Smartphone MapRunning in Tintern and Brockweir

Name: Smartphone MapRunning in Tintern and Brockweir
Start: 2025-08-20T18:15:00+01:00
End: 2025-08-20T20:15:00+01:00
Location: Wireworks car park, Forge Road Tintern

Schedule

Wed Aug 20 2025 at 06:15 pm to 08:15 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Wireworks car park, Forge Road Tintern | Lydney, EN

We finally get to run the much rescheduled Tintern and Brockweir Maprun next week - on Wednesday 20th August, so gear up for what will be a slightly different challenge from the normal 60 minute one. To give people a chance to to the Wye loop between Tintern and Brockweir bridges we have extended the run time from 60 minutes to 70, and the map scale is reduced a little from 1:10,000 to 1:12,500. There's also scope, though, to get up into the woods and ancient footpaths on either side of the Wye Valley, so plenty of adventure for everyone.
The start window is 18:15-18:45, but we are normally ready for people to start perhaps 15 minutes earlier. Full details at https://www.ngoc.org.uk/event/tintern-2025/.
If you are new to MapRun, you can find out all about it at https://www.ngoc.org.uk/maprun-gloucestershire/.
Basically, though, the aim is to use a simple map, which we will provide, to find your way to 'virtual' checkpoints, with the phone recording each as you get there. You have 60 minutes to score as many points as you can, the checkpoints having varying values.
Ideally, you should pre-enter at Fabian4.co.uk, but you can just turn up on the night and hope that we will have a spare map for you. Ideally bring cash for your entry fee, which covers map printing, third party liability insurance, and post run cake, but we have a card machine which should work there. It's good fun, a nice change from just pounding the streets on your routine training run, and there is always someone around to explain how it all works.