Run 729 - Kingscliff Woods - Martini

Hounds:

Brush Off Grasshopper

Soc Ap Tenzing

Liz Phantom

P2L Chris joined late

Why Bother Nick

Dripped On DiTW

Baby Spice

Runners arrived at the carpark to Kingscliff Woods, as spots of rain fell. A foretaste of what was in store? Two search lights approached along track leading up to the car park, just nightriders passing by.  Tenzing welcomed back from touring Iberia.

Martini gave instructions: two and on, no wild animals.

Pack set off down track into woods, check, then scramble up bank, on on, circumvent fallen birch trees, nettles, check. Back on to track down steep slide, Dripped On rear cheeks now mud stained, but not deterred she checked ahead and led pack on in her wake. More checks, more steep scrambles, then long uphill on open path.

Arrived at regroup, jellys dispenced. “what no chocolate?” perhaps they don’t know what is good for them?

Through woods, across stream again, searching, checking. At last what we had missed the past few weeks, MUD. Lovely sticky squelchy mud, made up for not having chocolate.

On in, up long steady climb back to car park. On down to Globe Inn, North Petherton. Luckly they had tiled floors so did not mind wet trainers.

Thanks to Martini for marching us up to the top and marching us down again and again.