Easter Fun Event 1: Tyne Riverside, Prudhoe

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    Orienteering fun for the family over the Easter holidays.
    Score event with two courses 45 or 60 minutes where you visit controls in any order, picking up points according to difficulty and returning within the time limit. Various fun themes aimed at children (or the young at heart): Easter Egg Hunt, Monopoly, Cluedo and Snooker. Event Programme Summary

    Travel: A695 from Newcastle or from A1 via Blaydon Bridge or from Hexham to Low Prudhoe (Industrial Estate). At the steeply banked roundabout follow “Interchange” and cross the railway then turning left.
    A69 exit for Ovingham via Horsley. Note: Width restricted uncontrolled single carriageway bridge across the Tyne.
    Bus 10B Eldon Square> Blaydon > Low Prudhoe to travel interchange. Cross the railway to Country Park.
    Rail to Prudhoe Station (Newcastle > Prudhoe > Hexham > Carlisle)

    Parking & Registration: Country Park Car Park. Google Maps / ///removable.commended.troll / NE42 6NP

    Entry: Senior (21+) £5.00 , Junior (20-) £2.00

    An Easter Egg themed “score” event (45 minutes approx 3 km). Senior option; 60 minutes & 7 km).
    Starts: 15:00 till 19:00. Map 1:7,500; SI punch for start/finish. You will need a pen to record a letter from each “egg”. Easter egg rewards.

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    Organiser: Patrick Smyth 07960 918 163, patrickcsmyth@outlook.com

    Safety: Orienteering is an adventure sport. Risks have been assessed and mitigated as far as possible. However, participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event. Be aware of and courteous to other park users, cyclists, dog walkers and children.

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