Run report by Steve Sutton (aka Spider)
And so it came to be…………a new venue, a new run…very few takers !!
Rodders, JB, Harry B, Kate, Duds and yours truly assembled at 7pm prompt on a lovely sunny evening in Lacey Green. Various messages had filtered through from non attendees, but after waiting around until ten past with no evidence of our numbers being swelled, we set off. I think young Harry was rather nervous about the fierce pace that would be set and of being left at the back, but I’m sure he felt far more comfortable by the first stop, safe in the knowledge that Duds and myself could not compete with youth or fitness and would be bringing up the rear for the evening. Rodders had planned a very pleasant, picturesque and, most importantly for me, flat route. Speaking as the evening’s rear gunner, a brisk pace was maintained throughout with very little stoppage time – especially from a back marker perspective !
Not being too hot on the geography of where we are on any of our runs, the route took us over to Hampden, past the Manor and the Church, where Duds enlightened me of the tale where his mate had apparently broken wind very violently at a Christmas service as an intoxicated youth! We carried on past the top end of Bryants Bottom, picking up part of the Gate run (in reverse) and heading in the general direction of Speen…I think. The athletically challenged contingent then split off for the obligatory fattie route home, which was apparently an old Highwayman’s haunt, and which also turned out to be far longer than Duds had remembered it from when it was his old stomping ground over 30 years ago. The fit contingent took a longer loop back towards the pub, no idea where they went as I wasn’t there ! JB exhibited exemplary parenting skills, seemingly making Harry sprint the last ½ mile up the hill, otherwise there would be no chips for tea !!
We returned to the pub after exactly 1 hour, having covered approx 5 miles. Susie was the welcoming committee at the pub on our return, having been on School Disco taxi duty earlier.
Crisps, great chips and liquid refreshment accompanied the usual diverse and often educational banter. Duds will be undertaking a mammoth 300+ mile rowing challenge in the Dordogne next year accompanied by ‘Big’ Ben, whose capacity for speed drinking lager is frightening and who needs to shed half his body mass before getting in a canoe. We agreed Blackberry’s are the ‘work of the devil’, but Susie confessed she is addicted and refuses to switch hers off, much to Chris’ delight. As part of our weekly education programme, pubic coiffeuring was the topic of the day. It seems that there is an increasing prevalence of this in Males (?) and that in Brazil , the well-loved ‘Brazilian’ is referred to as a ‘Hitler’……..priceless!!!
Next weeks spiritual outing will be from Hughenden Church , meet in the car park for a 7pm start. From memory this is about a 45 min run, I believe there is an additional 2-3 mile loop for those who would like to indulge, which carries on from when we return to Hughenden and ends up at the Harrow pub, where we will adjourn after our exertions.
See you all next week.
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