Hare: Dormouse
Hounds: - Liz, Chris, WAM, Phantom, Tenzing, Baby Spice, Big Bird, JB, Bangkok, Ferret and Paul
We all met by the river Tone at Wash Battle Bridge, Huish Champflower where Dormouse gave us our instruction together with a health and safety talk about dodgy bridges, lively horses and muddy tracks.
Off we went down the lane to our first check, where we found the dodgy bridge with bits missing and a lot of movement when crossing (see photo), on up a track and into the woods, with on on being called by the lead group, we ended up back on the road about a 100 metres from the start! Dormouse ran with haste after Ferret when he didn’t reappear from a check that he had marked with an X but it had disappeared. Dormouse was convinced that sabotage had taken place but I think we fear that the British seasonal weather was to blame. Up the hill we climbed and then down across some field which was a little tricky under foot, on through a farm and into a field, where the hare sent us up the middle and back down to a hidden gap in the bushes, where we again go on up to the regroup. The hare showed us the way out onto a road where they were giving away free tomato plants, never being able to go pass something that is free Paul picks one up and runs the rest of the way with it. From this lane we go back across the fields were we find some very big horses that run towards us and are very inquisitive to find out what we are all up to which didn’t delight some of the females in the pack and the hare quickly ushered us in the right direction through a gate onto a track and down a field. It was across these fields that gossiping led us to being called back by Dormouse as we had stopped following chalk and had missed the gap in the hedge. On on through another field and back onto the road, a nice run back down the hill to the awaiting parked cars apart from me (Baby Spice) thinking it can’t be that straight forward so on finding a check I investigated uphill, will I ever learn!
Nicky was waiting at the bottom with car to rescue WAM from yet another bike puncture!
On down to the Bear Inn, for a drink and a naming? Yes it was the ritual naming this time for Paul. Suggestions were ‘Little Weed’, ‘Pot Head’, ‘Round Up’ and ‘Gentleman’s Caller’. The latter being the chosen one, all I can say is if only your teachers could see you now as I’m sure 30 years ago ‘Pot Head’ might have been more appropriate but how time and LOVE changes a man..
Thank you for a great run Dormouse
Words by Gentleman Caller and Baby Spice.
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