The trail was freshly laid by Wide, who had lovely muddy legs, and promised 6 long- short splits! Gripper had r#n up from Exeter, and Tampa arrived late as normal.
The first of the trail sent us down the track and past the 'luxury' lodge, then and down into the woods and undergrowth. No idea what Wide was following when he laid this bit, as there was definitely no path.
The six longs were each not too long (!) so kept overtaking the walkers. And a couple of fish hooks as well, with Gromit desperately trying to slow down to miss one, just to be caught by second not far ahead.
After the sweetie stop we needed torches as we diverted off the main path to avoid a fallen tree, thankfully a couple of the children had come prepared with their lights on their hats.
It got extremely shiggy on the final stretch, and I decided not to avoid it, but didn't expect it to be as deep and 'sucking' as it was. Sensible hashers took the path to the side.
And I must 'apologise' to Coatcheck for an unexpected muddy splash as I overtook her. Zoot summed up my thinking "sorry, not sorry"!
On on to next week, which looks too be a Spocky trail, but to be announced. Details will be on the website, Facebook and WhatsApp soon. You can use this link to join the WhatsApp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/EpoVKFotaX43VsgSRqtKLz
