Time for an HRA run. Enjoying the hashin’ more now the weather has broken – it’s still hot, but it is bearable. The football field, familiar ground, but it’s been a while since we’ve been here. CW and I walked off at the start letting the boys lead the way – that was until they struggled to climb a bank and then we set off properly. First check – nailed. 2nd Check – nailed. 3rd Check – nailed. 4th Check, into the hills – nailed. This was a good start! Next check. Fooked bigtime! I kept on up the hill, and even when I knew I was wrong, I wanted to carry on around the ridge and rejoin the trail. A long way off, I had to turn back and play catch up for a while.
A couple of good checks, and finally I got back into it at a false trail. For a while then I was caught the wrong side of a gulley – I could see paper just to my right, so pressed on. CW overtook Toesucker and lead the way up the hill. Piggy likes running uphill and caught up, and took over when CW went the wrong way. The pace was reasonable, and I got back to the front when Piggy checked straight, and CW couldn’t see another option. That put me back down at the road, and there was HRA. Seeing the hare at that point on trail, coupled with hints he’d let out during the hare brief, gave me plenty of information. Time to put it to use.
We set off up the hill behind the temple, and now it was my turn to lead. I managed to hold them off and get to the top first. As I saw paper, I looked over my shoulder to see Piggy & CW following me off the check. I need to buy every advantage I can get, so when I spotted paper to the left, and figured there was a false trail ahead, I set CW off towards the deadend. I was right, but my advantage was momentary, before I completely fucked up the next check. Damnit.
I was chasing CW & Piggy down the hill, while they thought they were chasing me down the hill. CW speeds up if he thinks someone is ahead, so with his afterburners in gear, and the trail heading downhill back to the A, I was just trying to move along. Great trail. So nice to be running again without quite so much heat.