BAOC Hankley CommonGood run. My pace is definitely there; my navigation is definitely missing.
Quick spiked controls #1-4, catching Don #4-5 (first pass). Chose the path route to #5 rather than the ridge route - I was quicker in retrospect, but not sure if that's down to my pace or route choice. [Splitsbrowser says I was 7th on this leg: good route choice!] Chose the path route to #6 which was not the quickest but spiked it.
First mistake on #7: coming through the trees on a bearing, I felt I was being pushed to far south by vegetation so over-compensated and ended up in the wrong area of woodland. Lost about 2 minutes.
I picked up Don on the way to #8 and followed him in through "junior" fight to the control. I took a higher route than him to #9, arriving about the same time and I passed him again (second pass) on the way to #10.
I climbed the full height of the hill at #10, only to realise the control was halfway up. On leaving to #11 I had a moment of madness and ended up going due north rather than south-east as intended. I upped the pace to recover, having lost about 400m to Don. Followed him in to #11 and then passed him (third pass).
I opted for the ridge route to #11, which was fine, but the approach wasn't ideal and I missed the control by about 20m, letting Don through. Relocated and then nailed #13 behind Don. Passed Don for the final time (fourth pass) at #14, straight to #15.
Good long stretch to #16, over-shooting slightly in the final 5m, and then quick to #17 and #18 to finish.
22nd out of 72 finishers. Happy with that.