Uphams Plantation - Woodpecker and Howlin' Wilf - 20th January 2019
Woodpecker had acquired the help of Howlin' Wilf as co-hare for this week's trail, although was he really doing Woodpecker a favour, or was he just saving himself £1 subs? Talking of which, Spocky explained that 'favours' cannot be promised in part payment for the annual subs - which are now due!
As usual, reading notes from his little scrap of paper, Woodpecker told us that the walkers trail was 2 miles, the short was 3 and the long 4 miles, and you'll find the sweeties hidden at the sweetie stop "of gorse".
The trail began with a quick jaunt though the plantation, and a false trail then led us through some dog muck, but we were soon back on the main path, and then through the main part of the woods. It seem liked there was an awful lot of really slippery downhills, and the hares had an aversion to using the main paths - at least on the longs. There were four or five long-short splits on this trail, and I lost track of which one we were doing. There w…
As usual, reading notes from his little scrap of paper, Woodpecker told us that the walkers trail was 2 miles, the short was 3 and the long 4 miles, and you'll find the sweeties hidden at the sweetie stop "of gorse".
The trail began with a quick jaunt though the plantation, and a false trail then led us through some dog muck, but we were soon back on the main path, and then through the main part of the woods. It seem liked there was an awful lot of really slippery downhills, and the hares had an aversion to using the main paths - at least on the longs. There were four or five long-short splits on this trail, and I lost track of which one we were doing. There w…
