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Wednesday 18/12/2024 – Evening MapRun – Ebley 2024

Wednesday 18/12/2024 – Evening MapRun – Ebley 2024
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Wednesday 18/12/2024 - Ebley 2024

For the last Maprun before Christmas, we return to the Stroud area, this time to the western suburbs around Ebley. Minced pies and mulled wine will be on offer.

Ebley has a rich industrial heritage with its wharf, its impressive former woollen mill, the Stroudwater Canal, towpath and bridges. Recently, the area has been sympathetically redeveloped and the canal is again navigable. This makes it an interesting area to explore and the course will include all of this and also venture up the hill into the neighbouring Cashes Green suburb with its extensive path network.

NOTE to all MAPRUNNERS. You must be using MapRun v7 to run this course. It is just called MapRun. If you have MapRun6 or MapRunF please remove them and install just plain Maprun.

Entries are open now and will close at midnight on Tuesday 17th December. Enter Online

 

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Directions and Parking

Parking is in the public pay & display car park at Ebley Wharf. Note that you will need to pay a £1 fee to park there. This is payable by cash or card.

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The Start and Finish are in the car park.

Click on the parking icon on the map below, and then the Direction icon icon to get directions to the course.

The Area

There is a big mixture of: suburban roads, tarmac paths, dirt paths, canal towpath and open spaces. The canal can be crossed in 6 places and there is a railway, which can be crossed in 5 places.

Timing and Fees

Starts from 18:00 to 18:30. If you think you'll struggle to make that start window, email the organiser to let him know, and we can extend starts a bit.

To guarantee a map, you will need to pre-enter via Fabian4: entries are now open, and will stay open until midnight on Tuesday 17th December. A few extra maps will be available for entry on the day, but don't rely on this, and ideally bring cash, although we do now have an available card reader.


Enter Online

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!

The course

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

The Start and Finish are located in the same place at the car park entrance

  • 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 your 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, within the next few days.

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.

Safety

Under 16s must be accompanied at all times.

Most of the course is on relatively quiet suburban roads but there are one or two busier roads through the area, where greater care will be needed when crossing. You can also expect to meet pedestrians and should take care in particular when turning corners or emerging from alleyways etc.

Take care on the canal towpath not to fall in the water!

A head torch is mandatory, and some form of reflective clothing strongly advised.

A first aid kit will be available at registration.

Orienteering is an adventure sport, and you are responsible for your own safety.