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Finally we were able to open the Orienteering season 2006!
We always start under an upside-down tree. It's a strange thing, growing with the root in the air and the branches and leaves under the ground. If you stand under the big root, you will increase your brain activity, making it easier to find directions.
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Many of the participants will use map, some will use compass too, others will even use GPS! We don't do that! The first check points are named A-E, and therefore I will bring letters with me. Emma is best with numbers, but Doris is best with letters, so I show her an "A". Then it's just to let her get to a high point where she can sniff in the letters:
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Then her nose leads us over a moor, under a branch, over a hill. Her we have to pass troubled water:
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Then suddenly, she's led us to the control point "A"! She's a genius:
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Spring flowers are coming up through yesteryear's leaves:
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Sometimes we meet natives deep into the forest. This couple had been hiding since the German invation in 1940, and they were very happy when we told them the war was over and they could come out:
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When you're used to be in the forest, you will find cover everywhere, and a place to eat elsewhere. Here we found a natural place to sit down, logs had probably been falling accidentally, but shaped a fully functional place to sit:
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Who know who you can dump into deep in the forest! I met My son and grandson there:
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We always start under an upside-down tree. It's a strange thing, growing with the root in the air and the branches and leaves under the ground. If you stand under the big root, you will increase your brain activity, making it easier to find directions.
Many of the participants will use map, some will use compass too, others will even use GPS! We don't do that! The first check points are named A-E, and therefore I will bring letters with me. Emma is best with numbers, but Doris is best with letters, so I show her an "A". Then it's just to let her get to a high point where she can sniff in the letters:
Then her nose leads us over a moor, under a branch, over a hill. Her we have to pass troubled water:
Then suddenly, she's led us to the control point "A"! She's a genius:
Spring flowers are coming up through yesteryear's leaves:
Sometimes we meet natives deep into the forest. This couple had been hiding since the German invation in 1940, and they were very happy when we told them the war was over and they could come out:
When you're used to be in the forest, you will find cover everywhere, and a place to eat elsewhere. Here we found a natural place to sit down, logs had probably been falling accidentally, but shaped a fully functional place to sit:
Who know who you can dump into deep in the forest! I met My son and grandson there:
