Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Looping lagoons and spirit turkeys

An admirably clearly-marked trail led us from Eweshggr's mansion on some wide loops through the Deagon wetlands. This is the area where we surprised some magpie geese on a previous jaunt. We saw none of these this time, but there was plenty of other wildlife (besides hashers) on the water and around the lagoon verges. The steepest point on the trail was the loop spiraling up to the footbridge over the highway - and rumour has it that Shaggy ran that bit!

Back at the hare's place a table was spread with delicacies including meat pies, mash and accompaniments. Thankfully, Le W*nk left some of the mushy peas for us. Golly - doesn't he love mushy peas? There was dessert as well before some of the stayers settled in for a whisky-tasting. Many thanks to you, Mr Hare, and to all your family helpers!

Speed blurred the features of some of the returnees:






Now, if you've ever wondered what happened to all the flour you used to set the trail, this bit of wildlife photography by Superhacker hints at an answer:


Her "spirit animal" she calls it, and the scrub turkey may well be the spirit animal of a number of us. Consider this bit of advice from Gaia.com on how to determine what yours is:"Be open and attentive when animals appear in your life....Take note of repetitive encounters with animals....Repetition may be a sign." Makes you think, dunnit?

Leave Pass is off walking Hadrian's Wall with the spirit legions, and Charcoal and Strine are currently in Austria, climbing mountains by funicular railway. Come on! What are your legs for?




Next run details
When: Sunday 26th May, 4 pm
Where: John Scott Park, Samford Village
Hares: Culture and Haughty

On, on!