Middle distance course 6b map and route at NAOC, west of Ottawa. Some really good parts, and some preposterous mistakes. Overall ended up 16th, but when I was good I was pretty good. Through the overgrown field on a reasonable elephant track toward 1, from the trail, over the hills, right in. Compass, a bit of trail, over a yellow knoll with a flag in it and there's my marsh at 2. Remarkably enough, splits show I was in first at this point. Drifted a bit left on the way to 3, picked up a bit of trail, crossed the N/S trail just S of small stream, on compass, hit a clearing with a flag that seemed right but it was 137, not 127. Examination of the course 5 map reveals I was just about 20 M too far Right, but thought instead maybe I was short. A lot of wandering. 5 minutes. Then 4 was fine, right of the marshy stuff and over the hill. 5 another disaster, another 6 minutes or so lost. Went pretty much right to it, but didn't see the flag, climbed over the hill, wandered in circles for a while until I bounced off the fence SW of 4 again, and then found my way back to the same spot, where this time I found the flag. 6,7,8,9 all fine, although a brief bobble to check another flag on the way to 7. 10 I thought I should go along the power line for an easy attack, but then, no, I can do this and through the woods, except I was too far left, checked some other flags, eventually bailed to where I could see the OB field beyond, and then ok. Nice to be running freer than in a long, long time.