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Message CONTROL PLACEMENT AND CLUE SHEET Can't sleep so will type instead. I didn't get any complaints about Clue Sheet Font or readability, or accuracy of placement of the central dots for the Controls so thats a positive. I put more detail than normal in clues (ie White Text on Red Sign, Sign to Right Side, Red Text on Yellow Sign) and Bob Gilbert implied I should cut all this detail out but I recieved some positive feedback about doing this. From memory in marking every Control appeared to have been visited by at least 1 person. Will see more in RouteGadget as courses entered. Clue 1P was not liked by majority and I ended up giving the points to anyone who marked any of the three options. This wasn't one of the ones I rewrote several times and never reconsidered, and Bob Gilbert was happy enough when vetting, so must be the difference in my Engineering brain. Next time choose a power pole (although some of these were answered wrong in the event as well). Clue 1J was raised as well as to see the solar panel had to be about 4 houses further down the street and people struggled to count the divisions. Clue 2F people said the handrails also 'slightly narrowed' on the SE end which I would have to revisit to understand. Didn't get any complaints about my R Rated Clue for 1R which I was concerned about prior to the event. I found the 'directionality' differences of sighting Controls very interesting when setting. 2G was obvious from the S but harder from E or W. 1C was very obvious from S (and was told too obvious) but difficult from the N. 2J could be seen too early from the W but had to be closer from the N and S. 2E (from W) and 1M (from E) and 2H (from S) could be seen for 50 m away easily. Footprints *lucked out* ("planned well with his years of experience") with nearly all of these as his route took him via the most visible option in nearly all cases. Taking the photos and laying them out in Word Document only added about 1 hour and gave me more confidence that I had everything placed correctly. I would do this again next time. This message was edited by Mess Engineer on 26 November 2009, 7:32 AM

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