By: Blonde Two
Well we Blondes are now officially crowned Ordnance Survey Get Outside Champions. We had an absolutely amazing day in London on Tuesday. So much happened that my Blonde head feels as though someone has swirled it round and round and covered it in French chocolate. I am sure that my words will all come out in a slightly more comprehensible order at some point; but for now, here are a few ‘Blondebites’ (these are a bit like soundbites but much more fun!)
We had our own Blonde dressing room (or were we imagining that bit?)
We wandered the corridors of fame, clutching our compasses and wearing our rucksacks.
We successfully navigated around London (including river crossings) – we might have had some help with this.
We had our photo taken so many times that my cheeks were aching! (A little clue, Brendan has the beard, we don’t.)
We looked and sounded very Blonde on camera (warning, this video shows our slightly bemused faces.)
But most importantly, we met a whole group of interesting, compassionate and funny people; all like-minded and all ‘Champing’ at the bit to encourage people to Get Outside.
What an absolutely Blonde treat! A big thank you to Ordnance Survey for making us #GetOutside Champions; we hope that we will be up to the challenge!
Looks like competition behind you.
Ah! That’s Phoebe, author of ‘Extreme Sleeps’ amongst others. She likes to Get Outside by sleeping in strange places.
Fabulous video, what a great story…huge congratulations! Can’t wait to see you and hear all about it in details!! Well done ladies, so fantastic for you ????
Thank you – great for us and hopefully great for Dartmoor!
Great stuff – but Blondeism (is there an ‘e’ in there?) will never be quite the same because you’ve revealed the faces behind the legend.
It was a tricky decision. The official photography did do a few ‘non-face’shots for us but videos don’t quite work like that and we wanted to show everybody!
If you’ve got it, flaunt it? (see big smiley face with tongue in cheek)
So, ladies, you expose yourselves. The allure of mystery is diluted. Never mind. Such is the price of fame. You have done well so far, but it’s unlikely that the best results from your abilities could be delivered without some visual presence as “brand recognition”. Make the best of it whilst this particular avenue of fame lasts. If you must be photographed, use it for good.
Without naming names you’re far from the least photogenic OS ambassadors, and what you all had to say was more interesting than appearance anyway – to this viewer at least! No wonder you found the group agreeable.
I think the common and simple message of encouragement towards the outdoors will be a most effective persuader if the group and OS can make it known – Gore-tex and down jackets are lovely things for example, but for those first inspiring steps outdoors they aren’t actually necessary, right? First step is to open the door, see what’s in that bright light outside, and decide which bit to head towards first. The most effective bit of kit for encouraging someone outdoors for the first time is free – it’s inspiration.
BTW despite your powers and skills you look like perfectly normal humans – not even the half-expected Superwoman outfits – so it’s probably safe for me to point other potential supporters in your direction without eyebrows being raised for doing so.
Every cloud has a lining of some sort eh?