An excellent job as a virgin hare, but that should come as no surprise as Humperdick had the queen of hares – Itchy Bitchy to help him out. Set on Itchy’s terrain around 11km south of the canal road, the run was always going to be on the pleasant trails of the rolling hills.
The hare brief was slightly protracted and confusing as the pack set off in the wrong direction, but soon enough we were on course and an excellently placed circle check threw everyone the wrong way. This kind of check continued and pretty soon we were running around in circles.
Dyke Converter spotted a short cut and nearly led the visiting Australian family to their shortest hash ever, while Greasy Gorilla also spotted the A site and bailed out. Meanwhile the rest of the pack climbed up and along the top of a ridge that culminated in a circle check which just dropped off the edge of the mountain to find a creek bed running back along the bottom of the ridge. While there were perfectly good trails running alongside the creek bed, the hare insisted on the pack scrambling over the rocky terrain as we worked our way back. All in all a pleasant run.