Category Orienteering in Europe
Passau
Day 3 of the Bavarian O Tour was what we’d been waiting for – sprinting! We were promised a “long sprint” in the Old Town of Passau, which lies on a peninsula between the two rivers – the Danube and the Inn. You can see the confluence of these two rivers, as well as the […]
Doing It Tough
Sigh … another 25-degree sunny day, another Bavarian forest to orienteer in, another drive through impossibly picturesque rolling hills punctuated by impossibly picturesque Bavarian villages … life’s tough. The Merc purred down the gravel driveway. The electronic gate swung silently open. We turned left onto the main road, passing the Schloss, the first bridge, the […]
Bamberg
Day 1 of the Bavarian O Tour required an early start for the two hour drive to Bamberg. My ankle was iced, medicated and strapped, and my plan was to walk/hobble to the start, take my map, and pick two or three controls, just to get a feel for the forest. We were crossing our […]
The day of dead umbrellas
What do you do when you wake up to pouring rain and wind blowing a gale? You put on your weatherproof clothing and go exploring of course. Pete had a bright idea, why don’t we go to Burano and Murano? Why not. Grab the cameras, bus tickets and some cash, and head for Fondamente Nuove […]
ACQUA ALTA
Three blogs in one day must be some kind of record! This one won’t be very long – thank goodness, you say? We would have slep in this morning, but were woken at 7.10 am by a long drawn out siren, followed by a single mournful tone advising all us Venetians of an impending Acqua […]
THE GREAT RACE.
The Great Race. Ilze has already reported on our decision not to compete in Race One in Jessolo Lido, due to the amount of time it took to get there, we wanted to save ourselves for the night race, after all it was the main reason we came. Well rested we set off just after […]
SEVEN CLUB RECORDS IN ONE DAY.
The 35th Movement Orienting Venice, MOV, XXXV started to -day with the opening of the registration centre in Lido Jesolo, 54 kms from Venice and over on the mainland just north of the famed Lido resort. Why? I don’t think even the organisers knew. Ilze set seven new Dandenong Ranges Orienteering Club jacket records today […]
Come Hell or High Water
The first warning siren sounded at 5.30am, but none of us knew what it was and we ignored it and went back to sleep. An hour later, we heard it again – it doesn’t sound like an emergency siren but we realised it meant something. We looked out of the window and saw six inches […]
Wet Feet in Venice
Its 7.00am on the morning of the big Venice Street Orienteering Race. Four anxious Legends of Street O had a restless night, buoyed by our performances in the Park O event the previous day, we were expecting great things. All four of us got round in good times and few mistakes, even me still weakened […]
Spotlight, Bunnings and Lyncraft
Sunday – Orienteering – day 5 – thank goodness it’s over We are all posting individually dear reader, so please excuse the repetitions. We hope that you will enjoy each of our individual perspectives. Today was the last day of orienteering – the university campus sprint. Again, as during the past 4 days, the weather […]
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