Parking Location: Armathwaite – Kirkoswald road. Parking will be along the roadside to the south of the small Forestry England car park area (please be sure not to obstruct the road).
Grid Ref: NY513450
W3W: stuffy.saves.absorb
Nearest postcode CA4 9SQ
Entries
Entries now open here
Pre-entries for all courses close at 23:59 on Wednesday 17th January. Entry on the day is available on Yellow/Novice and Orange only. On other courses there will be limited late entry – contact the organisers (BLdanandkaren@gmail.com) in advance.
If you don’t have an SI-card, leave the number blank on the entry form and collect one from Enquiries on the day.
Seniors (21 and over): £6
Juniors (20 and under): £2
If you are new to orienteering and would like to go round as a group or in a pair, just enter one person and use the option to select any additional maps that your group would like at £1 each.
Enquiries/Download
Located at the small Forestry England car park. Depending on what time you arrive the walk to here will be between 25m and 400m from where you park
Start and Finish
Start between 11am and 12.30pm. The Start is adjacent to Enquiries/Download. The Finish is close by. Courses close at 2pm.
Course Details
| Approx Length (km) | Climb (m) | |
| Blue | 5.3 | 230 |
| Green | 4.1 | 190 |
| Short Green | 2.9 | 120 |
| Very Short Green **(see below) | 2.6 | 90 |
| Orange | 3.0 | 130 |
| Yellow/Novice | 2.3 | 70 |
** VERY SHORT GREEN – this is the same course as the Short Green but with some controls missed out. If you want to do Very Short Green, enter Short Green and pick up a Short Green map at the start. The map will show which controls to miss. You can decide while on the course whether or not to take the Very Short Green cut-off. The download system will work out which course you have completed.
Map
1:7500 with 5m contours. Significantly updated for this event.
Terrain
Coombs Wood is a small area of working forest on the NE side of the River Eden. It comprises a steep valley side, with flat areas at the top and bottom. There are many paths and tracks, including a lot of steep mountain bike tracks. The forest is mostly fairly rough underfoot with dead bracken and some brambles, but there are more runnable parts. The Short Green course is planned to use these as much as possible and will also use more paths than usual.
Toilets
There will be a Portaloo at Enquiries/Download
Dogs
There are no restrictions other than common sense.
Coaching
A coaching session is available before the event, starting at around 10:00. Please tick the box on the entry form if you would like to attend. There is no charge.
Further Information and Advice
Contact the organisers Dan and Karen Parker ( BLdanandkaren@gmail.com )
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