Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Headed out early with Jenny to explore the sand dune forest and adjacent beach. Neither of us had slept terribly well, but it seemed to work out fine - not sure where this form was on Friday (felt good once my Achilles had warmed up in the first few hundred metres). Spent the first section on tracks through a forest over sand dunes, the southern section of which has a permanent course for which we saw a few markers, plus one flag probably left over from a training session. Back along the beach, mostly reasonably firm and with a stiff tail wind. The German car mentioned yesterday is gone, by unknown means. (Presumably this beach gives the Hirtshals equivalent of the NRMA some work).

The rest of the day was the ferry crossing to Kristiansand, scene of one of the less glorious chapters of my orienteering history (the 20-minute mistake at the first control of the 1994 World Cup), then the slow but very scenic drive to Stavanger, punctuated by a stop for the (football) World Cup final. Scored quite nicely in the latter respect, a small, reasonably characterful cafe/restaurant (I was worried it would be a smoky small-town bar). I've got something of a history of finding out-of-the-way places for this particular fixture, three of them involving Finnish bars. (The last time I was actually in Australia when the final was on was in 1994).