We are now in Flims at SOW orienteering event.

Yesterday we had a training event in the local forest. The area was an old rock fall, and it had many knolls and depressions. It was very mossy and soft underfoot.

Todays event was in an adjoining forest. Raewyns course started with 4 controls in the detailed area the same as the previous day, mapped at 1:5,000. It is a lovely damp forest area with lots of rocks and moss but if you lose touch with the map it is very difficult to relocate as every rock and cliff starts to look familiar. It is hard to stay on line due to the small rocks and holes under foot. The other 10 controls were mapped at 1:10,000. Apart from getting a bee sting at control 5 the course was challenging with one large hill climb, and was getting used to the map by control 8.

Ian is running M45 short, and he completed his course in 48 minutes. The area he ran through was less detailed than on Raewyns course, but included 2 large hill climbs.

After the event we had to visit the local petrol station to buy food for the next few days. Supermarkets here do not open on Sundays, and Monday is the national day so most shops are closed tomorrow too. It was a pity that we had to find an Italian restaurant last night, but now we have some food in our apartment.

Tomorrows event Crap Sogn Gion, and we catch 2 gondolas to get there.