Well I didn’t expect that! A reasonable crowd showed up to see what Horny Monkey would give us – with memories of recent runs expectations were low, but lets give him a chance! We set off along the edge of a field until Brown Finger and I ran straight off the paper and had to go back to follow Skiddy to a circle check in the field. Lost Bearings found the Booby Check after it – it was there we first spotted the hare escorting us on his motorbike – was he really that worried about it?
Further along the road we hit what seemed like a scout camp crowded with little soldiers. We zig zagged back and forth over a little stream crossing a variety of different bridges from balance beams to tyre A frames – and even a barrel tunnel to crawl through – only Brown Finger and HRA were skinny enough to actually manage that though! This was unexpectedly fun! The next circle had us running around in circles – Brown Finger and I both found paper after about 100m, only mine was the end of a false trail. As Graven Image and I ran back to figure out what was going on the rest of the pack stretched out across a rice field only to be brought back together by some inspired haring – a “3” check followed by crossing a small bamboo bridge, followed by some skiddy sticks.
I’d lost my sense of direction and got stuck behind the FRBs until we hit the long On-In back along the road to the A. Horny had done an excellent job. I hadn’t run there before, so it was good to find out what was back there! After the run, the circle was good, followed by some pleasant beers with a smaller crowd, until of course Horny forgot how to safely cross the road – he’s a lucky man! Hope the ankle isn’t too sore today…