Remember you need to select your category when you enter. Details of the classes can be found here.

What’s Included
- Electronic dibber timing / recording
- Waterproof map of area, pre marked with control locations
- Control descriptions
- Veg soup and bread, veggie chilli with pitta and cheese, cake, tea, coffee
- Warm, dry village hall to register and finish in (or a lovely grassy green to relax on when the sun shines!)
- Photography by Andy Kirkland, available on facebook after the event
- Prizes for at least categories females / males / mixed / generation. Number dependent on class size. Prizes are from Phantassie organic veg, Black & Gold cold pressed rapeseed oil, the Pea Green Boat ultimate cheese sable biscuits, Hood’s Honey, Knops Beer and Glenkinchie single malt whisky.
Kindly supported by local East Lothian producers
Event Timetable
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09:00-10:00 Registration
Sign in & receive your electronic dibber and view a blank copy of the map area. Familiarise yourself with the map notes and out of bounds restrictions. This is your chance to ask any questions about the map or how the event works.
Also pick up a sheet with the control descriptions and values on one side, and some bonus fun facts about places you’ll be going on the other!
Finally, read the specific event notes and rules. Any questions, ask now, don’t risk it later. Thank you!
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09:30-10:30 Start Window
Dib to start the clock and collect your map (pre-marked with control locations but not values).
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3hrs Race!
You have 3 hours from when you start to collect as many points as possible. Each minute you’re late you lose points on an increasing scale, so how far do you go?
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12:30-13:30 Finish Windows
Any more than 30 minutes late and you lose all your points!
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14:15-14:30 Results & Prizes
Find out how you did both in category and overall.
There might even be a prize or two! Prize categories will be in four categories; female (pair or solo), male (pair or solo), mixed and generation.
Prizes so far provided by Phantassie organic veg, Black & Gold cold pressed rapeseed oil, the Pea Green Boat ultimate cheese sable biscuits, Hood’s Honey, Knops Beer and Glenkinchie single malt whisky. All local East Lothian producers.
Rules
- Do NOT use any OUT OF BOUNDS areas. These have been set either for the overall safety of the event or because landowners have expressly asked us not to use their land for specific reasons.
If you ignore this you may cause an accident, it is not fair on other participants and you could jeopardise the reputation of the organisers and the sport. - Follow the Outdoor Access Code and the Highway Code
- Only ride on tracks and trails marked on the map.
- Ride with due care for nature and the environment – stay on tracks, don’t skid your tyres etc.
- Do not access or cross grass fields – cows may be calving and will not be friendly!
- Do not ride on grass verges of fields (except where we have marked a track) – many in this area are created for conservation purposes and are used by ground nesting birds, as are areas without tracks.
- You will be passing through working farmland and farmyards. Be aware of large machinery and make sure you pass them safely. They are bigger than you!
- Close gates behind you.
- Give way to horses – you will probably meet some. Ring your bell and / or shout out your approach. Be polite to walkers and other trail users.
- Take care crossing roads. Traffic can often be moving faster than you think on rural roads.
- Try not to lose your dibber – you will be charged if you do.
- You must report to the finish even if you withdraw – else we will assume you are very lost / injured and will start looking for you.
Kit List
First Aid Kit
Whistle
Tools / puncture repair kit (there be thorns out there!)
Helmet
Bike in working order
Bell recommended
Event Organiser
For the 2016 East Lothian event Rosemary Byde is the event organiser. As well as planning the map and checkpoint locations, she is responsible for home baking and general running of the event. Helping out with logistics and technology, she is ably supported by Ewan Sandison.
If you can’t find the information you need, here on the www.SMBO.org.uk site or on the www.BMBO.org.uk site, please feel free to contact us.
Thanks,
SMBO Team

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