Grand Designs in Upper Kedron

Leave Pass returned from his trip to Japan to find that new developments had sprouted all around his neighbourhood. This Sunday he gave us an opportunity to explore these, and to play Kevin McCloud as we examined the houses under construction. Gosh, it's easy to be critical! - far easier (probably) than it is to turn a quid in the building game these days....

Incidentally, where Leave Pass had been in Japan, a lot of houses were collapsing under the weight of a record amount of snow. Good for ski-ing, but not so good for the locals - except the builders.

Those who have lived in cold places will recall how hard it can be to drive when there is a lot of snow on the ground, and more falling. This is what happens to a young blonde from the US in the following story:

A blonde is trapped in a snow storm. Luckily she remembers what her dad once said: "If you're caught out in a snow storm, try to get in behind a snowplow [he was American, hence the spelling] and drive along behind it."

So that is what she does. She follows the snowplow for about an hour.

Then the driver stops, walks back to her, and asks what she's doing. She tells him, explaining that she is following her dad's advice.

"Well, that's OK," says the snowplow driver. "But I've finished the K Mart carpark now. Do you want to follow me over to Walmart?"

A village run next week, courtesy of Vegemite and Evacuate.

Next run details
When: Sunday 4th March, 5 pm
Where: John Scott Park, the village
Hares: Vegemite and Evacuate

On, on!

Miss Demeanour's First Time

Miss Demeanour not only cooked the meal, but set the walk all on her own - for the first time ever. And she did so very well, with a couple of really tricksy check-backs. (There were one or two hills as well.)

Shockjock added another 5 km for the runners, which took them over the hills and down to the Lomandra picnic area. Here Darcy indulged himself with a cool wallow in the creek. It would have been nice to have joined him.

It was high time for some namings, and we carried out the ceremony with the usual solemn ritual. Culture took some pointillist shots with her phone. As a camera, it makes a great phone.

So welcome to Banger and Make an Offer:



And another welcome (and farewell) to Malpractice and B Flat. They've been coming to our runs whilst visiting Oz over the last 3 years...and they came to this one on their way to the airport and the start of the long trip home. We look forward to seeing them next year again.



By the way, it seems that Hardcore is stuck in Hawaii following the collapse of the budget airline she and her new husband were flying with. The collapse was triggered by the fact that the company couldn't afford to buy fuel, so I guess it's lucky that the plane they were on didn't run out half-way across the Pacific....

Next run details
When: Sunday 26th February, 5 pm
Where: Leave Pass's Upper Kedron kip
Hare: Leave Pass

If you need directions to this run, please email or call us.

On, on!