Peak District Pom. Wells Edition

Youlgrave

A scoring navigation challenge.

download a free app, print a map, run.

Entry

When:Competition closed, but open for ongoing challenge

Where: Youlgrave. Peak District.

Start: Coldwell End Car Park, Youlgrave DE45 1UY GOOGLE PIN

Finish: Youlgrave Well (400m away from the original start)

Entry : £0

Cost: £0 . Though when you visit the village it’ll be much appreciated if you pop to the shop, have some lunch in 1 of our fine 3 pubs, grab some cake from the bakery, drop a donation in 1 of the charity boxes.

Entry

1. The competition is closed but the challenge will stay open for people to explore just follow the below instructions ignoring any reference to dates and have fun.

2. Download the free iOrienteering app and register your details. Its the app that does all the tracking. You'll need the event code kAOvfz (its a character 'O'). Make sure you download the app before race day in case reception is a little sketchy in the village. Match your visible name in the app to your entry form name so we know whos winning.

What:

The Pom is based upon a score orienteering style event using the free iOrienteering app. The idea is to score as many points as possible by visiting as many virtual GPS control locations as possible within a set time limit (2 hours). When you pass within 20 metres of the control point the app will log it as complete. These controls may be visited in any order and are set up in a selected area but in a random manner. A visible point value is assigned to each control according to its distance from the start/finish or difficulty of location. The start is a fixed point and so is the finish. You must start at the start and finish at the finish. For every minute you go over the time limit you will lose 3 points.

Whoever has the most points at close of play is the winner. If its level on points, quickest wins.

A downloadable PDF map is below detailing the location and points values of all the controls . You can have multiple go’s.

The event is being run in conjunction with Erewash Valley RC and there is a separate event around the Erewash area (Sandiacre, Derbyshire NG10) . Details of the Erewash event can be found HERE

Scoring:

Points: Each Control point is worth a value of points. The majority are worth 10 points. Some may be worth more. With the race map you’ll be supplied a list of all the controls with the points value (the controls are colour coded on the map by points value). This is also displayed in the app once the event is loaded.

More Info

Location and Parking: The Youlgrave Coldwell End car park has public toilets and is free. There is a second car park 800 meters away at the other end of the village by the football club. There are also public toilets near the village hall in the middle of the village. The village is a working village and can get busy with walkers so please park sensibly (think tractors need to get past). A village map is on the bottom of this page.

We have 3 pubs, 2 village shops and a bakery. The event is free so it would be much appreciated if you pop into 1 of those. The week of the event is also Well dressing time of year so make sure you have a look at the Well (its the finishing line) and again it'll be much appreciated if you drop some change in the donations tin. Here are our pubs and the bakery also has outdoor seating. The village shop also does excellent cakes.

The George Hotel: Alport Lane, Youlgreave, Bakewell DE45 1WN 01629 636292

The Bulls Head: Fountain Square, Church St, Youlgreave, Bakewell DE45 1UR 01629 636307

The Farmyard Inn: Main St, Bakewell DE45 1UW 01629 636221

Peak Feast Bakery: The Workshop, Moor Ln, Youlgreave, Bakewell DE45 1US

The event is geared towards runners, but it's free and there’s nobody hanging around on the course waiting about…so if you fancy having a walk and exploring, enter anyway. Enter solo, pairs or a team day out.

Navigation Skills. You will need some basic nav skills. However the control points will be on public paths and in a set area, so if your navigation isn't great you may miss a few controls but its google maps friendly (its built into the app to show your location and the controls location). There’s plenty of ways to get back to a lane to get you back to the village i.e.with basic map skills or downloaded google maps you’ll not be more than 3miles at any point away from the village.

Control Locations: There is no grand design. We’ve just picked nice places to run. The 1’s furthest away or up a big hill are worth more points. There are more control points than is possible to visit. The skill is selecting which route you think is the most efficient to hit as many as possible before the clock runs down..and obviously running quickly is an advantage. And you can have multiple goes over the space of the race open window to experiment with routes.

Terrain: The controls will be scattered off road and some parts will be muddy if the weather is not behaving. And we are in the Peak District so there will be hills, however we’re the rolling meadows end of the Peak District so expect the hills from the sound of music scenery as opposed to bleak technical Moors and Tors (we do have some but won't be using them on this event).

The iOrienteering app and race day Instructions

Download and Open the iOrienteering app and the course to your phone BEFORE race day. We’ve tested everywhere for GPS reception but phone reception to download stuff may be a little patchy in our village. To load a course either scan the setup QR code (see the bottom of this page), or enter the shortcode kAOvfz (its a capital character 'O') .

On installing the app you will need it set to ‘always know my location’, 'precise location' you can do that at install or just when you're running the event.Start Line: Coldwell End Car Park, Youlgrave DE45 1UY GOOGLE PIN

Finish Line: Youlgrave Well. Its about 400 meters away from the start on the main street of the village.

At the start line open the app. Make sure the app is set to ‘Always know my location’, 'Precise location' in your settings. It would have asked you this at set up but you can check by opening your phone settings search for the app, change location permissions. If you’ve pre-loaded the event select ‘Return to Event’. If you’ve not loaded the event select ‘Load Event’ and use the short code kAOvfz (thats a character 'O'). Turn your phone volume up to max.
With the app open, move around a little to check the GPS is locked on. You’ll have a compass and a distance to start, that distance should move as you move. It may take a minute or 2 to lock on the same way as a running watch takes a min or 2 to lock on. The 'Start' option appears and show green when you're in range of the start (within 20m)
You’re ready to go……when ready hit start, it’ll beep. Leave the app open and put your phone away. Run. Everytime you hit a control point it’ll beep and update on the screen. There’s a tab on the screen called ‘map’. This is a google sat map of your location and the control points. Its not much use to navigate as paths aren't marked but good to get un-lost and check control point location vs where you are.
When you get to the finish check it's been picked up by the app. You’ll have a button to upload results. Press that button and you’ll immediately appear on the leaderboard (occasionally the app wont upload and it'll say 'logged out', just log back in then press upload).
We’ve checked out the control locations multiple times and tested the app lots, so…everything should work as expected. If it doesn't let me know via youlgraveharriers@gmail.com. If It's messed with your results. Just send me your activity via strava, garmin etc and I'll manually sort your result.