Saturday, (probably 3rd November but I’m not sure) and we are just  back from the 4th day of orienteering in the Belgrad forest just outside Istanbul. Amazingly I managed to complete the first three events, but today it was too hot, too steep, too prickly and I was too tired, and I didn’t finish. It’s […]

Two hours. Four controls found. Bailed after failing to find no 5.  DNFed.  I certainly wasn’t the only one either. Only about 2/3 of the field have completed all 4 days.  Ian is the sole survivor in the Australian camp after Ilze also DNFed and Pete was not well enough to compete. Ian did quite […]

We moved to a whole new continent for day 2’s middle distance event, crossing the Bosphorus and into Asia.  We are claiming a new record for DROC jackets – the furthest point east in Europe, and the furthest point west in Asia – simultaneously as we reached the half way point of the bridge (more […]

Being bussed to the Orienteering events in large tour coaches has many advantages. As we proceeded over to Asia for day 2 of the Istanbul 5 day we were determined to improve our performances and the early portents were good as several new club records were set.  Ilze and I had earlier attempted a new […]

Today we had to change mode from sightseeing tourists to elite sports people (well ok forget the elite part).  Time to dig out the spikes, gaiters, compasses (thanks to our Melbourne friends for lending us northern hemisphere ones) and SI sticks.  Pete and I had to be at the event site by 9am to take […]