Event Feedback
Elton & Ilona Wright - Now that the SAR summer/early autumn SAR season has ended for 2020, we wanted to send you a note of appreciation for preparing and loading these courses for us to run this year.
Initially introduced to Street Orienteering through our children’s cubs and scout groups, we continued to do the courses when time permitted each Tuesday evening. However as the children became older, and time became more scarce, then a regular Tuesday evening commitment became too difficult. Therefore when we received the email late last year (?) to say that courses were going to be done by GPS, would be available for a week, and could be done at any time that suited us, we once again became quite excited.
Our children are now aged 18 and 16. Walking the course with their parents held little appeal, but when we said we’d put the bikes on the back of the car, and they could ride the course, they immediately became a lot more interested. So SAR became a regular weekend event for us. Mum and Dad would walk the course, and the kids would ride it. We loved each and every one we did, only missing Wattle Park and Glen Iris. The kids also decided that Doncaster and Glen Waverley were not really bike friendly, but us adults did these. We loved that we could do the courses when it suited us, when the weather was kind, and at a time of day that also worked in with our schedules. Hearing the lovely ping of the phone as we neared the controls was fantastic, and we really appreciated the way that courses could still be run this way, rather than the older controls chained to the bottoms of trees!
We appreciate the work that must go into preparing the courses for us to run, and given that this is a free event, truly appreciate the time that is put in to give these to us. It has made my wife and I get out and exercise, whereas without these courses, we might not have been nearly as motivated.
So thanks again, and bring on more courses next season!
Mike Hubbert - A lovely autumnal day to roam around Shepherds Bush in much nicer surroundings than the original Shepherds Bush. The undergrowth is very green but the paths are getting narrower and the Wandering Jew is rampant in many parts. It's an invasive weed and, apparently, toxic to dogs. Long past time the Park managers took action to eradicate it and let the native undergrowth grow back.
The path at #22 appears to be longer and passes a small lake (possibly just a depression in drier times). And, going west from #10 the track appears to join the main track much further north and nearly opposite the street end. I deliberately avoided the hills to the east - been up there too many times.
