The Olden Ways

How many of us had recognised (until Jamesbondage pointed it out) that the fire trail which winds up the hill from Lomandra to the Camp Mountain Road turnoff is the original route over the range?  Once you do realise this, it's easy to image the drays and bullock teams tackling the incline and squeezing past one another on the corners.  And I wonder which was harder - negotiating the bumps and ruts with a horse-drawn buggy or with a baby buggy (as some of the walkers did)?

The rain held off, and the flour on the well-marked trail survived - taking the walkers on a loop past Lomandra and the runners on a wider one past Ironbark Gully.  Despite the long weekend (and BTW - Happy Birthday, Ma'am) some 25 hashers and visitors - plus attendant canines - got their teeth into the route and the pasta that followed.  Good stuff!

We're back on the valley floor next week, and we'll be running down Main Street (see below). That's the young Farmers' Hall on the right (it had not yet grown a second story), and the pub in the distance.  Watch out for the horses parked outside the IGA....

Next run details

When: Sunday 16th June, 4 pm

Where: John Scott Park, Samford Village (down to the left in the picture, past the big pile of horse dung)

Hares: Culture and Haughty

On, on!