It started to get dark just after we arrived at Blackborough Woods, and then it started to rain. Later on that rain definitely became more like wet snow.
No Wide this week so Howlin'Wilf took charge, either welcoming Taunton as guests to City of Exeter hash, or the other way round. In the end we decided it was joint.
With the rain coming down, he handed straight over to the hares. They had laid a three and on trail in sawdust last night, and it was getting dark and didn't know whether they were going to get out of the wood, with puddles that nearly went over the top of Paperwork's wellies. Although that serves him right as who wears wellies in the hash? Most of Taunton H3 it seems...!
It was always going to be a soggy and shiggy r*n, so no point staying away from puddles. But the deepest ones were left until last. We had green paths, forests, green fields, and moss laiden undergrowth to enjoy (endure?). Taunton's 'Ron' seemed to be at the front much of the time. But I soon learnt that there's no point shouting 'Are you' as he's deaf.
I didn't get chance to take a hash flash at the sweetie stop as the pack had moved on while we were hearing about Spocky's new Jag. And it was soon after that when Paperwork seemed to have joined the WI's walking group as he was at centre of a lively discussion about whether the long was longer than the short, with him saying "all I can tell you is that the long in 5 miles and the short is 4, work it out for yourselves". Soon after that he had a spectacular slip, given the skid mark on his back. But noone saw it apparently.
We had a City of Exeter only circle at the end of the trail (which was good because we were low on beer!!) and the hares were thanked, but no down down because Bollards was cold and Speedy had to end the circle quickly!
On on to next week when we're at the end of Doctors Lane near the Twisted Oak on the Exeter side of the A30 near Ide.
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