10 February 2013

Lickey Hills - still the same after 36 years

If your shirt is not this mucky - then you were not trying hard enough






I first orienteered on the Lickey Hills back in 1977.  We came in the Cheshire Schools OA coach all the way from Chester.  The cloud base was below the summits, it was cold, raining and blowing a gale - we all thought we were on the side of a mountain in North Wales.  When the mist cleared it was a bit of a surprise to see the Longbridge car plant and all of Birmingham...



Anyway - apart from some felling and regrowth not a lot has changed in the interim 36 years - except that parts of the woodland are now extremely wet and boggy.

Start team are ready - but where are all the punters?

Blue course in 45 minutes - considerably faster than I managed in 1985




Rumour has it I am leading Blue by 5 minutes

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