Orange Flag · family map walksScale 1:7 500 · contours 5 mNorth lines point to magnetic north

Orange Flag OrienteersFamily map walks in the forests around Šiauliai and Kurtuvėnai

Control descriptions, newest first

Course notes

Every note is laid out like a line on a control description sheet: a number, a code, what the note is about and how long the leg takes to read. The setter writes it up the same week, and the checker adds corrections when the ground turns out to be different.

Orange Flag Orienteers4 controls · 27 min

  1. 152Our first night course: head torches, reflective tape and very short legsHow we set a first night course in the pine forest near Šiauliai in November: short legs, reflective flags, big handrails, children in pairs, a warm car park.Night6 Dec 2025re-hung 14 Mar 20267 min
  2. 245Drills for children: star courses, line walks and a thumb on the mapThe short exercises that turned our children into map readers: setting the map, thumbing along, star courses from a single base and following a drawn line.Children7 Jun 2025re-hung 25 Oct 20256 min
  3. 338Homemade control flags and clue sheets that children can actually readHow we sew orange and white flags, write codes and simple clues, hang controls where they can be found, and collect every single one before we drive home.Courses5 Oct 2024re-hung 12 Apr 20257 min
  4. 431Reading contours in the Kurtuvėnai hills: knolls, hollows and spursWhy the flat pine forest near Šiauliai teaches paths and the Kurtuvėnai hills teach contours, and the exercises that finally made the brown lines make sense.Map reading27 Apr 2024re-hung 19 Oct 20247 min

Finish: every flag back in the boxCodes are painted on the flags, from 31 up