I must tell ,I mentioned that my son is coming over on Tuesday evening ,I looked for the flight no. to find it is tonight he arrives !!!! I really was smarter when I was younger but may be not as lucky !
I only ever tried orienteering once on a school trip and all I remember is having to follow other people. I never knew it was a competitive event like how you describe and always thought it more an occasional charity sort of thing.
That was about 400kms from us north very lovely if you like mozzies . The north of Finland is alive with swarms of them in the summer the more north the worse they are .
Indeed it is popular there, I’ve orienteered in Norway and Sweden in the ‘80 s but never Finland. I believe the World Orienteering Championship was held in Finland two weeks ago.
Good morning all on this hot one again .Off to the shops in trepidation as my eldest son arrives tomorrow night and we have no real idea what to give him to eat ,he was pescatarian but now he devours the whole gammut but he doesn't take any sugar...
It is popular in Finland , they used to scout the course well ahead and then on the day many ran through our "garden " which was mostly the forested part ,the first time was strange but then we looked forward to seeing them . The forest hadn't...