Each year I lead a Woodland Walk as part of The New Forest Marathon event. Due to Covid19, for the last 2 years this has been relocated from the forest to St Giles House Estate to provide a Covid safe environment. Last year a Woodland Walk wasn't included in the event so this was the first year on a new route. Today I carried out a recci walk of the route.
I walked the route using a map that had been provided by the event organisers. I thought carefully about the path and what to point out to the walkers beforehand. I also took photos and made notes of points of interest to talk about. I had already researched much of this on the internet but wanted to confirm everything on the route including the best places to talk to the walkers. I also used the seek app that had been shown me on my training to be able to show the walkers the next day.
I also checked with the organisers all the procedures for the event day and ensured I had all the correct equipment ready.
Total distance 5k
