[Matra et Alpine]

Here's the result.

For those who may have had difficulty, remember that the initial instructions were IGR - Ignore Gated Roads. There were lots of white roads meeting our main route and all the gated ones are NOT tulip'ed. If you got confused by trying to count a gated road -- lesson learned

Also, note the added commentary on the map.

When reading the route to the driver you won't always have time to check with the instructions, it will be hard enough keeping the map in the light

So, any complex junctions which may need explanation - mark them ( Hard Right). Note the added lines on the rhs at the white loop at Ballencrief Farm to make sure the correct route to be taken. Without these added marks it's easy to call the wrong route to the driver.

You HAVE to transfer all the info onto the map to make the RIGHT decision, at speed, in the dark. So I've made sure I don't get confused at the complex junction by adding a NO LOOP comment, so making sure I call the straghtest way across and through that section.

Also mark NAMs CLEARLY. A NAM means basically go the long way round, but until you come across the junction it's not always clear the route required. In this cases there was a triangle at the junction so rather than just going right, it was necessary to go left round the triangle and out again. Some NAMs you can work out from the OS map, otheres you can't

And those exclamation marks the organisers kindly put on a tulip. Try to read from the map what the danger might be - I highlighted quarry, risk of long drops, uneven roads and mud. Transferring that info to the map means I can call it cleanly when we get to it - and get my head UP OUT OF THE MAP at the time to try to assist the driver in evaluating the danger. Again at that point I added extra lines to ensure I would read the right directions amidst all the other need to look for danger. It is VERY easy to call it wrong.

Especially when coming down the map - something VERY important we will come to in the skills section when we start covering communicating with the driver.

So, hopefuly anyone trying it got the route or close to it.

See if you think the added information in the attached shows value and will be something for you to consider as well for next stage....

( Don't put TOO much on a map or it will cause clutter and just confuse. See the skills section on Marking the Map for guidelines )