This month’s Social (Wednesday 4th March) will be preceded by some FUN and FREE Street Orienteering from the Forester.
You can do the activity either as an individual or in small teams (eg up to 4)
You are allowed 1 hour, and you can start at any time between 6.30 and 7.30, but please don’t all turn up at 7.25!
Here’s how it will work:
We’ll give you a street map of the local area, with the Forester marked on it (a triangle). Also on the map will be lots of other locations (circles) which you are encouraged to visit. At each of these locations there is a very simple question for you to answer, to prove you were there. Correct answers earn you anything from 10 to 50 points, and you need to score as many as you can!
As there is no set course to follow, you can do as much or as little as you like within the 1 hour allocated.
You need to be aware of the time, because if you return to the Forester having taken more than an hour, then penalty points will be deducted. To cover the whole course will mean running more than 10k in an hour. There are some who will give that a try, but most of you will need to make tactical decisions as to which ones to try for and what’s the best route back to base.
Even if you choose to walk rather than run, you should still be able to get to 6 or 7 locations.
You will need to bring a pen to write your answers down. Although there are plenty of streetlights, I recommend you bring a torch or a head-torch. And if you have easy access to a compass, you might as well put it in your pocket, although you shouldn’t really need it.
Whilst it’s fine to record your route on your watch or phone, please don’t use things like Google Maps on the way around – it rather goes against the spirit of the game. Just the paper map please.
Kind of Questions
To give you an idea of the kind of questions you may be asked, here are some possibles:
Post Box : what time is the last collection? eg 7pm
What is the Lamp Post Number? eg LP 574
Road Sign : How many miles to Hanwell? eg 2
Type of house alarm at number 35? eg Yale
We also had a Facebook discussion back in January, which included a sneak-peek at the map showing the event area. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ealingeagles/permalink/2687706101306067/
Hope to see you on Wednesday.
Ralph