We had a lazy start to the day. The relaxation of the time was greatly affected by a phone call from one of the orienteers who rang to say that he was unable to bring the toilets which we had arranged for him to tow up from Jamestown. Unfortunately the lights on the toilets were not functioning and neither John nor Adrian (who arrived a little later) could find a way to get them to work. This effectively meant that we had no toilet plan for 150 people attending events on Sunday and Monday!
When you are using National Park land you can’t just dig a hole. What a dilemma! Finally the best solution that we could come up with as a group was to borrow a couple of porta-potties and shower tents and to ask everyone to go to the loo before they came to the event on the following two days. Thank heavens Rawnsley has a dump point.
By the time we arrived at the event that afternoon we were feeling the stress of failed plans and trying to find a solution, and our heads were not in the zone for satisfactory orienteering. We proceeded to prove that by both messing up the second control on our courses, and Erica messed up a couple of others as well. It was still good to be out there on this challenging countryside, despite the mess-ups.
After stopping in at the showers on our way back past, we had an early tea and enjoyed a bit of a sit around the fire with friends (Max and Ian now added to our number) before a fairly early night to bed. We were very aware of the need to be up bright and early and out to get signs out and things well organised for the event ahead.
Thanks to Zita for this shot of our campsite and fire.
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