Upham's Wood, Woodbury Common - Woodpecker and Howlin' Wilf - 30th April 2017

Everyone was reluctant to leave their cars, as rain lashed against windscreens. Fruity Bitz was back again for a visit, and obviously had brought the Irish damp with her. Woodpecker swiftly took control of the circle and commented that it was the second time this year that his trail had been disrupted by the weather. Howling Wilf had helped plan and lay the route and there were 5 long/short splits (although they were only mini longs – I beg to differ as the last long certainly took me out of the way, albeit erroneously). As usual on Woodbury Common, I’ve very little idea of where the trail actually went. I was with Twin Peaks for some of the time and she didn’t know either. However, I can tell you that it rained – a lot - and some of the paths had become rivers. At the Sweetie Stop Boots was trying to trick hashers into eating his dogs’ treats, but no-one fell for it. Bertie Bassett was playing hard to get as I particularly fancied him this morning, but he came out for Wide