The Dog & Badger, 21st April (Run 4)

Run report by Susie


A good turnout met at the Dog and Badger, Medmenham on a glorious April evening. The Bartlett’s were well represented; Fred & Jerome with Holly and Anna (the length of the girl’s legs prompted much discussion and they not only looked good they ran very well too!) Amanda (& Jules, who was not running, good luck for the marathon on Sunday!), Kate, Steve, Duds, Selwyn, Chris & I.

You will have to forgive me for not mentioning where the route took us because I haven’t a clue, so I will concentrate on the other features of the run. Beautiful countryside, the first bloom of bluebells and a warm April evening made the running enjoyable. It was noted that Chris & Jerome sporting the same colour t-shirts and shorts were almost indistinguishable from each other (not sure I’d mix them up but Fred was having trouble telling them apart…should I worry?!)

Nosey cows were a feature of the run (no, not Amanda, Kate, Fred & I!). Cows with their young calves were looking pretty frisky and they were not happy with a group of runners entering their field. It took some of our brave men to shoo them out of the way and a brisk pace was maintained until we were safely over the next stile.

Around 60 mins and 6 miles later we returned to the Dog and Badger. The pub has been taken over and renovated and apart from slightly slow service, will probably be back on our list of ‘good running pubs’. I believe the chips were good but were all gone by the time the girls had changed and returned to the table. Other highlights; a G&T costs the same as a pint, so no complaints please boys.

Conversation was lively; Duds shared his colonic irrigation experience with us, what a great birthday present idea! Talked us through the experience of flushing out the system and the long unseen bits of detritus…..just then David and Spider turned up!

Can’t remember much else but look forward to another scenic run next week, chosen for it’s
abundance of bluebell woods.

Next week’s run: 7pm, The Chequers, Wheeler End Common