Devon
Orienteering Club - Night Event 10th December - Five Tors
4.4km 135m - 45min 38secs
Always
enjoy a night event on the moors. It was
a cold evening but unusually still so a base layer and cag were the order of
the day. A nice uphill start as a warm
up and a very safe route choice meant I was slow but sure. Across the hill to #2 no issues then the long
leg around the hill to #3 looking for the earth bank or hut circles to come in
from, but saw none of them, managed to drop in bang on. A run straight down the hill and dropped into
#4 nicely. Over to #5 big hole in the
ground visible from the whole hillside in the daylight, tried to get away from
my 2 followers but messed up to high and missed the paths, used little staple
tor as guide to get me back on track.
Nice run down the hill to #6 hit it clean but then messed up again to #7
going to far right, others now in front slightly. Turned out of 7 and my light gave up. Got my spare handheld out and used that to
get me to #8 whilst trying to get my headlight working. Got my head torch working and ran hard to #9
to make up time, missed the first path and so got confused, the other two must
have punched without me seeing.
Eventually found it and ran hard to #10 which I found clean and that
allowed me to home in on the other two who were below me heading to #11, they
were to far left and I managed to follow their lights going into the control so
allowing me to descend hard. Didn't
quite manage to catch them but it did allow me to finish strongly.
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