Extremely tense before "The Sprint"

Competitors await the off at Pamber Forest

Its all very serious - the second ever ARDF sprint in the UK - very tricky - some completed in 15 minutes and some were still out after a couple of hours. Not helped by the little red arrow on the cut down map extract - it did not indicate the direction of North - only the direction to run away from the start.  30+ years of orienteering meant that I was not fooled and was back in Ca 19 minutes