After three days of our own version of Escape to the Country, we decided it was time to have a look at the City. Our accommodation host had advised us, wisely, to drive to a Park & Ride and take the metro train, rather than do battle with the traffic and the one way streets. […]
Here are hi res versions of the maps from the Bavarian O-Tour. Best seen by saving images in order to view details. Day 1 – Bamberg. Long distance forest. I only did controls 9-11, as I rolled my ankle the day before. Day 2 – Stussenbach. Middle distance. Beautiful pine forest with scattered rock. This […]
It was Sunday morning, and time for our first ever UK orienteering event. The local club, Newcastle and Tyneside Orienteers (NATO), were staging an urban race in Killingworth, which is an outer suburb of Newcastle. It was very relaxed, with a “choose your own start time and course”. We felt that we’d done our share […]
With a forecast of heavy cloud, showers and a fresh breeze, we turned the itinerary on its head and decided to pursue indoor activities. So it was off to Carlisle, which is on the other side of the country, but only about 75 minutes’ drive away. First stop was the Solway Aviation Museum, which was […]
It’s amazing what 11 hours solid sleep will do to revive you, followed by a leisurely breakfast, a lazy morning, and a lunch of bacon and fresh farm eggs. You may guess that we were not very energetic this morning. We both needed some time out. My ankle no longer looked like an ostrich egg, […]
Transit days are never fun. My watch, Ian’s phone, and the neighbouring church bells, all told us it was 5am and time to get up. We embarked on a major repack, wondering how we’d accumulated so much food! We ate mounds of cornflakes for breakfast, and sloshed down lemonade for morning tea. It was a […]
We farewelled our Schloss in the morning, but before long we were headed to another castle – Burg Trausnitz, which is perched on a hill above the city of Landshut, and which was the venue for the final day of the Bavarian O Tour. We’d been promised orienteering in and around the castle and on […]
It was just a short hop to Regensburg for the fourth race, as we resumed our orienteering program. We had a 900 metre walk to the start. Normally this is a chore, but today we headed off through wooded parkland beside the river, then past colourful houses, a fountain in a platz, under an arch, […]
An eagerly awaited rest day saw us lazing around until late morning. Our plan was to drive north to Nuremberg. The itinerary suggested a visit to the Nazi Party Rally Grounds, followed by a walk around the Old Town. But our midday departure put paid to the second half of the day’s plans. We decided […]
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 […]
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