Run 781: Phantom Crowcombe on down The Carew Arms

Hare: PhantomHounds: Tom Tom, Big Bird, Wam!, JB. Gentleman Caller, Ferret, Dripped On, Floater, Soc App.,  Chubbie Checker, Dog Plucker, 

late comers Martini and Ferret
In the pub: Bangkok

It was a dark and foggy night and the hare said to the hounds….. it’s two and on and there are ewes with lambs so please walk in their presence.
It certainly was foggy as we set off but (drum roll please) it wasn’t raining.   Running in the fog is a bit surreal … it was sometimes difficult to tell if we were running up or down hill and we certainly had to call to avoid loosing any hashers.   Our two new hashers (well Dog Plucker has been once before) where active members of the pack, checking here and there …. no one quite had the nerve to ask them how they got their names (perhaps next week).    
The fog began to clear and the moon was bright.   It was possible to see that we were in lovely countryside, running over streams and through woods.  Phantom had set a ferret trap at the regroup … a sneaky little turn, which Ferret missed …. oh dear … more sweets for us.  After the regroup there did seem to be a lot more up hill than down hill so we did get a bit spread out so JB called an impromptu …. once all gathered together again we made our way back to the start to find Bangkok in the pub having cycled her new bike down Crowcombe hill!!  There was an enormous otter hound in the pub which was only 7 months old so will probably get even more enormous.   They are apparently more endangered than white rhino ….. with only 2000 in the world, 300 of which are in the UK!

A lovely run Phantom.. thank you and I look forward to a re run in the summer so we can appreciate the views!