Potteries Orienteering Club West Midlands Orienteering Association

Photograph Index

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Apedale in Winter (42 kb)

 

Parkland at Brough Park (44 kb)

 

Marsh at Brereton Heath (65 kb)

 

Track at Bathpool (59 kb)

 

Small ruin at Bathpool Park (71 kb)

 

View of Bathpool Park (75 kb)

 

Planting a Permanent Course Marker (39 kb)

Most of the day was spent in looking at others doing the work: Malcolm Duncan digging (the first two holes); Brian Billington, with his bad back, hammering in the nails which showed the post numbers; Sylvia Rowe shovelling with the entrenching tool; Austin grappling with the shove-holer; Barbara quietly overseeing. And so on. The aim was to replace some vandalised permanent course markers and to put in some new ones.

Planting a Permanent Course Marker (4 kb)

 

Speckled Wood at Festival Park (17 kb)

The Speckled Wood can be found in shady woodland rides and clearings from March to October. It rarely visits flowers.

Path at Festival Park (52 kb)

 

Springpool Wood in Autumn (46 kb)

 

Autumn Colours at Leycett (42 kb)

 

E-punching Finish at Maer Hills (43 kb)

 

Mature Woodland at Maer Hills (68 kb)

 

Man-made Contours at Park Hall (28 kb)

 

Wild Rose at Park Hall (32 kb)

Wild Roses are in flower at Park Hall for most of the summer. Their colour varies from white to the dark pink of this example.

Small Tortoiseshell at Park Hall (18 kb)

 

Quarry at Park Hall (50 kb)

Hulme Quarry was selected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in order to represent part of Britain's geological history. This site illustrates a time when much of Britain was an arid, hot desert.

The rocks forming the quarry face consist of red pebbly sandstones and conglomerates laid down by a network of powerful streams which crossed the area during the early part of the Triassic period, about 243 million years ago.

Hedge Brown at Park Hall (39 kb)

The Hedge Brown, or Gatekeeper, can be found in scrubby grassland from June to August. It likes to visit bramble blossom and ragwort.

This picture shows a female; males have a dark scent patch on each forewing.

Walking to the Start at Swynnerton (41 kb)

The Laurie Bradley Memorial Trophy event on New Year's day 2002. It was a long walk to the score event start in the middle of the area.

The lens flare was unintended: I'd carefully positioned the camera in the shadow of a tree, but although the viewfinder was out of the direct sunlight the lens evidently was not.

Mixed Woodland on Tittensor Chase (49 kb)

 

Crag Foot at Trentham Park (50 kb)

 

Track at Weston Heath (46 kb)

 

Weston Heath in Late Autumn (49 kb)

 

Rotting Tree at Weston Heath (42 kb)

 

Track at Weston Heath (57 kb)

 

Rotting Branch at Weston Heath (40 kb)

 

Master Maps (8 kb)

 

Score Event Control (8 kb)

A busy control at the Laurie Bradley Memorial Trophy event at Swynnerton on New Year's day 2002, shortly before the finish.

Competitor (3 kb)

 

Competitor (6 kb)

 

Results Display (5 kb)

 

The Controller checking a mispunched Control Card (9 kb)

 

Walking to the Start (48 kb)

The Laurie Bradley Memorial Trophy event on New Year's day 2002. It was a long, and sometimes slippery, walk to the score event start in the middle of the area.

Mass Start (47 kb)

 

Control EC (37 kb)

A busy control at the Laurie Bradley Memorial Trophy event at Swynnerton on New Year's day 2002, shortly before the finish.

Trophy Presentation (39 kb)

 

The POTOC Club Tent at a Local Event (10 kb)

 

The POTOC Club Tent at a Local Event (7 kb)

 

Dog and Man (5 kb)

 

Beginners at a Local Event (5 kb)

 

Discussion at a Local Event (5 kb)

 

Beginners at a Local Event (6 kb)

 

Master Maps (39 kb)

 

Cold Start (9 kb)

 

Before the first Start (44 kb)

 

Detaching a Control Card at the Finish (38 kb)

 

Results Display (67 kb)

 

The Controller checking a mispunched Control Card (26 kb)

 

Correctly and carelessly punched Control Cards (10 kb)

A correctly-punched control card beside one which was carelessly punched. The photograph has been enhanced to make the punch codes easy to see: the original cards are rather harder to read.

Ready at the Start (35 kb)

 

Waiting at the Start (45 kb)

 

Cold Start (44 kb)

 

Picking up a Map (39 kb)

 

Punching at the Finish (55 kb)

 

Start - Juniors (36 kb)

 

Before the First Start (37 kb)

 

Control Site DC (31 kb)

 

Prizegiving - Junior Women (25 kb)

 

Prizegiving - Open Men (20 kb)

 

Prizegiving - Open Women (26 kb)

 

POTOC 'O' Top (6 kb)

 

The POTOC Club Tent at a Local Event (36 kb)

 

Barbecue (7 kb)

 

Permanent Course Work Party (8 kb)

Most of the day was spent in looking at others doing the work: Malcolm Duncan digging (the first two holes); Brian Billington, with his bad back, hammering in the nails which showed the post numbers; Sylvia Rowe shovelling with the entrenching tool; Austin grappling with the shove-holer; Barbara quietly overseeing. And so on. The aim was to replace some vandalised permanent course markers and to put in some new ones.

Trophy Presentation (6 kb)

 

Handover at the West Midlands Relays (11 kb)

 

Training Banner (7 kb)

 

Training Video (6 kb)

 

The Laurie Bradley Memorial Trophy (7 kb)

 

The Wooden Spoon (11 kb)

The most coveted of the POTOC trophies, the Wooden Spoon is awarded for the biggest orienteering gaffe of the year.

Past holders include the POTOC webmaster, for attempting to compete while carrying a digital camera, whose magnetic field can deflect a compass needle even when the compass is held at arm's length.