Orange Flag Orienteershttps://orangeflagorienteers.com/An informal family orienteering circle in Šiauliai: map walks in pine forest and the Kurtuvėnai hills, contours, homemade flags and a first night course.enOur first night course: head torches, reflective tape and very short legshttps://orangeflagorienteers.com/journal/our-first-night-course/https://orangeflagorienteers.com/journal/our-first-night-course/How 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.Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMTDrills for children: star courses, line walks and a thumb on the maphttps://orangeflagorienteers.com/journal/orienteering-drills-for-children/https://orangeflagorienteers.com/journal/orienteering-drills-for-children/The 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.Sat, 07 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTHomemade control flags and clue sheets that children can actually readhttps://orangeflagorienteers.com/journal/homemade-control-flags-and-clue-sheets/https://orangeflagorienteers.com/journal/homemade-control-flags-and-clue-sheets/How 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.Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMTReading contours in the Kurtuvėnai hills: knolls, hollows and spurshttps://orangeflagorienteers.com/journal/reading-contours-in-the-kurtuvenai-hills/https://orangeflagorienteers.com/journal/reading-contours-in-the-kurtuvenai-hills/Why 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.Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT