Golden Ball / George & Dragon - 25th July 2007

Run Report by Kate

I’m afraid this week we are back to good old English, Aude and Susie are a hard act to follow! Although you could if you wanted read the report below in a Devonshire accent, just a thought?

I think last night was the smallest ‘turn out’ I ever encountered in all the years I have run with the group. 7pm, alone in the windy blustery car park of the Golden Ball, I was consoling myself that I was possibly going to have a lucky escape and I would very shortly be able to further nurse the hangover I had suffered from all day following the highly competitive quiz night at the Prince of Wales, the previous evening. We should have realized how the evening would deteriorate when the first anagrams arrived and we all simultaneously took our glasses out! Alas, a sign of the times! However I did learn one thing, my ability to write and spell diminishes with every drink that I have, much to the annoyance of others. Although we didn’t win we at least didn’t come last and managed to beat the other ‘Andrew Milsom’ team.

Back to the run, with the keys almost in the ignition, Steve seemed to appear from nowhere and my escape was thwarted! Therefore with no map and a vague idea where we were going Steve and I set out, unaware at this stage we had narrowly missed Chris who had run from Radnage. Upon his arrival at the car park, he had seen Steve and I disappearing across the field and then spent the next 10 minutes trying to catch us up. Once regrouped we set off again. Quite a fast run, we arrived back at the car park after 45 mins, whereupon we made a rapid departure for the George & Dragon. Needless to say we sat inside the pub. Conversation was quite diverse, comments about how nice pubs are now people can’t smoke in them, 11+ and Grammar Schools, ‘Asymmetrical warfare', ‘Slackerdemics’, tax evasion and whose round is it?

Next week, 7pm the Three Horseshoes, Bennett End, we may have done this already so apologies if that is the case but neither of us were sure.
See you ALL there!!
Kate

Chequers, Wheeler End, 18th July 2007

Run Report by Susie


Enschuldigung Sie Bitte a very spät run report.....von ze Kraut.
A very kleine aber very exklusive Gruppe ran von ze Chequers last week. Jerome, Aude, Mark, David, Kate,Jules Chris and ze Kraut. It vos eine von der langsamest runs of ze season I zink everyvon needs a holidays! Ze only zing keeping us going was the zought of ze Bier.
I don’t remember much about ze run but I do remember ze scenery vos wunderbar and all agreed it vos a run to repeat in ze future.
Vee had a few discussions viz ze landlord about his ‘off’ beer but he vos most agreeable (obviously not a German) and zings ver put right. Ze average calorie intake at the table voz 346 due to an abundance of schwein scratchings and crisps resulting an overall weight gain for ze group of 22 kgs ( not sure vot zat is in ze English pounds) Luckily zis vos balanced by Kate’s weight loss she is looking really wunderbar !
Next veek vee run von ze George and Dragon, Vest Vickham, 19.00.
Aufwiedersehen!
Ze Kraut

Run - 18th July 2007

Run will be from Chequers at Wheeler End. 7pm start.

Stag et Huntshomme, Hambleden, 11 Juillet 2007

Run Report by Aude

Runners on 11.07.07: Bartletts (J, F, H, Lulu), Steve, Cel, Kate, Doug, Hucks, Roddicks, Aude.
Pour les anglo-french, voici la petite histoire: nous avons crossed un field de merde de vache, puis dans la pretty forêt . Ensuite, Nous êtions attacked par des grosses flies de cheval. Puta de Madre!!!(Fille de pute)…. Lulu, la future amie de Stella, tried to montrer la bonne route… Jerome montre son style "wet t-shirt" après only 10 secondes , parce qu’il faisait super scorchio! Une nouvelle gazelle dans l’équipe, Holly montre élégance et naturel which of course is not acceptable après 20 ans. Suddenly, nous rencontrons 2 gay boys dans les bois……Mais non!!!!!! C’est Jules & Chris !!!: excusez, j’ai une grosse mouche dans 1 eye……could not see very well. And all became a blurrrrr…. 1 group est parti au pub (very wise), 1 autre est parti dans la jungle parce que c’est officiel: les hommes can’t lire les maps.
La conversation au pub took a turn quand du mot Shank, tank, plank, wank… Ououopppps….. Tom Bartlett (12 ans) (que nous avions forgotten being there) decided that adults are a bunch of idiots, est parti tres rapidement…….Bravo les parents! Biensur mon mari me manque mais ce n’est pas grave car je me suis bien laughed!!!!
La semaine prochaine: tba….
Translation of the report for those less in tune with linguistic matière grise: Ace Run.

Hare & Hounds, Marlow, 4th July 2007

Run Report by Jerome

A hardy 10 souls, namely Jules, Amanda, Chris, Susie, David, Duds, Aude, Ricky, Steve & myself met at The Hare & Hounds on an overcast but dry evening.
Once the route was determined with a slight modification to ensure that we continue "the new element" of each run we set off up Happy Valley turning left to go through the Foley pad. A short but steep hill quickly sorted the Fitties from the Fatties.
Into Marlow Common and down to join up with one of our usual paths through the woods rather than along a path then saw David take the early cut off back towards Marlow much to my disappointment.
We then incurred 10 minutes of farce while our path was blocked by nettles and the fence that had to be climbed was protected by some rather nasty rusty barbed wire. Having overcome that Amanda who was stressing how she felt unsafe when running downhill proceeded to go down like a sack of s**t running up a gentle slope. The thud as she hit the ground reverberated around the woods meant that Duds and myself were somewhat concerned about the potential for injury (well not too concerned). Having brushed herself down we all continued to be met by windfall trees blocking our path. A good photo opportunity materialized before we continued on the final run for home. The really Fitties split for something more taxing before the rest led by Aude arrived back at the pub after an hour.
Once in the pub a pleasant evening followed. A rugby photo and a particular unidentified player took up a great deal of the first 30 minutes before Steve used his Blackberry to help resolve the answer although some doubt still exists as to whether it was Mark Regan.
After 40 minutes we were all getting a little concerned that Rodders was still not back so Amanda and myself set off to search for him getting as far as the car park before Chris materialized as did his wife Susie who had gone home to change as she was going for a night out in Frogmoor. The flickknife had been carefully packed in her handbag.
Back in the pub the craving for Scratchings was not satisfied as they only had Plain and S & V, frankly not good enough to stay on our run rota.
There were one or two other interesting conversations which I have now forgotten and as you will by now have had enough of my script I will leave you in peace.
Next week’s run, not my suggestion, is The Stag and Huntsman in Hambleden when I will have a suitable run arranged. Have a good weekend all.
Jerome