once I get some sleep/work done - for now, take a look at the great pictures & writeup at Wadd Squad.

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Altitude

Friday, July 14th, 2006

48 hours from now (1022 CET on Sunday) I’ll be leaving the start line on Day 1 of Swiss O Week - six days of orienteering in the mountains high above Zermatt in southern Swizterland. I’m really looking forward to what should be a great week in the Alps.
Days 1-3 and 6 are middle-distance races [...]

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Oxshott Heath SLOW Local Event, 11 July

Friday, July 14th, 2006

Not wanting to lose my recently-acquired fitness from the Lithuanian races, I headed down to Esher in Surrey after work on Tuesday, on another hot (although cooler than Lithuania!) and muggy day, for a SLOW evening event. I’ve been on Oxshott Heath before, it is part of the larger Esher map. The race was in November and I [...]

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Bloom Wood TVOC Local Event, 28 June

Monday, July 10th, 2006

My second TVOC summer series evening event, and the seventh and final event in a busy month of orienteering. Getting to the event was a bit of a mission - leaving work at 1715, I had to get across central London, on a succession of 3 trains to Marlow, and then a 2 mile walk [...]

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JWOC Lithuania Spectator Races

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

Just back from from a week in Lithuania, running in the JWOC (Junior World Orienteering Championships) spectator races. Photos, maps and full write-up to follow. For now, here’s my Attackpoint writeup for each day, and my Day 1 route.
Summarising the week in one word: hot.

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