Venue : Broga
Hare : Terry Gardener
Co-Hare : Colin King / Nick Mason
Scribe : Phil Doyle
Good place for a run is Broga, although a fair distance from the City.
Colin King's usual haunt and I was not surprised of the choice of site when I saw the Hare's name.
The drive to the site was a little tortuous through the narrow winding roads, but also a good adventure on a Saturday, adds to the sense of occasion.
A pleasant run through some open territory to start with, and across a little stream. Lots of people wandering off in search of a dry crossing to save feet from getting wet. Needn't have bothered, for it was not long before we were all into the river for a few 100 metres.
Rocks were slippery and Phil Surridge could be seen doing a little tap dance on the moss.
The trail was a pleasant meander through banana trees and open spaces and then into
the rubber.
The pack was well together during the first part of the run. I was waiting for the hills but mercifully they were not the usual King Everest type. More suitable for a family outing, gentle slopes really. Mind you I am not complaining, remembering runs past when a piece of horizontal terrain was a rarity on a "Dynamite" run.
I followed paper like a lot of others when Greg Dall emerged from a trail on the road and said that we had all missed a 3 km loop.
Roger Gregson who also missed the loop went back to find it. Some mothers do ave em.
At that point I thought it was going to be short run but it was not and it turned out to be the usual Saturday length.
A lot of trekking through rubber which was OK and a few hills, there did not seem to be anything really special to travel so far for the run.
Returned to the run site and congratulated Telly, the other half of the "Dynamite"
team and Telly was able M explain how the run worked, and how we went along the orchard fence and this bit could not be left out of the run etc.
On on at the dog restaurant, good food and enough of it. Good day had by all.
Nan canvassed the crowd for the verdict and under those terms it is not surprising that a T shirt was given. Mob rules seem always to be more generous with their verdicts of runs.
In normal circumstances it would have been a good on down or perhaps an on down. Glad to see the return to T shirts being given for E for effort, it is a real crowd pleaser.
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