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New to Orienteering
Orienteering is an exciting outdoor adventure sport which involves navigating around a course using a detailed map and sometimes a compass.
The aim is to navigate between a set of control points and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time. It does not matter how young, old or fit you are, and you can run, walk or jog round the course and progress at your own pace.
Family Project End of Year 1 report.
LOC Maprun Challenge Course information
sign up here to take part in the LOC maprun challenge
2024 Explorer events table
Explorer Awards after Loughrigg
Family Challenge Log Book
There are 8 different kinds of courses you can enter.
How many controls can you locate?
Build up from Acorn (10) Tree (25) Copse (50) Wood (75) to Forest (100)
Explorer Awards table after 1st Park Series 16 Aug
Explorer Awards table after 3rd Park Series 30 Aug
Explorer Awards table after 3rd Park Series 6 Sep
Explorer Awards table after Hardknott 8 Oct
Explorer Awards Autumn Badge Winners
Explorer Awards table at the completion of the Summer Series
Details of our new Explorer Awards Scheme for junior members. Points are earned by finding controls at selected LOC events. To take part, please send an email with the junior member's name and age to kathfo@lakelandoc.uk
Have some spooky orienteering fun at Fell Foot
October Half Term
Mon 23 10-12
Wed 25 1-3pm
Our Spring Series Events are suitable for all abilities and families will be very welcome. Not sure what to expect? We have created some helpsheets to get you started and there will be lots of support available at each of the events.
Come and have an adventure with us on Saturday 30th September in the picturesque countryside surrounding Sizergh Castle. Our special maps will take you off exploring a mixture of fields and woodland areas across the estate to find checkpoints.This Find Your Way event will use the free Maprun app to record your progress and upload your results.
White, Yellow and Orange courses
OMM Grassmere Sat 3 Sun 4 June
Alongside British Orienteering, we will be providing free activities and adventure courses from the Grasmere Showfield at the OMM Festival and Grasmere Gallop weekend.
Have a go at finding your way around a mini course within the Grasmere Showfield or tackle a longer trail around the beautiful Grasmere village. You can also race against the clock in our mini orienteering maze with SI timing.
Entry to the showfield will be free and the activities will be open for all to join in. So come along and find us, soak up the festival atmosphere and have a go at navigation.
All ages and abilities are welcome.
Sat 3rd (10am-3pm) and Sun 4th June (10-1pm)
Grasmere Showfield LA22 9SL
An update on the Family Project
and March Update
update page 2
Come and have an adventure with us on Sunday 25th June in the lovely lakeside grounds of Fell Foot Park as we launch the first of our Find Your Way events.
Explore the park using our special maps to find checkpoints and learn to use the free Maprun app to record your progress and upload your results.
Orange Yellow and White courses.
Explorer Challenge Summer Series
Well done to all the LOC juniors who collected points and earned Explorer Badges for finding controls during our Spring Challenge. Your points will be carried forward and there are five more Explorer Badge events during the summer where you can add to your total.You can join the challenge and start earning badge points at any time by emailing kathfo@lakelandoc.uk with child's name and age.
LOC Family Project
What we have been working on so far
What we would like to consider developing in the future
Adventure on your doorstep
Coming soon:
Free February half-term family-fun workshops
Six days in/near two lakeland town centres
KENDAL and ULVERSTON
Monday 20th to Saturday 25th February - All morning sessions
Orienteering can be a competitive individual sport or a recreational activity. You normally take part individually, but beginners can go out in pairs or a small group. At a competitive event, the person that visits all the controls in the right order, in the shortest time, is the winner.
Also read: Beginner - Your questions answered
Video help
Manchester and District Orienteering Club have produced a series of 4 videos.
The following video shows you how to start orienteering. We look at the basic elements of the map and particular symbols, what controls look like, and what to expect at a Permanent Course or competition. This video series is designed to help you get out and go orienteering - the ultimate outdoor sport that's a mental and physical challenge. It's a sport for all ages and Permanent Orienteering Courses mean it can be done whenever suits you.
Other videos in the series:
2. Getting Going: https://youtu.be/o7wFFY8zOZo
3. Getting Confident: https://youtu.be/wx_3xpnNT9E
4. Getting Faster: https://youtu.be/PmI2lXJ17uI