Euro Day 45 - SOW Day 3

Wednesday, 7 August 2019

Today we were back at the same arena, with the same 20 minute hike straight up the hill to get there.  We seemed to make all the train/shuttle connections a bit better today, so the overall travel time was thankfully a lot quicker, and without the bonus gondola trips we got home closer to 3 than 7pm.

Our courses were shorter than yesterday - although some of us managed to make them longer anyway as the navigation was much trickier, some of the controls were small depressions in the midst of rough, thick and steep forest which made it easy to lose lots of time (which I did).  Doh. This is the day's event video.

These photos are from the event web site - below is a good example of the visibility in some areas.

 


It was a beautiful sunny morning so I went for a swim in the lake after I finished which was great.  Then I went and bought a new compass as my brand new silva compass has a bubble in it that's so big it needs its own compass.  This makes the needle swing around constantly, which in turn makes it very hard to navigate to the bingo control sites hidden in the almost impenetrable forest. I bought the cheapo brand, but it will still be much better.

 

And everyone else was very happy with my purchase simply because they wouldn't have to listen to me whine about the bubble any more. 

 

Jon bought a nice running top, and the kids got new small o-gear bags.   Speaking of shopping, Switzerland is very very expensive for food shopping (and probably other things, but we're mostly looking at food).  A modest supermarket shop costs us well over $200 dollars, and of course it doesn't help that the exchange rate is so bad at the moment.   At least we won't get such a shock when we get to Norway next week!

As I write this we're having a thunderstorm, and earlier this afternoon we had our zillionth hailstorm of the summer.  Tomorrow is the rest day, but the forecast is equally terrible. We have modest plans to visit a few indoor locations after a sleep-in and leisurely breakfast.

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KI Day 2 Saturday, 28 December 2019
KI Day 1 Friday, 27 December 2019
Sourdough Monday, 23 December 2019
Unstoppable Sunday, 22 December 2019
Zali's Christmas Craft Saturday, 21 December 2019
Farwell Taroona High Thursday, 19 December 2019
Underwater Cake Sunday, 15 December 2019
Sadness Sunday, 15 December 2019
Final Days of High School Saturday, 14 December 2019
Schools Relay Saturday, 7 December 2019
St Helens is Awesome Saturday, 7 December 2019
Adelaide Wedding Saturday, 7 December 2019
2019 Australasian Rogaining Championships Monday, 11 November 2019
Two Cats Friday, 1 November 2019
Fat birds Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Adventures in Peter Murrell Reserve Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Painterly Mornings Friday, 25 October 2019
Sunny Afternoons Friday, 25 October 2019
Arm End Sunday, 20 October 2019
Cat Hats Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Back to the 60s Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Creepy Cakes Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Beechworth Day 9 Monday, 7 October 2019
Beechworth - Day 8 Saturday, 5 October 2019
Wagga to Beechworth - Day 7 Friday, 4 October 2019
Wagga Day 6 Friday, 4 October 2019
Wagga Day 5 Thursday, 3 October 2019
Wagga Day 4 Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Wagga Day 3 Monday, 30 September 2019
Wagga by TripAdvisor (5) Sunday, 29 September 2019
Wagga by TripAdvisor (1 & 8) Sunday, 29 September 2019
Wagga Day 2 Sunday, 29 September 2019
Wagga Day 1 Saturday, 28 September 2019
Snow Hats Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Sudden Rain Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Sunny Days & Hellish Hills Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Pittwater Sunshine Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Happy Birthday Jett! Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Settling In Thursday, 29 August 2019
Euro Day 55 - Noooooo! Sunday, 18 August 2019
Euro Day 54 - Not a rest day Friday, 16 August 2019
Euro Day 52 & 53 Thursday, 15 August 2019
Euro Day 51 - Drammen & WOC Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Euro Day 50 - Hello Norway! Monday, 12 August 2019
Euro Day 49 - SOW Day 6 Sunday, 11 August 2019
Euro Day 48 - SOW Day 5 Saturday, 10 August 2019
Guest Blog: Today's tip for aspiring young uncles Friday, 9 August 2019
Euro Day 47 - SOW Day 4 Friday, 9 August 2019
Euro Day 46 - SOW Rest(ish) Day Thursday, 8 August 2019
Guest blog by Paul the favourite uncle Thursday, 8 August 2019
Euro Day 45 - SOW Day 3 Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Euro Day 44 - SOW Day 2 Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Euro Day 43 - SOW Day 1 Monday, 5 August 2019
Euro Day 42 - Switzerland to France to Switzerland to France.. Sunday, 4 August 2019
Euro Day 41 - Sweden to Switzerland Sunday, 4 August 2019
Euro Day 40 - Island Idle - Part 2 Friday, 2 August 2019
Euro Day 39 - Island Idle - Part 1 Thursday, 1 August 2019
Euro Day 38 - If it's easy, it's not worth doing Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Euro Day 37 - What Next? Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Euro Day 36 - Back into the forest Monday, 29 July 2019
Euro Day 35 - O-Ringen - Race Day 3 Sunday, 28 July 2019
Euro Day 34 - O-Ringen, Race Day 2 Saturday, 27 July 2019
Euro Day 33 - O-Ringen - Race Day 1 Friday, 26 July 2019
Euro Day 32 - O-Ringen Thursday, 25 July 2019
Euro Day 31 - Hello Stockholm! Wednesday, 24 July 2019
End of Part 1 Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Euro Day 30 - Salzburg! Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Euro Day 29 - Hello Austria! Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Euro Day 28 - Even more Bohinj Sunday, 21 July 2019
Euro Day 27 - More Bohinj! Saturday, 20 July 2019
Euro Day 26 - Bohinj Friday, 19 July 2019
Euro Day 25 - Bled Thursday, 18 July 2019
Euro Day 24 - Hello Slovenia! Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Euro Day 23 - Plitvice Lakes National Park Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Euro Day 22 - Hello Croatia! Monday, 15 July 2019
Euro Day 21 - Dolomites to Trieste Monday, 15 July 2019
Euro Day 20 - Dolomites 3 Day - Day 2 Saturday, 13 July 2019
Euro Day 19 - Dolomites 3 Day - Day 1 Thursday, 11 July 2019
Euro Day 18 - Venice to Predazza, Sea to Mountains Thursday, 11 July 2019
Euro Day 16 & 17 - Part 2 - Venice Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Euro Day 16 - Part 1 - O-Nerding in Venice Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Euro Day 16 - Thunder and Lightning in Venice Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Euro Day 15 - Thunder and Lightning in Florence Monday, 8 July 2019
Euro Day 14 - Pisa and San Gimignano Sunday, 7 July 2019
Euro Day 13 - Cinque Terre Saturday, 6 July 2019
Euro Day 12 - Transition Day Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 4 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 3 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 2 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 1 Thursday, 4 July 2019
Euro Day 7 - Annecy to Les Houches Sunday, 30 June 2019
Euro Day 6 - From St Etienne to Annecy Saturday, 29 June 2019
Euro Day 5 - Heading towards Lyon Friday, 28 June 2019
Euro Day 4 - Castles Castles Castles Thursday, 27 June 2019
Euro Day 3 - Goodbye Paris hello Loire Valley Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Euro Day 2 - Sore Feet! Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Euro Day 1 - Paris - so French!! Monday, 24 June 2019
Beautiful Hobart Sunday, 16 June 2019
Tacos anyone? Sunday, 16 June 2019
Masterchef Challenge Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Melbourne Weekend Monday, 27 May 2019
Devonport weekend Sunday, 26 May 2019
Australopers Cake Sunday, 26 May 2019
Happy Mothers Day to Me Sunday, 26 May 2019
WA Easter - Days 8 & 9 Monday, 29 April 2019
WA Easter - Day 7 Monday, 29 April 2019
WA Easter - Day 6 Monday, 29 April 2019
WA Easter - Day 5 Monday, 29 April 2019
WA Easter - Day 4 Monday, 29 April 2019
WA Easter - Day 3 Tuesday, 23 April 2019
WA Easter - Days 2 & 3 Sunday, 21 April 2019
WA Easter - Day 1 Friday, 19 April 2019
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Croquet Season Monday, 25 March 2019
Autumn Sunshine Monday, 25 March 2019
Heavy supervision.. Monday, 18 February 2019
Cathedral Rock Monday, 18 February 2019
Blackberry Picking Monday, 18 February 2019
Huon Show 2018 Saturday, 16 February 2019
Birdwatch Saturday, 16 February 2019
Mini Gingerbread Houses Saturday, 16 February 2019
More haste, less speed Saturday, 16 February 2019
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