There was fantastic support from the Edinchip Estate and others in the community including the organiser of the Balquidder, Lochearnhead and Strathtyre Highland Games – the parking fields and race arena had been the scene of caber tossing, highland dancing, weight throwing, pipe bands and other Scottish pastimes. Orienteering is new to Rob Roy Country but hopefully will become more of a regular feature.

Further details are in the daily online news-sheet but there was an issue with a small number of competitors who either deliberately or mistakenly crossed the “uncrossable” purple line bounding the river that ran through the area. In the interest of fair competition, we would ask anyone who crossed the river to give their name to Information on Tuesday and disqualify themselves. The purple line rule also applies to uncrossable/not to be crossed fences on some other days. Four days count towards the overall result so plenty of opportunities to come good on other days.

Thanks go to the team of helpers including Day Organiser Carol Burnapp who had the misfortune to put her knee out of place yesterday while setting up and spent much of the day organising proceedings from the Director’s Chair. I am expressly forbidden from publishing a photo of her enjoying a cup of coffee and a bacon roll as it gives the wrong impression of all the hard work involved. The detachment from the Military Police was also a great asset – a deterrent to anyone who might have been tempted to exceed the 30 mph limit through the village. 

Photos supplied by Colin Matheson.

Today is Day 3: (Tuesday 30 July) and we can look forward to another of Allan and Terry’s new areas today at Dundurn & Cnoc a’Mhadaidh.

This is at the other end of the loch from Edinchip! Dundurn & Cnoc a'Mhadaidh is another new area for orienteering, with a very technical and mixed forest including oak woodland, beech and conifer plantations and virtually no paths or tracks. 

The Livestream today is focused on the M/W 21 Elite but not exclusively.

Livestream 

Selected Athletes 

M21E Tracking W21E Tracking

For all the information about today including Start Lists for today can all be found here.