Street-O @ Deepdene

Cold, miserable morning spent painting on undercoat on all the windows and wardrobe trims. Weather cleared up about lunchtime with a glimmer of sunshine in time for Street-O. Windy and cold.

Did course A, for 9 kms.

Entertaining moment at the first control. This was on a walking/bike track which passed under Mont Albert Rd. So we all scrambled up the bank to get to the road level, and were then faced with being fenced in! There was a gate onto the road - closed and padlocked. So, being orienteers, we simply climbed up and over it. Only some orienteers aren't too good at climbing fences (deprived childhood perhaps?). Very funny watching some of the more "mature" runners struggling with upper body strength and hip flexibility. I'd like to report that I got myself comfortably up and over without assistance. :-)