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Happy Birthday Blue Tit!  Today was a celebration run – celebrating Blue Tit’s birthday, Bone Collector’s birthday and most importantly the fact that Horny Monkey is gone for 8 weeks!  Stepping into his shoes as GM for the day was Belly Dancer.

The run set off with a couple of cute little checks which took us back and forth until we set off up the hill. A long running trail took us gently up the hill and HRA took to the front running up as only he can. The rest of the pack stretched out as it went up and up. We knew we’d be heading back down to the right, what we didn’t know was which ridge we’d cut back down and well placed checks kept us guessing. Sloppy Rod and I thought we’d got it with a hidden trail at one point, only to find we were down the wrong ridge.

Finally when we did head right, a silent running visitor broke away as we ran into short cutting walkers going the wrong way. Somehow Mr Poo got away from everyone and ran in first – it must have been his day as I didn’t see him all trail, and he must have slipped past at that last circle check. Chuck Wao was waiting for us at the finish – some excuse about a police car hitting him from behind.

At the finish the talk was about what a great trail it was. Beforehand we’d challenged that Bone Hur had surely had some part in setting the trail, but given what a good run it was, surely he can’t have been any part of it! He’s lived there how long and still not found as nice a gentle uphill and downhill route for us to take! Nice work virgin hare!

At short notice Frozen Dick stepped in to set today’s run after Big Top was hospitalised – best wishes Big Top!  I think most of the hashers were wishing Big Top was still there to set the run, but surely Chuck Wao (co-hare) kept Frozen Dick under control???  I still remember the last FD run I was on where nobody made it back!  Familiar grounds out at the Tiger’s Head in Maejo – surely we would survive!

We set off and I was immediately thwarted by a V check up hill to the check back. The guests / visitors were leading the group up a narrow trail zig zagging up the side of a hill until we could finally hit trail and run. BAM! Into a “Frozen Dick” check – now this isn’t standard and I’m shocked Chuck “International Standards” Wao had let it go, but it was there…  There is a number on the tree and we have to count back 6 pieces of paper to where we could then start searching for a trail within 100m. We must have looked ridiculous as no-one can count that high and we just dispersed in the hope of finding paper!

The paper was good although with each piece saying “Another Great Frozen Dick Run” was clearly a lie! Skid Mark found a trail and everyone stormed off after him. There was a good check at a 5 way intersection and again the visitors were in the lead. Up a pleasant trail for a while and we hit a circle check on a ridge – a visitor calling ‘on-on’ to the right brought Skid Mark back from checking to the left only to find it was a false alarm. Back we went and I spotted an option down into a familiar gully – Yes! I had it and having scouted the area before it was straight down the trail to the On-In.

I ran straight through a couple of circle checks as I knew to the left was just a steep impenetrable hill and to the right was the trail we’d run out on.  Apparently I (and the other FRBs) missed a false trail to the left which made many of the walkers do some checking for a change and left them to arrive sometime after the FRBs. Despite the FD checks it was a good run in an area that is full of great running trails. Good work emergency hares!