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The Saunders Mountain Marathon (SLMM) took place on 4th/5th July based in St John’s in the Vale, with courses covering the fells around Helvellyn and The Dodds. Despite heatwaves the week before and after, the weekend itself was cool and drizzly with the tops clag-covered most of the time. The event is always popular withContinue reading “Saunders Mountain Marathon”

by Paul Watson This informal annual cycle ride starting at Bitts Park and arriving at Cramond Beach, Edinburgh, in time to view the sunrise takes place every year on the closest Saturday / Sunday to the longest day. With a couple of tweaks to the direct route it’s 100 miles exactly on mainly quiet bikeContinue reading “Ride to the Sun  “

The British Sprint Champs took place last weekend in Bristol. The relay was held on Saturday, followed by the Individual Races on Sunday. Both were at university campuses Three BL members attended, just the right number for a relay team. With Christine on first leg, Jane on second and Keith on third, the team finishedContinue reading “British Sprint Champs – 27th/28th June”

BL chairman Dan is also the chairman of the British Orienteering Map Advisory Group (MAG). With not much event news at the moment, it seemed a good opportunity to find out a more about this group, and his role. Can you give us a quick outline of what the MAG does? The official brief ofContinue reading “Stacking Chairs”

Two new maps, two historic seaside towns, two different countries: the ingredients for a great weekend of urban orienteering.On Saturday (6th June) the venue was Berwick on Tweed, the northernmost town in England, famous for its bastioned town walls built to keep out marauding Scots (which clearly don’t work as more than 50 of themContinue reading “Border Hopping Border Liners”

Another weekend, another Scottish Champs! This time (30th May) it was the Sprint Champs. The event was held at Cumbernauld between Glasgow and Stirling, a new town build largely in the 1950s and 60s; residential areas built in this era sems to produce some of the best urban orienteering with irregular building patterns, lots ofContinue reading “Scottish Sprint Champs (30th May)”

The Scottish Champs took place last weekend (24th and 25th May) near Aberfeldy in Perthshire. The event often attracts quite a few BL members but this year there were just three of us, with the Manchester in May weekend (more of which later) luring people south instead. Both the individual and relay events were heldContinue reading “Scottish Champs and Manchester in May”

(Report from Karen Parker) No, this isn’t a preview of the Scottish Champs being held this weekend. Instead, it’s a report on an event held last weekend (17th May) in the Lakes. I’d come across mentions of the Run Like a Haggis events, but it was Janice and Phil’s enthusiasm that prompted me to haveContinue reading “Run Like a Haggis”

What a great event! Sunshine + good courses + fast running + slick organisation = many happy orienteers. A big thank you to everyone who helped on the day and beforehand. Here is the report Dan has written for the local papers: The latest stage in the 2026 Cumbrian Galoppen series of orienteering events wasContinue reading “Bampton Common Cumbrian Galoppen – 10th May”