Organiser’s Comments
Thanks to all the helpers (including a new helper) who certainly made things run smoothly for me as a novice organiser. Special mention of the Bedders in particular including Karen. It was good also when participants called at Registration after their run to pay compliments, especially re the green course.
Chris Harvey
Planner’s Comments
Sorry about the vegetation. The brambles are now well established all year in the area with paths, open to the public. The area to the north east, not open to the public, seemed excellent in April and May, with no paths, quite a few features for controls, and bluebells growing, but by the second half of June the bracken had come up high. The vegetation growth does seem to have been prolific this year, including nettles and grass in the meadow.
The numbers on the green courses were very pleasing, but I was disappointed by the smaller numbers on the easier courses. Despite fairly extensive promotion of the event, particularly around Poringland, we didn`t seem to attract a lot of newcomers.
Hope you weren`t too put-out going back to second master maps and controls with punches, but it seemed appropriate for the size of the area and the extent it is used by the public.
My thanks to Sue Vine for extensive help with the mapping, particularly putting it onto OCAD, and for checking everything as controller.
John Harvey