Challenge Event

Southern England / Chiltern Hills

Beds, Bucks and Northants

26, 18 or 13ml.

From Pitstone Memorial Hall, Pitstone, LU7 9EY. There is limited parking at the hall, so if full please use the surrounding roads and park considerately. Alternatively, you can start from any practical point around the route; using one of the various checkpoints as a start/finish is a suggestion

This is a map reading exercise. You must complete a set of questions at known grid references by plotting your own course on foot through these points. The route is of your own choosing and must use bridleways, public footpaths, permissive paths and public roads to achieve the challenge. Maps: LR 165 or Exp 181 (recommended)

Entries open on 2nd April and close 31st May. STRICTLY LDWA MEMBERS ONLY. Grid Question sheet will be available. PLEASE CHECK your confirmation e-mail for more details - there is NO GPX file, as you map your own route. Essential equipment required - the event is entirely unsupported. There are no refreshments, no checkpoints and no marshals on the way around. Bring your own refreshments. The routes will pass through villages, so refreshment may be available, but do not count on it. Much depends on when you do the event and the Covid-19 rules in place at the time. Please bring your selected Grid Question sheet, a map, a cover and a pen or pencil to record the information. A face mask and hand sanitiser - relating to Covid-19 - is essential. Recommended equipment includes refreshments, torch, if finishing after dark, mobile phone, first aid kit, waterproof jacket and trousers, waterproof covers for map and Grid Question sheet. Awards - This is not a race and there are no prizes, but entrants who complete the event can edit their entry in SiEntries and input their time taken for a certificate, which will then be e-mailed to you, if e-mail is provided. If you e-mail the answers, on the grid-question sheet, plus address to bbn-ck@ldwa.org.uk a Chiltern Kanter badge will be sent to you. This event is part of the new triple challenge along with the Hannington Hike and The Pick and Mix - a certificate and badge will be awarded when all 3 are completed. SiEntries only. For full details and Covid-19 developments in conjunction with this anytime event please see BBN LDWA website

£5.00 (£2.00 cancellation fee)