Location

Nearest town: Coniston

• Grid Ref: SD 304 978 (parking)
• Postcode: LA21 8AL
• Latitude: 54.37111
• Longitude: -3.07161
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Directions / Parking

Roadside of Shepherd’s Bridge Lane at SD 304978; please park tidily.

Registration & Start Times

Registration will be from 17.30 - 18.15.

Runners using their own SI cards should bring them to registration to streamline the registration process and the information accuracy for the results.

Open start times will be from 17.45 - 18.30.

There will be an optional Mass Start at 18.30 for those who prefer that format.

Course Information

Convoluted phi loops etc.

 - Long course - 4.1km

 - Short course – 3.3km

COURSES CLOSE AT 20.00.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD EVEN IF YOU RETIRE SO THAT WE CAN BE SURE ALL RUNNERS ARE BACK

Since this is a Lake District woodland area in winter all runners should dress appropriately and must carry a whistle, should carry a mobile phone and it may be compulsory to carry a cagoule.

All runners must carry a suitable lamp and should also carry a backup lamp.

Remember that you orienteer at your own risk.

Explanation of colour courses

• White are very easy with all controls on paths. They are mainly used by 6-10 year olds and family groups.
• Yellow use simple linear features like paths, walls and streams. They are mainly used by under 12’s and family groups.
• Orange progress to basic use of the compass and route choice. They are ideal for novice adults or experienced youngsters.
• Light Green are ideal for improvers as the navigational difficulty begins to increase and uses simple contours and point features.
• Green are used mostly by experienced under 18’s and adults wanting a short but challenging course with a very hard navigational difficulty.
• Blue are a longer, more physically demanding course in comparison to the green. The distances are more varied between controls and the course attracts experienced orienteers.
• Brown & Black are very physically demanding and have a very hard navigational difficulty. They are for experienced orienteers only.
• Score means visiting as many controls as possible in any order in a specific time, like 45mins.

Entry Details

Seniors: £4 with an additional £2 for non-BOF runners
Junior & Students: £2

Terrain Description

Guards Wood is a small, typical steep wooded south lakes area, generally runnable with a few rock features; low crags and some boulders. The boundary of the area is clear being surrounded by walls and fields.

Don't cross any fences; these guard the dangerous quarry crags.

There are a few new unmapped windblown individual trees that can be avoided by looking ahead.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser/planner: Derek Allison