WIM GODSHILL Regional Event February 3rd
Final Results (Routegadget
to follow)
Organiser's Comments
When I left home at 07.30 for this mornings event and the
temperature reading in the car got down to -7.5C, I wasn’t quite sure if we had
made the right decision to keep going with the event. At 7.45 when I had
finished gritting the first road and was coming down the hill the sun was
shining across the valley and everything was so peaceful and beautiful. I was
then left wondering if anybody would turn up and would they appreciate a run
across the snow. But turn up you did and in just the right numbers that we just
about fitted everyone into the car parking spaces. My early panic was when I had
to ask other members of the public to move their cars from our parking spaces as
they were going to the church next door. The vicar tried to park and I said “but
there’s no service today, I checked”, the reply was “we changed it yesterday as
the other church where we were holding todays service,four miles away, has too
many icy roads to get to it.”
So, we were lucky, no wind, sunny day, crunchy snow
underfoot, good courses, everyone back safe, Brilliant bunch of helpers who all
did their jobs to the usual WIM standard, free tea and coffee, indoor
Facilities.
Some of the comments I received were -
Can
we orienteer like this every week!
I wish I had a camera out there
A deer ran right past me
Well done for not cancelling the event, it was fabulous
Thank you all for coming, I hope you are all safe at
home, resting like me with a nice cup of tea, and thinking what a good day.
Kevin Pickering
Lost property
A mug, an item of clothing and a Dog Collar. Claim
from the organiser.