Our hares had laid a shamrock trail to celebrate St Paddy - 3 loops for the walkers, and a 4th lucky one for the runners. They followed it up with that well-known Irish dish, lasagna, served during a memorable on, on beneath the pitch-dark trees.
Ireland is well known as a land of bogs, so the setting was pretty authentic as well. Bunya Riverside was recently under the river, and it showed....Some of the flour had also been obliterated by some Irish sunshine earlier in the day. No rain during the walk/run, though, which made for a nice change. Thanks to the hares!
We shared a number of Irish jokes...and here's one more for the kiddies:
Father Murphy is giving Sister Marie a lift back to her convent in country Ireland. It's a bitterly cold winter night, and it's snowing. As they enter a village the car gets stuck in a huge snowdrift. There's no point in trying to go on - the roads beyond are impassable.
They struggle to the village inn, to find there's only one room available....
"Well, Sister," says Father Murphy, "we have no alternative but to share a room. I will sleep on the sofa, and I won't undress."
So Sister Marie gets into bed and he lies down on the sofa. Ten minutes later she says, "Father, are you awake?"
"Yes, Sister."
"I'm terribly cold."
He gets up and fetches her a blanket from the top of the wardrobe.
"I'm still cold, Father," she says a little later - and he gets her another blanket.
Ten minutes go by....
"Father, I'm still very cold."
"All right. I'll get you another blanket," he says.
"But I'm really cold....Father, I'm wondering...would it be very sinful if just for tonight we behaved like man and wife?"
"Yes, you're right," he says. "Get your own blanket!"
Next run details
When: Sunday 27th March, 5 pm
Where: Walton Bridge reserve, Waterworks Road, The Gap. A map....
Hares: Superhacker and Hopalong. We'll be celebrating a couple of important birthdays!
On, on!
