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The BL AGM took place on Tuesday 6th October at Low Hesket Village Hall. Minutes will be emailed to club members in a future BL Newsletter, but here’s a summary….. For the first time members were able to joint the meeting remotely. Six people made use of this facility, so thank you to Jane forContinue reading “AGM Highlights”

Celtman is described as one of the toughest sporting events in the UK. This phrase is probably rather overused, but in this case it’s fully justified. It’s an extreme triathlon in the NW Scottish Highlands made up of a 3.4 km sea swim, a 200km cycle with 2200 m of ascent and a 42 kmContinue reading “Celtman”

Round 5 of the Cumbrian Galoppen tool place on Sunday (27th Sept), organised by LOC. It was an excellent event, but unfortunately will stick in the memory for the wrong reasons. Firstly, there was the weather. The timing couldn’t have been worse – it started raining at about 10am, and stopped about 3pm, and itContinue reading “Troutal Fell Cumbrian Galoppen”

Report from Karen Parker The annual Coast and Islands orienteering week for 2026 has just finished. I’m writing this sitting in our campervan in the rain being buffeted by wind gusts, on a campsite where the water system has failed. That might sound a bit miserable, but in fact it’s been a great week. WeContinue reading “Coast and Islands 2026 on Coll”

As the hot, dry summer draws to a cooler, more unsettled end a number of weekend events have drawn BL members east, north and south. The annual White Rose event was held over the bank holiday weekend (28th to 31st August) in Scarborough. It started with a mass start night event (which none of theContinue reading “Late Summer Summary”

Report from Dan and Karen Parker, Planners and Organisers The 6th annual BL Long-O (and not so Long-O) took place last Sunday (16th August). There was a record turnout of 130 competitors which surprised us as we’d thought that a lot of people would be away on holiday. As usual there were 5 courses fromContinue reading “BL Long-O (and not so Long-O)”

Last week (2nd to 7th August) saw the return of the quadrennial Lakes 5 Day event organised by NWOA. As usual, Border Liners were responsible for the Day 1 event, held this year at Askham Common.  It was a great start to the week with warm sunny weather, excellent courses and slick organisation. Paul, theContinue reading “Lakes 5 Day 2026”

Thanks to Isabel for this report For a long time, Jeff and I have been talking about making what feels like every orienteer’s life pilgrimage… a trip to Sweden’s annual O-Ringen orienteering competition.  This year, we finally did it and what an incredible experience it was! O-Ringen is the world’s largest orienteering event – I’dContinue reading “O-Ringen 2026: Gothenburg, Sweden”

Question: What started in southeast Europe nearly 25 years ago and has now spread north and west reaching Ireland for the first time this year?No, not some nasty tick-borne disease, but instead a very nice orienteering event, the OO Cup. It’s a 5 day event held annually. Until 2015 it was always held in SloveniaContinue reading “Outdoor Sanity?”

From organisers and planners Dan and Karen After the cancellation of last two Border Liners events (blame curlews and roadworks) there is more reason than ever to come to the annual Long-O on Sunday 16th August. The first thing to say is don’t be put off by the name “Long-O”. Yes, there are very longContinue reading “BL Long-O (and not so Long-O) – a Preview”