Essex Stragglers Orienteering Society (SOS)
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More details useful to the Fixtures Sectretary and others considering the availability and suitability of venues will be found in this document . Contact the webmaster for the password ( which you will also need for some of the other documents on this page).
Land ownership is complex - see this map and this document.
Planners should have regard to the sensitive areas marked on this map and liaise with Neil Bedford, Senior Reserves Manager, Essex Wildlife Trust at an early stage in the planning process.
Key to map -
Sensitive areas - Red
Fenced areas - Purple
minimal intervention - Green
Private farm - yellow.
Andrew Cordle holds the Forestry Commission gate key.
No dogs on school premises.
School do not seem to want anyone on the old field area across road (the grass is too long!)
The school have also said not to run on pitches, so the effective area of map is limited to the FC woods and the field behind the sports hall.
The sports hall has two sets of power sockets - so no need for a generator. However, which set to use is problematic; the one nearest the entrance is handy for returning runners, especially in limiting the amout of mud deposited, but the SI team felt that with being on route to toilets they were frequently interupted by people asking questions not related to their task at the busy data entry time.
A set of 20 vandal-resistant controls are held in the Club's equipment store.
Andrew Cordle holds the Forestry Commission gate key.
The WT car park can hold about 25 cars - just about enough for the New Years Novelty event, with a few cars on the street or verges. You could ask about having the barrier key for additional parking.
Road crossings can be dangerous. A lot of the access is on bends, which are fine for crossing in one direction, but not in the other.
Advise horseriders in advance about the event.
See this Document for procedures, restrictions and access and parking contact details, and this map for parking options.
There is a tap for replenishing the water for squash in the vicinity of the Shell House.
The Stables Tea Room is open every day from 8-4.30 and serves a wide range of drinks and food. Well worth adding to any flyers.
Ask Jack about these out-of-bounds areas.
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Try Andrew's orienteering links page at http://brito.org.uk.
Mapping based on Ordnance Survey on this site reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf
of The Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Licence
number 100047430.
