The event will be signed from the A412 Uxbridge Road approximately 2 miles North of the junction with the A4 in Slough or 3.3 miles South-West of the junction with the A40/M40.

GR TQ005832, nearest Postcode SL3 6DT.

Parking is in the Black Park Country Park car park. This is a Pay and Display Car Park – fees for cars are £3.50 and £7.50 for Minibuses (Blue badge holders and motor bikes – free). Remember to bring some change for the machines.

There will be a small Artisan Food and Craft Market in the northern area of the car park (in the new overflow car park) between 10am and 4pm.

Start and Finish will be about a 400m and 250m walk respectively from the Registration and Download tents, which will be close to the car park.

Black Park is widely used by the local community for walking, dog walking and cycling. Please be courteous and considerate to other users of the park.

The Brown course has a double-sided map. On reaching the last control printed on the first side of the map, turn the map over; that control will be depicted on the reverse as a start triangle.

White and Yellow course maps should be collected from Registration. There will be a free String course close to the car park.

All courses close by 2pm. Collection of early controls on the longer courses may begin before this time.

Registration will be open from 10am to 11.30am for EMIT collection and EOD (subject to map availability).

EOD fees:

• BOF member seniors £8
• Non BOF member seniors £10
• Juniors £4.50

EMIT hire will be £1.50 for seniors, free for juniors/students, lost cards will be charged at £45.

Competitors who have pre-entered with their own EMIT cards may go straight to the Start. Those who have hired EMIT cards will need to collect them from Registration. Competitors travelling alone are encouraged to leave their car keys at Registration.

Black Park is a country park consisting mainly of mixed woodland with a good path network. The area is fairly flat, with little climb on any course. There is a substantial area of open heathland in the NE part of the park, this is out of bounds as it is a SSSI. The Blue and Brown courses do go along tracks through it to get to the Northern end of the park, please keep to the tracks. There are other SSSI’s within the woods, also marked as out of bounds, most of which are very wet marshes. Please respect all of these, unfenced ones are not taped but are easily avoided by all courses.

There are some areas where the bracken is high, courses have been planned to avoid the worst of these. Blue and Brown courses also go into a second mixed fenced area containing some cattle.

There are quite a number of hides in the woods, only the more substantial ones have been mapped. The symbol for these is X on both maps and descriptions. Note that these hides can appear and disappear at short notice. Seats and picnic tables are marked with an O.

There are also some large log piles in parts of the area, which are mapped as out of bounds, please do not climb on or attempt to cross them.

The Start is about 400m walk from Registration. The route will be marked. There are no pre-set start times, just turn up and run. The walk to the start does not pass the finish and there will be no clothing dump.

Start times will be from 10:30am until 12:00pm. If entry numbers on the day are very high on the Blue course, then start times will be extended to a maximum of 12:30pm for that course only.

Call-up will be at -4 minutes for EMIT check. Loose control descriptions will be available at -3 minutes. Blank Maps will be displayed at -2 minutes.

White and Yellow course maps will be provided at Registration in order that competitors may review their courses before they start