Coombs Wood – Saturday 25th April

Preliminary Details

Location and Parking
Coombs Wood is located about 1.5km SE of Armathwaite, on the road to Kirkoswald. 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
Pre-entry via SiEntries will be available for all courses. Entries will open in early April and close a few days before the event.
Entry on the day will be available on the courses intended for newcomers and youngsters.
Seniors (21 and over): £7 (or £8 on the day)
Juniors (20 and under) and full-time students: £3

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 11.00 am and 12.30 pm. The Start and Finish will probably be within a few hundred metres of Enquiries/Download.

Courses
There will be a range of courses to suit both newcomers and experienced orienteers.
Probable courses are: Blue, Green, Short Green, Very Short Green, Red, Orange, Yellow but this is not confirmed. Distances from 2km to 6km approx.

Map
1:7500 with 5m contours. The map from the previous event can be seen here

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.

Toilets
There will be a Portaloo at Enquiries/Download

Dogs
There are no restrictions other than common sense.

Further Information and Advice
Contact the organisers John and Julie Ferris-Worth ( secretary@borderlinersorienteering.org )