Country diary: 'Bilbo' Bagness maps the terrain for cunning runners
by Tony Greenbank from on (#3S1JP)
Bigland Hall, Lake District: Lost in the fog with a recalcitrant compass, I'm glad to encounter the former coach of the British orienteering team
A sea fret creeping in from Morecambe Bay has me baffled. The ancient ride I've been following through a corner of the Bigland Hall estate is covered in fog. Normally my compass's needle points to magnetic north no matter which way I turn. Today? Useless. The needle spins around like a roulette wheel. With visibility down to a few metres, I'm lost. I have the verges to guide me, but is the Flookburgh-Haverthwaite road still to my right? Or have I inadvertently turned through 180 degrees, so that the B5278 is now to my left and I am walking back the way I came?
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