30/08/2023 – Evening MapRun – Bream and Noxon Park 2023

Bream is an historic industrial settlement associated with iron workings that go back to Roman times and more recent coal mining. The map includes a number of smaller hamlets, clusters of cottages and small housing estates mixed in with commons and Forestry land with open access and some small farms, mostly given over to horse paddocks. Sheep roam freely. Some private fields have an ‘out of bounds’ overlay where they might seem to offer possible route choices. Some paths on the map that are unused/overgrown are marked with a ‘X’, the others are mostly well used and bramble/nettle-free. Generally, paths are well-surfaced but after rain there are some muddy patches. Some smaller paths/mountain bike tracks are not mapped. The High Street and Whitecroft Road are busy roads with 30 mph restrictions and parked vehicles – they should be crossed with caution. The Bream Avenue/Coleford Road (B4231) is out of bounds. Deep iron workings or ‘scowles’ cut through the Noxon Park woods on the western edge of the area. They are mostly fenced for safety reasons – keep to the paths! The printed map is a standard A4 page at 1:10,000 print scale.

Starts from 1800 to 1830.

To guarantee a map, you will need to pre-enter via Fabian4: this is open until midnight on Tuesday 29 August. A few extra maps will be available for entry on the day, but don't rely on this, and bring cash!

Entry fees: £5 seniors, £2 juniors. Competitors aged under-16 must be accompanied. The fee covers third party liability insurance, a map printed on waterproof paper, and post-run cake!

It’s a one hour score event using the MapRun app:

• Checkpoints 1-10 are worth 10 points.

• Checkpoints 11-20 are worth 20 points.

• Checkpoints 21-30 are worth 30 points.

Score as many points as you can within an hour. If you’re late getting back, there’s a 10 point penalty per minute over.

You'll be issued with a waterproof map, A4, scale 1:10,000, before you start.

Please make sure you’ve installed MapRun before the event. If installing MapRun for the first time, select the MapRun app from yor app store, and not MapRunF or MapRun6. MapRun, which is in practise Maprun v7, is now the standard app. If you haven’t used MapRun before, don’t worry – it’s easy to use, and we have full details on getting started.

You should download the course to your phone ideally before coming to the event, as sometimes there is little or no phone signal once there. Links to enable download will appear here when the course is published, a week or two before the day.

You can download the course by scanning this QR code

 or by tapping this link on your MapRun phone, or by using the Select Event button in MapRun and navigating to the UK/Gloucestershire/Current Series folder.

MapRunG (Garmin watch) users: if you have MapRun6 or later, you do not need the event PIN number to download the course to your watch. This means you can download the course before your arrive at the event, in case there is no phone signal there.

• The course covers both woodland and street areas, although almost all roads are very quite residential streets with little traffic. Nevertheless take care when running on or across these.
• The going should be reasonably good on most paths, but be aware of possible brambles and nettles in some areas.
• Under 16s must be accompanied.
• A First Aid kit will be available at registration

Although all legal Covid restrictions have ceased, you should NOT attend if you are Covid positive, or suspect you are.