Every year at this time we dress up in the costume which every French person wears every day...striped shirt, red bandana, beret...to celebrate the storming of the Bastille and the Dawning of a New Age (as the textbooks have it). It's highly appropriate now we seem to be entering an even newer age of autocratic monarchy. And this year even the one genuine French person among us wore the uniform. Here's the group at the start, looking very French indeed:
Our hares took us on a very enjoyable trail - through the woods, across the South Pine, through the fields, and on past the crowds attending the Samford Show. One walker got wet feet, but no-one got lost. And Floater, just back from 8 days hiking the Tasmanian mountains, was not too tired to join the runners' group.
Back at the hares' we were treated to a French feast - magnifique! The menu would have looked very impressive in the original, but it tasted just as good in English. It included French pastries, French chicken, French quiche, French mousse, and some little French tarts (there's nothing like a little French tart, is there?) Many thanks indeed to our hares!
Here are a few pics from the occasion, courtesy of Snappy and Culture:
Next run/walk details
When: Sunday 20th July, 4 pm
Where: Corner Woods Road and Mt Samson Road, Closeburn. A map!
Hares: Culture and Haughty
On, on!
