ORIENTEERS GET WET FEET Waterlogged marshes, streams in flood, surface water and thick heather all presented tough physical challenges at the Wessex Orienteers’ Galoppen event at Bisterne Close, near Burley in the New Forest. The area was well past saturation and it’s undoubtedly true that no one got round a course without having wet feet;…
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A mock village at Copehill Down on Salisbury Plain used for military training was the challenging centrepiece of Sarum Orienteers’ New Year’s Day orienteering event. The novel location attracted 233 runners who fought against cold winds, rain, mud and the clock in a score format race in which they had one hour to visit as…