Often when well equipped with a GPS, or maps and a compass, the urge to break off the trail and orienteer to your destination will be overwhelming.
This race, for the third annual York City Trophy, will give residents a chance to see local, national and international orienteers in action and to have a go themselves.
All right, so we've got to be careful that we don't show other orienteers or real orienteers, competitors, where we're going.
This year, no other orienteering club in Britain has so many orienteers who have achieved this award.
Named after one the Britain's most successful international orienteers, this is the premier junior inter-club competition in the calendar.
The club is full of world class orienteers - including the 1997 world champion - and no less than seven elite men who have run for Sweden at senior international level.
‘For the top competitive orienteers, speed is of the essence and national and international competitions are won in phenomenally fast times,’ he said.
Colour coded courses will be available for the more experienced orienteer, but this area is suitable for beginners and help will be available for newcomers.
On foot or sometimes on mountain bikes, orienteers exercise their bodies and brains, finding a series of destination markers along a course.
Almost a thousand of some of the best orienteers from around the country converged on Attermire, near Settle, on Saturday to take part in a National event - one of the premier competitions in the orienteering calendar.
He is a member of the Eborienteers group, which orienteers in the York, Selby and Scarborough areas but has been affected by foot-and-mouth restrictions.
At the orienteering meets in which we participate, orienteers set off at 2-minute intervals on a given course.
The Score Event was open to more experienced orienteers and attracted 13 adults and older children.
Tracks vary in quality and ski orienteers need to choose the best route by reading the map to determine a trail's distance, gradient and relative speed.
Whitehead will be available, along with other international orienteers, to offer advice and sign posters.
Many other orienteers will be racing around the streets of York on May 11 in the third Annual York City Orienteering Trophy.
On Bank Holiday Saturday, local orienteers competed in the Scottish Championships at Glen Truim.
Peter, aged 49 from Ilkley, who has been a top-flight orienteer for many years, took part in both the individual and relay competitions held on tough hilly terrain around Kincardine on the Firth of Forth estuary in Scotland.
Boring, I know, but you can't be a good orienteer if you don't know where you're going.
