Street-O is a go-go

Had a practical 4 hours out on the bike yesterday getting 49 out of the 50 controls identified for the street-o next month.

Phew! Pressure is easing on that front. Having enthusiastically produced the map last May when I should have been working on my MSc, I've let it gather dust for about 5 months doing remarkably little.

What is noticeable when doing these things is the difference between modern housing estates and older areas. Modern estates, with their underground cables and hidden features, are incredibly dull with very little to use. The only features are numbered lamp posts, but I don't like using these as in some instances it is possible to count them as they are almost always sequentially numbered.

Older estates have things like telegraph poles that are far better. They are numbered so randomly - which makes a dream feature for a course setter! It took a fraction of the time to find control sites in these areas.

Helmshore should be a tough street-o. I reckon it would take almost 2 hours to clear the 50 controls on a bike - so the runners stand no chance! Even Quentin...