Great for families and everyone is welcome along.
Please try and enter online if you can.
It is great fun and time to socialise and picnic between runs.
Full details on our event webpage - www.esoc.org.uk/events/david...

This is our very popular Ultrasprint event which this year is at Davidson's Mains Park & The Royal HS on Sunday 17th August.
Run three short (~1.5k) orienteering courses around the park each of which will visit a maze, constructed out of tape and fence posts, at least once.

Busy and very hot day at Gracemount Mansion and then in the playground of Gracemount Primary with the Discover group. A very lively bunch who got stuck into the maze and then the CluedO Score and Photo-O. Great to see so many great maps decorating the school playground.

Online entries are now open for our family-friendly event on Saturday 12th July at the Bush Estate, Midlothian.
Everyone is welcome to come and explore the grounds whilst searching for controls.
There are courses suitable for all levels.
www.esoc.org.uk/events/bush-estate-sat-12-jul-2025

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New members who have not been members of British Orienteering in any of the previous four calendar years can now take advantage of our part-year membership offer!🏃‍♀️🗺️

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Calling East area juniors. Our next coaching session for those running TD3-5 will be at Heriot Watt Uni Riccarton next Saturday 7th June before the #interlopersoc event there and not at Pittencrieff Park as previously advertised. @roxburghreivers.bsky.social

If you are in the Penicuik area why not try out the Rotary Club Photo Challenge, a Photo-Orienteering activity highlighting some historical and quirky locations in the town centre. Anyone can have a go for free and local school children can take part and enter into a prize draw.

One day left before entries close for 'Race Across Edinburgh' on Saturday 21st June.
Visit 6 Edinburgh Parks & find 60 Controls to travelling between them either on foot &/or public transport.
An orienteering adventure just like' Race Across the World' but on a city scale 😀

It's World Orienteering Week! 🗺️🌎🧭

We asked members and newcomers why they love orienteering. Hear their thoughts in this short film.

Over 600 clubs worldwide have pre-registered events for the week.

If you're new here, visit buff.ly/rHYvj4J to get involved!

Oriam Parkrun partial takeover by Interløpers and ESOC this morning followed by an orienteering taster activity. Scottish Orienteering #worldorienteeringweek

Online entries are open for our next family-friendly event at beautiful Dalkeith Country Park on Saturday 24th May. Courses suitable for absolute beginners, improvers & experienced orienteers.
Come & help celebrate World Orienteering Week.
www.esoc.org.uk/events/dalkeith-country-park-sat-24-may-2025

Very interesting, especially as we were there only last weekend.

Scribed 1 to 10000 orienteering map. Open areas are white and the woods in a couple of shades of green. Covers from the Almond to Civil Service playing fields and from Muirhouse Parkway to the shore

Cramond Foreshore 1980 Dunfermline College. Drawn by Dermot Ruddock. #OldOrienteeringMap #OMap

www.esoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#115

A small 1 to 10000 scribed orienteering map. It is unusual in that runnable forest is shown using a green screen. There is no white. The forest is mostly runnable.

Torrieston 1983. Intended for a permanent course there is no white areas, the runnable forest is shown as green. Supposedly less confusing for the target audience but they still kept yellow for open. #OldOrienteeringMaps #Moravian #Omaps #Orienteering

1 to 15000 five colour orienteering map of a mainly runnable forest.

Four colour orienteering map without a green screen. Unusual use of a yellow screen to show a complex unsurveyed area. The scale is incorrect, a frequent occurrence with this map and has been corrected to 1 to 16666.

Moseley Green 1988 #BOK #ForestOfDean. The eastern part was covered by the 1973 Oakenhill Wood map of variable scale infamy. #OldOrienteeringMaps #OMaps #Orienteering

Glorious weather for our local event at Lauriston Castle and Cramond Foreshore yesterday. Thank you Vicente for the fun and challenging courses.

IT'S BACK and entries are open!

Starting next Wednesday.....Sprintelope #1 of 2025!
Weekly Urban Orienteering - Long & Short courses each week
All welcome!
All you need to know for race 1 and the link to sign up is here
www.esoc.org.uk/events/astley-ainslie-wed-16-apr-2025

Online entries are now open for our next family-friendly local event at beautiful Lauriston Castle &, for the longer courses, Cramond Foreshore.

Read all the information and how to enter on our event webpage here -
www.esoc.org.uk/events/lauriston-castle-and-cramond-foreshore-sat-12-apr-2025

Urban orienteering map of Holyrood and Canongate from the 2024 World Orienteering Championships. Location of BBC Scotland office circled. They are good at reporting minority sports with a notable exception. Even when they are in the middle of the playing field.

Run in at the 2024 knockout sprint race (quarter final). Czechia flag on the left, wet road and spectators below university buildings

#BBCScotland "Another sport to add to the mix". Chuffed at the #Kabbadi coverage. Shame they completely ignored a World Championship of another sport. One taking place literally on their doorstep in Holyrood.
#Orienteering

We are thrilled to announce that these athletes will compete at The World Games in China this August.

Women: Fiona Bunn, Rachel Brown, Reserve: Cecilie Andersen
Men: Peter Hodkinson, James Bailey, Reserve: TBC

Join us in wishing them luck!

📸 Rob Lines and IOF/Kristina Lindgren

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The Orienteering Foundation has launched a survey into volunteering in orienteering. It aims to gather data and inform future actions to help recruit, train, and develop our volunteers.

We encourage all UK orienteers to complete it by Mon 28 April.

Full details and survey link: ow.ly/gl5950VjIJ8

Come and explore the grounds of beautiful Lauriston Castle on Saturday 12th April at our family-friendly orienteering event. A great outdoors adventure for all in the Easter holiday. Entries open 31st March
www.esoc.org.uk/events/lauriston-castle-and-cramond-foreshore-sat-12-apr-2025

Good turnout by ESOC at the Interløpers event at Craigmillar Castle Park on an excellent new map of the area by Alistair Pedley
Great courses by Mike. Thanks to all the volunteers. #orienteering

Online entries are open for our next family-friendly local event at Mary Erskine & Ravelston Woods on Saturday 15th March.
The event is again a partnership between ESOC & our friends at ESMS Orienteering Club.

Everyone welcome!www.esoc.org.uk/events/mary-erskine-and-ravelston-woods-sat-15-mar-2025

Sport of Orienteering Taking Off in Taiwan｜TaiwanPlus News

https://youtu.be/rpL5wWDMp74

#Taiwan #Orienteering

A five colour orienteering map from 1997 Light green forest in the south and runnable in the north. Lots of depressions, many large.

Sares Wood, Marl Pits Wood and Pallington Heath 1977. Very different to the latest map:
www.wsx.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#88
A very fine area back then. #OldOrienteeringMaps #Omaps #Orienteering

Great fun on Whinny and Dunsapie Hills at Edinburgh University Orienteering Club's 'Fight with the Night' this evening. Thanks to Planner Alex and Frank #orienteering #welikeitatnight

Edinburgh City Race, part of the Edinburgh University Orienteering Club's Big Weekend. Great courses around some of the best urban areas the City has to offer. #Edinburgh #orienteering

Edinburgh City Race, part of the Edinburgh University Legends Big Weekend. Great courses around some of the best urban areas the City has to offer.