I’ve enjoyed putting this together as a result of my lengthy mapping project- I hope those that do run one of the courses ( or more if they fancy) also enjoy the experience and provide some feedback afterwards ( good or bad- I can learn from either) as I have other areas under consideration for similar events in the future if this proves a success.
I jogged around a 3 hour course last week to test the MapRun functionality and scoring and managed to visit 19 of the 40 controls on one of the two map sides only- getting them all will be a challenge for the best of the 4 hour participants
I look forward to hearing your comments
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First customer feedback from Nicholas Maxwell ( with his permission to post here):
Hi Andy
Thank you for doing the LongO map. It worked really well and I had a very enjoyable morning. It was good to be able to see features eg pits/ depressions due to raised features around them and in all cases see the feature before my phone beeped. Generally I found animal tracks to get across across country.
I entered the 4 hour score because I wanted to cover a lot of the NE map and I correctly worked out I would need the time. In fact, it was just about on 3 hours when I got to 602 and headed for the finish. It took me longer to get back than I expected even though I was mainly on the road - but I made it back in time.
My mistakes were 208 – not initially realising there were two gulleys
304 – taking the wrong path through missing the sharp turn when crossing the river. At least the buildings could be seen
403 to 503 I descended from 403 then decided I had missed the path heading south so contoured along the hill to pick it up. The vegetation was bad and my route was determined by poor animal paths. Eventually, I realised I had to descend to the river. This was my biggest mistake. I found the ruined wall to near 503 but decided to navigate direct. This was a mistake as the bracken obscures the lower section of gulley and I was not high enough. I found the wall again and could then see the upper gulley.
I will try the NW map in due course.
The weather was cloudy with mist on the tops and drizzle between 503 and 752. I was grateful the sun did not come out.
Kind regards
Nicholas