Butterdean Wood is near Gladsmuir village between Tranent and Haddington. It is a flat wood densely planted with conifers and patches of birch, beech and ash. There is a good track and path network – and some animal sculptures. It is managed by the Woodland Trust and East Lothian Council.
Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone.
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Tranent Sprintelope
Wednesday 1st July 2026
Sprintelopes are lightweight informal events featuring Urban style races around the streets of towns in East Lothian and other areas in and around Edinburgh on Wednesday evenings.
In 2026, ELO are contributing four races to the series – this is the fifth of them, around Tranent. Expect some deviously similar looking sections on a map with plenty of scope for making parallel errors!
Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone.
Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
Barns Ness
Saturday 27 June 2026
Thanks to everyone who came today to a Saturday event that was unusual in several ways – courses restricted to running on paths (because of the presence of ground-nesting birds) and earlier start times.
Special thanks to Trina who stepped in to plan the event at very short notice when the scheduled venue became unavailable. Thanks also to Neil for running the timing and to Alex for successfully handling the entry paperwork despite a very blustery breeze threatening to send it all into the North Sea.
Planner’s Report
The event was planned in a rush, and it showed up as a couple of errors in the white course. The leg between controls 9 and 10 was taped as there was a decision point at a path junction but it would have been too crowded to insert another control. However the instruction to follow tapes to the next control was inserted in the list of control descriptions as between controls 10 and 11. Not everyone noticed this, and it didn’t appear to have inconvenienced anybody. The other error was at control 12, the number 12 should have been moved as it was virtually illegible where it overlay the track and the car park. One junior got the wrong 12, which may have been due to this problem.
Three juniors on the white course missed control 8, presumably taking the shortcut in front of the lighthouse to control 9 instead of following the path behind the lighthouse to control 8. Checking the control codes would have helped to sort this. It’s possible that the importance of checking control codes was not explained to newcomers as we were low on helpers on the day.
Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- Winsplits Online gives another way of comparing your times for each leg.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
Pencaitland Sprintelope
Wednesday 17th June 2026
Sprintelopes are lightweight informal events featuring Urban style races around the streets of towns in East Lothian and other areas in and around Edinburgh on Wednesday evenings.
In 2026, ELO are contributing four races to the series – this is the fourth of them, around Pencaitland. Expect some deviously similar looking sections on a map with plenty of scope for making parallel errors!
We will also have a pop-up maze at the event with several variations to have a go at!
Note that the short course has a 900m walk from the map issue point to the start location – try not to look at the map on the way.
Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone.
Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
Dunbar Sprintelope
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Sprintelopes are lightweight informal events featuring Urban style races around the streets of towns in East Lothian and other areas in and around Edinburgh on Wednesday evenings.
In 2026, ELO are contributing four races to the series – this is the third of them, around Dunbar. Expect some deviously similar looking sections on a map with plenty of scope for making parallel errors!
Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone.
Results
- Simple results are here.
North Berwick Sprintelope
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Sprintelopes are lightweight informal events featuring Urban style races around the streets of towns in East Lothian and other areas in and around Edinburgh on Wednesday evenings.
In 2026, ELO are contributing four races to the series – this is the second of them, around North Berwick. Expect some deviously similar looking sections on a map with plenty of scope for making parallel errors!
Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone.
Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
- Munro Leagues Points for all Sprintelopes
Cockenzie Sprintelope
Wednesday 6th May 2026
Sprintelopes are lightweight informal events featuring Urban style races around the streets of towns in East Lothian and other areas in and around Edinburgh on Wednesday evenings.
In 2026, ELO are contributing four races to the series – this is the first of them, around Cockenzie. Expect some deviously similar looking sections on a map with plenty of scope for making parallel errors!
Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone. Meet us on the North side of the Port Seton Community Centre.
Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
Lochend Wood
Saturday 25 April 2026
Another bumper turnout enjoying an ELO Saturday afternoon event in the sunshine. It was particularly good to see so many new faces and local families. We hope many of you will come to next month’s event at the beautiful Balgone estate near North Berwick on 30th May.
Special thanks today to our planner Alex who created courses to make best use of the woods and surrounding residential areas. And thanks also to the huge team of helpers making the event such a success.
Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- Winsplits Online gives another way of comparing your times for each leg.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
Gosford Estate
Saturday 28 March 2026
ELO’s largest ever attendance for a local Saturday event enjoyed fine spring weather in the beautiful grounds of the Gosford estate. Such a large field included lots of new faces and several more experienced orienteers tempted out by the novelty of a rare visit to this venue.
Michael’s courses made the best use of the mapped area – a tricky job when there are many small local restrictions on runners’ routes.
Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- Winsplits Online gives another way of comparing your times for each leg.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
Binning Wood
Saturday 28 February 2026
Event Report
On a day when several of our most experienced orienteers were away competing in Wales it was great to attract so many competitors and a big team of helpers stepping up to provide an enjoyable local event.
Special thanks to Neil for planning courses and for managing to find some new control sites amidst the familiar terrain of Binning Wood.
Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- Winsplits Online gives another way of comparing your times for each leg.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.