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Dowards

This course explores the scenic surrounds of the Dowards in the Wye Valley. Uniquely among our current courses, it’s almost entirely on tracks and paths rather than roads. It’s a steep area, but with breathtaking views! Parking is at the Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 5 years ago

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The Dowards maprun: results are up

We had 35 runners at yesterday’s maprun at the Dowards: a really intriguing area. Thanks to Pat Macleod for organising, including creating the special-format map. It was useful to know which footpaths were entirely overgrown! Thanks also to Chris and Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 5 years ago

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Maprun at the Dowards tomorrow (Thu 27 Jun)

Our next event is taking place tomorrow evening at the Dowards, and the forecast is looking excellent. We’ll be meeting at 1840 for a 1900 start. Full details are available on the event page. Hope to see you there.

By Tom Cochrane, 5 years ago

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Berry Hill

This is a mixed urban/rural course, with a great variety of terrain: Some streets in Berry Hill and Coleford Nice areas of forest around Five Acres (you can try to find shortcuts through this if you’re brave!) And some public Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 5 years07/06/2019 ago

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Berry Hill event – results up

Thanks to Richard Cronin for organising tonight’s event in Berry Hill. Lots of people came along and enjoyed the courses, through the streets of Berry Hill, the nearby forest, and some footpaths through the fields and golf courses. I hear Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 5 years ago

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Berry Hill event: this Thursday

This Thursday, 6 June, we’re inaugurating our 25th Maprun course! Come down to Berry Hill to try it out: meet at 1840 for a 1900 start, by the running track at Five Acres school, GL16 7QW Full details are available Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 5 years ago

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Stonehouse

This is a mixed urban/rural course: three quarters of the checkpoints are spread around the streets and paths of Stonehouse, with the rest located on footpaths up and around Doverow Hill. There are some great views if you make it Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years ago

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Stonehouse event – thanks

Thanks to Steve Lee for a great event in Stonehouse, and thanks to everyone who came. Hope you enjoyed the courses and (if you went up Doverow Hill) the well-deserved view! Results and routes are available. For our next maprun Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years ago

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Stonehouse event tomorrow

The forecast is looking good for tomorrow’s Stonehouse event! We’ll be meeting in the High Street car park at 1840, for a mass start at 1900. Full details are available here.

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years15/05/2019 ago

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Churchdown

This is a mixed urban/rural course: two thirds of the checkpoints are spread around the streets of Churchdown village, with the remaining checkpoints located on footpaths up and around Churchdown Hill. Parking is in Chapel Hay car park, in the Read more…

By Tom Cochrane, 6 years28/04/2019 ago

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MapRun Gloucestershire

2 days ago

The 2024 MapRun season is rolling towards a close on 18 December, and we are starting to look at our programme for 2025. We aim to have another 20 or so runs during the year, a mix of winter night street races and summer evening semi rural ones, and we need people to plan them. They are pretty straightforward to plan, and we have a good list of possible venues, though you may have your own ideas as to where we could go. If you fancy planning one, email maprun'at'ngoc.org.uk and we can discuss options and opportunities. You don't have to be an expert MapRunner; we'll help you along the way. And if you are new to MapRun, and wonder what it's all about, go to ngoc.org.uk/maprun-gloucestershire and read up about it. It's a great way to get some exercise, learn a bit of map reading, and explore places you may not have visited before around the county. ... See MoreSee Less

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MapRun Gloucestershire

2 months ago

Well, what a fun time we had at Newnham last evening, thanks to MapRun's Odds and Evens scheme, clever planning by Abi Jones and Nicki Pettiford, and a lovely evening with a wonderful moonrise, in no way done justice on a micky mouse phone photo! By the way, spot the lone paddler waiting for the bore, due through in about half an hour! Almost everyone got the hang of the intricacies of odds and evens scoring on a course where every control you pass is registered, whether odd or even, and the system worked perfectly. Then on top of that delicious Welsh cakes and tiffin to replace the normal Lidl offerings! The general view was that it was a most enjoyable change from the normal scoring, but not to be repeated too often; it adds too much thinking🤨.Our next run, next Thursday, is in Hereford, and then in early October we are on the western edge of Gloucester, taking in Alney Island and the city centre, so look out for details soon here and on the website, for both of these races. Entries are open already on Fabian4. ... See MoreSee Less

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MapRun Gloucestershire

3 months ago

Thanks and well done to everyone who made it to Berry Hill last night; the rain just about held off, but the going was very wet underfoot, and very dark for early September in the woods. Our next run, in Newnham on the 18th September, will be somewhat different in format. Details will appear shortly, but in essence, due to the lack of accessible paths up the hill West of the village, we will be running an Odds and Evens course on a 1:7,500 map, focussing on the village and the paths immediately around it. Of course, with satellite punching, you can't avoid punching odd controls when doing evens, and vice versa, but MapRun provides rules for helping to prevent inadvertent 'set' switching, and clever planning should also reduce the challenge somewhat. We'll explain how all this works in the event details, but book the date - 18 September - for what should be a fun challenge. ... See MoreSee Less

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MapRun Gloucestershire

3 months ago

Our series of late Summer MapRuns is now published. We have a mix of venues, some largely urban, some semi-rural. These are ideal races for people looking for pleasant early evening running, or getting fit for more serious orienteering and other races towards the Autumn. As usual, the format is simple; you have 60 minutes to collect as many points as possible by visiting checkpoints of varying value. So picking a route that you can do in the time allowed whilst visiting as many high scoring controls as you can is key.That said, you don’t have to be competitive; if you just fancy a stroll or jog around some lovely local towns, villages and countryside you will be made most welcome. All you need is the MapRun App on your smartphone; the App will record your progress, give you a satisfying beep as you find each checkpoint, and will save your results to the MapRun system when you finish. You can pre-enter at Fabian4.co.uk, which is preferred, so that we know how many maps to print, or you can just turn up on the day, and hope that we have enough maps for you. It costs £5 to enter, for which you get third party liability insurance, a nice waterproof map that you can use again and again, and a cake or two at the Finish!Next week we will be in Ledbury on the 22nd August....details at ngoc.org.uk/event/ledbury-2024 ... See MoreSee Less

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MapRun Gloucestershire

5 months ago

We have decided to postpone the Cirencester Maprun due to a lack of entries! Maybe due to the very late publication of details, and everyone being busy elsewhere. We will reschedule it for sometime in August or September, so look out for further information in due course. ... See MoreSee Less

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