Orienteering at Blackford Hill

Cherry and Hannah got round the yellow course in an excellent 23 minutes coming 3rd out of 11 runners.


Colin and Max also had a good time of 48 minutes around the green coming in 15 out of 16.

Score-O and Festival Show

Glorious weather for a Score Orienteering event on the slopes of Hillend. Max did very well on the short course scoring 90 points to come 15th out of 19 runners, mostly quite a bit older. Hannah was one place behind with 80 points.

Colin came 17th out of 19 on the long course having failed to get back in time and losing 100 points.

Later went to a very good show with by Nicole & Martin at the Festival.

Orienteering Training

Max and Hannah went to Orienteering training at Cammo. They enjoyed an icecream afterwards.

Portmore Loch

5th Handicap Race of the season and an 8th place this time. A long hard climb up to the summit of Dundreich. Passed by a couple of runners on the way up as I struggled to move with any pace. A great decent improved my position before getting a bit lost in the forest. A slow jog home as I assumed I was going to be last finishing - in fact many other runners were much more lost than me.

For the story and race history click here.

Up to second place in the handicap series with one race to go.

Hannah at the Funfair

Haddington Half Marathon

Excellent time of 1 hr 49 mins & 30 seconds cutting around 5 minutes off previous time. Weather was ideal for the first hr and then become very hot for the second half of the race.

131 out of 194 runners.

Adventure Centre

Hannah did some brilliant climbing today. Made it to the top of a 25 ft wall and completed a Grade 4 climb. Also did her best ever bouldering.

ShadowBox & Ghost Pictures

Today I went to the museum and I made lots of pictures with photographic paper and scrap metal, then we went upstairs and made pictures with a pinhole camera.

Max

Caerketton Hill Race

Modest performance against serious runners. Brilliant evening.

Click here for results.

Holiday at Wicken Fen

Excellent week away in the Fens. Long walk round Wicken Fen, trip to Peterborough to see Michael, Lusi & Michael, Cycling in the forest,Maize Maze, Sandringham, Tennis, Fitzwilliam Museum, Backs of Cambridge.

Holiday at Elvedon Forest Centre Park

Spent a week at the forest park with May and Percy. Highlights included:
- Max learning to cycle
- playing on the beach
- horse riding
- archery
- the wildlife