Orienteering is an outdoor adventure sport which involves walking or running whilst navigating around a course using a detailed map and sometimes a compass. The aim is to navigate in sequence between a set of control points and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time.
An orienteering event is taking place on Saturday 7th December at Langford Vet School for adults and children. The event is organised by Bristol Orienteering Klub (BOK) and University of Bristol Orienteering Club (UBOC) and we expect between 100 and 150 orienteers to attend the event with parking taking place at the vet school.
The children’s orienteering course will remain within the Vet School Campus while the adult course, in addition to taking place within the Vet School Campus, will also take place on public roads to the west and southwest of the campus. The event has permission from North Somerset Council and the University of Bristol and also the police have been informed.
The event will take place between 10:30 and 12:45am on the Saturday. The orienteers will set off at approximately one-minute intervals (there is no mass start) and will be moving around the course as individuals. Controls are identified by a small white and orange ‘kite’ with a battery-operated box about 10x8x4cm, temporarily attached to fixed items, e.g., a lamppost or tree. All controls are non-invasive, they will be put out just before the event and be removed immediately after the event and leave no trace of them ever having been there. An example of what our controls look like is included below.
Details of the event are available through the BOK website https://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/. The event is open to all and if any locals want to take part, information on how to enter are on the website, but please note entries close one week before the event.
This will inform locals that if they see runners in the area on the Saturday morning or the white and orange orienteering control points which we use they will know it is an approved orienteering event.