Finally its the end of the reign of Horny Monkey! A day for celebration? My day began when the Asshole called me at 7am to remind me I was co-haring with him and should meet him around 8. Good plan, lets get the run set before the heat comes. As I jumped out the car, Horny gave me a bag of powder and pointed me off to set the first false trail. I hadn’t had a chance to scout the trail, but HM assured me it was a good one – reusing the assault course he’d used for a CH4 run previously.
After a couple of checks and cutting across a rice field, along the bank of a river, we came to the edge of a village and the bamboo bridge across the river was in clear view. We debated how to set the trail at that point, and noted a little bar just past the bamboo bridge. It wasn’t open yet, but Horny went in anyway to find a family sat down to breakfast in their pyjamas – living up to his name, he quickly struck up a conversation with the daughter and quickly emerged with a couple of cold beers – it was after 9am (just), so what the hell – this could be a long day…
We finally decided how to set that bit of the trail, and as the beer tasted so good, we decided to share the wealth and add in a beer stop. Some hours later we would be sat there, enjoying another beer and watching HRA come oh so close to leading the way to us, but in the end it was Dog Shit who appeared leading the way. (Lumber Jack Off commented – “where are the FRBs? – no the REAL FRBs!”)
After a beer, the runners set off across the fields to the assault course (not before a hold and some more skiddy sticks brought a large group together). Unfortunately the trail f’d up a bit here as Skiddy found the out trail after paddling through a river, rather than the true trail across the field. Only Chuck Wao and Just Coming got to play in the assault course, while I had to sprint along to set the ONIN to help out the completely confused runners.
The circle came and it was time for Horny’s swansong! He eventually sacked everyone, and passed over the reins to me – I guess I am responsible for making sure we all have fun for the next year…!