Orienteering race 1:10:00 [3]
JK Day 3 - Beaudesart
Bit of a missed opportunity and somewhat disappointing.
Missed 1 min in the green at 3 then reasonably ok through 12 ....then was looking for a thicket amongst the ditches at 13 but it was a clearing. Don't know if it was the map colours or what - but seemed a bit of a colour blindness issue, - and the ditches were lost under either the brashings or other forest workings. I wasn't in a good place...realised what was what what just as I was caught 6 mins by KT. That was a bit of a shock but promptly led him through 14 and dropped him some way back through 15 and 16. He caught me again at 17 where we both significantly overshot. Together for 18 and 19 then he disappeared up a different track on the long leg to 20, where I had the quickest split. Struggled through the remainder with KT finished about a minute later.....he had the last laugh by finishing 2nd overall though :-(
Lost in the order of 10 mins...not good.
Oh for Deeside forests...this was muddy, brashed grot.