Cunswick Scar
As if orienteering wasn't hard enough in daylight I decide to give it a go at night. A slightly different format to the straightforward line course. It is an odds and evens score with a 1 hour time limit before penalties are incurred.
Basically you have 1 hour to visit as many controls as possible. But because of the limited area you have to visit odd or even numbered controls first and then swap to the other, but only after visiting the change-over control. In this case number 21. See map.
I decide to visit odd numbered controls first and review my position after 25 minutes. I get as far north as control 11 and then head back to 21. Then frustratingly finding number 6 proves difficult. After that things go well and I reach the finish with 45 seconds to spare.
Knowing the area certainly helped and it was great fun. The weather also played its part. Wind gusting to 45mph, rain and sleet, -1 degrees. Will certainly do it again.
Russell
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