Perfect timing on the part of the weather gods! As 4 pm approached this last Sunday the clear skies darkened and a sneaky cold wind started to blow. 4 o'clock saw us huddled under a shelter trying to keep dryish. And at 4:05 it seemed that the only way to warm up was clearly to get out on the trail....
The flour had mostly survived the rain but the chalk markings on an interesting route through Ferny Hills (emphasis on the "Hills" bit) had become a trifle obscure. It put this old blogger in mind of the words of that old hasher Lord Robert Baden-Powell:
"One of the most important things a Scout has to learn... is to let nothing escape his attention....It takes a good deal of practice before a tenderfoot gets in the habit of really noting everything and letting nothing escape his eye." (Campfire Yarn 11, Scouting for Boys, 1908)
A number of us proved to be still tenderfeet (or tenderfoots - take your choice) and let the pale green chalk markings escape our eyes - which added perhaps a couple of kilometres to our route through "on back" calls.
Back home, we awarded a down, down to Shaggy in celebration of his joining the running group, and another to Shockjock for an excellent cryptic trail. Miss Demeanour's fears about the amount of Thai curry she'd produced for 27 hungry hashers proved to be groundless.
Many thanks to our hares!
Next run details
When: Sunday 2nd August, 4 pm
Where: Parksedge Street, Upper Kedron. A map!
Hare: Leave Pass
On, on!
