Monthly Archives: July 2019
Maps Day 2 and 3.
It was a beautiful day, the drive in with the crags gleaming in the sun. A perfect arena, next to the car park and adjacent to the start, who would have thought such a thing possible? My run was better, one bad control, number 5, spent some time thrashing around the knolls under the top […]
STIRLING CASTLE, BIRNAM & DUNKELD.
A day of relaxation at last On our drive from Edinburgh to Crieff two days ago, we detoured via Stirling Castle to see what we missed having not come to Scotland a couple of years earlier to take part in Sprint the Castles, two of which were Edinburgh and Stirling. It was a grey and […]
DAY 1. SS6D. AUCHINGARRICH.
Todays threatened rain did not eventuate and it actually got quite warm, especially for those of us who took the tick hazard warning seriously and wore full body cover. Many of you will remember that Australian orienteer Hugh, came close to death after contracting a tick borne infection whilst orienteering in Europe. The map was […]
EDINBURGH IS FOR THE BIRDS
EDINBURGH IS FOR THE BIRDS. Ilze and I rose early this morning, not because of our rising levels of anticipation at being able to visit Edinburgh Castle but because our accommodation, “close to Leith’s water front district and exciting cafes” and is also home to 50000 shrieking seagulls who use our roof upon which to […]
Yorkshire to Scotland
Changing accents Today we “changed accents” again, from the lovely accent of the Yorkshire folk, to the almost unfathomable accent of the Scottish folk. Help, I’m going to need subtitles!!!!! But before Scotland, an update on our last day in Yorkshire. We drove to visit Fountains Abbey and Water Gardens. I had previously visited this […]
YORK MINSTER.
In AD 71 the Romans founded a fortress at Eboracum the ruins of which can be seen in the Undercroft of York Minster. 250 years later Constantine was declared Emperor in that same fort on top of which now stands this wonderful building. Why is this really relevant? Because 100 years later the Roman Emperor […]
A JOURNEY’S END.
Our sojourn at the Far Moorside Farm near Hebden Bridge is over. Hebden Bridge is a very pretty little village in a deep valley in the Yorkshire Moors, with narrow roads lined with iconic Yorkshire stone walls and historic houses. It suffered major flood damage a few years ago, and roads are still in the […]
CRAGGE VALE, MYTHOLMROYD, HEBDEN BRIDGE.
No we are not speaking Welsh, theses are the three towns near our farm on the Yorkshire moors. Last night we descended partway into the Calder Dale, down the longest continuous descent on British roads and had dinner in the Cragge Vale pub after which we took a short stroll of two tenths of a […]
FROM WALES TO THE DALES.
It was still raining when we woke this morning so our planed visit to Snowdonia was canceled, instead we headed off to Yorkshire by going back through the city of Chester and visit a pharmacy and other boring stuff. But what an unexpected delight. Chester has been a market town since Roman times and on Saturday […]
CAERNARFON.
We drove to Wales from Coventry yesterday, stopping on the way to have lunch and catch up with two orienteers we befriended while in Latvia. Our accommodation is in a comfy B and B, in small village called Tregarth, about 10 minute drive from Bangor, down winding narrow country lanes bordered with stone walls on […]
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