ARDF in Oldham - It rained

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It rained in the morning

and more in the afternoon

Strange how the black ink does not run but all the other colours do.  I finished using "map memory" once all the contours and vegetation merged into one.  During the 80m race I heard the approaching thunderstorm over the radio waves - the crackle of lightning strikes gradually approaching - certainly concentrates the mind on getting finished in good time.

"Oldham became the world's manufacturing centre for cotton spinning in the second half of the 19th century."

Not least because the unrelenting damp climate and high humidity helped prevent the cotton yarn from breaking during spinning and weaving.