We’ve all had the experience of mixing up left and right, often when trying to explain a route to a driver when we’re feeling under pressure ourselves. Confusing left and right may have been a contributing factor to the rout…
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Completed British Orienteering Event Safety and Introduction to Orienteering e-learning
During the long days of lockdown, I found myself starting to do a lot of work for an organization where we were looking at Open Orienteering Maps and MapRunF as adjuncts to outdoor learning. This led to a gradual reconnection…
‘Footwear systems’ for the hills
One important piece of advice I was given by my old friend Dr Andy McMullen (Botanaeco) when I started doing a lot of outdoor work, both leadership and scientific fieldwork, in 2014 was to LOOK AFTER MY FEET! Part of…
Tagged with: Expedition skills, Hillwalking
Posted in Hill Running, Mountain Training, Orienteering, Scotland, Uncategorized
Posted in Hill Running, Mountain Training, Orienteering, Scotland, Uncategorized
Keeping hill fit close to home
Although things have changed slightly in Scotland, with unlimited outdoor exercise, I’ve still been relying on a lot of home-based exercise to try to keep myself fit for getting back into the hills. I am lucky that there are small…
MapRunF and Street-O: keeping body and mind fit
My earliest memories of orienteering are when I was in 2nd year of secondary school at VOLA and I got on the outdoor activity week that was running out of the Strathclyde Regional Council Outdoor Centre at Arrochar. I also…
Posted in Orienteering
Hills of Hame 