Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club

Open Forum :: RE: Thank God for Geocaching! ( Picture Puzzle)

Author: Keith Streb
Subject:
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 5:41 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

It's adjacent to Mansfield Woodhouse station and can also be accessed off Chesterfield Road, Mansfield.
It's one of the restored colliery sites and with a bit of imagination and some decent legs could be combined with Shirebrook Woods.
( Assuming we mapped the inbetween bit and found a safeway across the Railway

Open Forum :: RE: Thank God for Geocaching! ( Picture Puzzle)

Author: paul hudson
Subject: Oxclose Woods
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:07 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

Where can Oxclose Woods be found? I've never heard of them. Have they ever been used for an event? If not why?

Open Forum :: Making It! Discovery Centre in Mansfield

Author: catherinehughes
Subject: Making It! Discovery Centre in Mansfield
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:19 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

'Making it' are supporting our community orienteering in Mansfield. If you're not going to the British Champs this weekend and are looking for something to do, then this place is open during school holidays and looks interesting http://makingitdiscoverycentre.co.uk/

Open Forum :: RE: Thank God for Geocaching! ( Picture Puzzle)

Author: Keith Streb
Subject: Answer
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 5:13 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

Several people came up to me at the Thoresby event with their guesses but they were all incorrect
As no-one has bothered online the answer is ....tada..... Oxclose Wood
Excellent small area with the steepest hill climbs we have in NOC ( for those that can cope with that sort of thing) and as I said the plantations are thinning out well, giving more viable route choice options.
I was going to try and make this a regular thing but obviously there's not really much point if no-one responds...perhaps we really should offer a prize?

Open Forum :: Thoresby well deserved plaudits

Author: Keith Streb
Subject: Thoresby well deserved plaudits
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:53 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed my walk around Thoresby. It was good to revisit it after so many years and to find it had changed so much for the better!
It was much more open and runnable ( yeah if only:( !) than it used to be and it's still the only place I have orienteered with Californian Redwood trees.

Thanks to all behind the scenes for reactivating this area...It was well worth the 20 yr wait! (which is more than can be said for the last EMOA area that made that boast)

Incidentally the novice planner to my novice controller back in the 90's was none other than Alan Beardsley who didn't recycle any of the original legs....honest! although he may need to in 20 more years:D

Good also to see John Bailey back in the fold after a break nearly as long.
Hope the rest of you quiet orienteers enjoyed it ?

Open Forum :: Sherwood Pines Event

Author: Roy Mitton
Subject: Sherwood Pines Event
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:04 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

The MLC is running an event on Wed 14 May 12 at the Sherwood Pines Country Park. There will be three courses available, Brown (8km), Blue (6km) and Red/Orange (4km). All are welcome, visit BAOC online for the event details.

Open Forum :: Helpers required for the Event at Thoresby

Author: Anonymous
Subject: Helpers required for the Event at Thoresby
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:17 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

I would be grateful if anyone could spare a bit of time to help at the Thoresby event tomorrow. We require someone to man the crossing point and some extra help with the parking. Many Thanks, Paul

Open Forum :: RE: Thank God for Geocaching! ( Picture Puzzle)

Author: Anonymous
Subject: Keith's Picture
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:52 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

Open Forum :: RE: Thank God for Geocaching! ( Picture Puzzle)

Author: Keith Streb
Subject:
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:52 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

Had to Email the picture to Ray so it could take a while to appear!

Open Forum :: Thank God for Geocaching! ( Picture Puzzle)

Author: Keith Streb
Subject: Thank God for Geocaching! ( Picture Puzzle)
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:47 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

Whilst the great and the good were enjoying themselves way up North at the JK, the local members...you remember the ones who don't travel far, were as usual left to their own devices.
Anyhow in my case this meant a spot of Cycling and some Geocaching.
I have submitted a picture of one of NOC's areas...see if you can identify it and by the way the woodland is a whole lot more runnable than when last used.
There may be a prize.... or not as the case may be!
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Open Forum :: RE: Car parking at Thieves Wood

Author: Keith Streb
Subject: Clouds & Silver linings and all that
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:56 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 2

And to think of all those committee meetings when you told me NO events at half-term because "we will all be away"

I still think its is worth opening a dialogue with Portland College just to get a definitive answer on this if this has not already been done?
Somewhere lurking in the recesses is an idea that at sometime in the past we were going to do a Wheelchair trail for the students? ( As you may have seen across the road in Fountaindale)
I don't recall what happened to that idea but possibly a reciprocal arrangement could be a way forward?

Open Forum :: A Big Thank You

Author: Anonymous
Subject: A Big Thank You
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:46 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

A Big Thank You to all those competitors who assisted or asked about my well-being after I fell and sadly broke my ankle in Thieves Wood today. Short Green was going so well and so I 'shuffled' a bit faster towards #11 and the spikes on my o-shoes caused my left food to slide along a snow covered branch and twist back. A special thank you to the young boy competitor who hearing my cries ran to the finish for assistance coming to let me know help was on its way and to Alison and Alison who forgave their Orange course to stay with me, keep me warm and raise my spirits. Also many thanks to Hilary and the NOC Team who swiftly responded to call for an Ambulance. We are only sorry that we didn't take a photo of the ambulance jeep/buggy that collected me from a small forest path! Hull Royal A&E awaits in the morning I hope for a swift recovery. Thanks again - you were brilliant. Amanda Ward HALO

Open Forum :: RE: Car parking at Thieves Wood

Author: Anonymous
Subject:
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:04 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 2

Thanks - but maybe we only got permission because it is half term and the students are not in residence.

Open Forum :: Car parking at Thieves Wood

Author: Keith Streb
Subject: Car parking at Thieves Wood
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:30 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 2

Finally after all these years
Well done Hilary! I do like a bit of joined up thinking
If everyone is very good and we leave the place neat and tidy ( as we normally do) then this could possibly be the best parking for both Thieves and Harlow Wood.
I can recommend the cafe as well
Now all we need to do is join the 2 maps together

Open Forum :: Clifton Campus

Author: Anonymous
Subject: Clifton Campus
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:13 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

Really great event yesterday at Clifton Campus, Nottingham. Great map, very easy to read and all the controls were where they should have been (i.e. I had a good run ;)Think the area would be Excellent for a Mid-Summer Sprint Relay......anybody?