Hare: Opera and Uncle Shag
Venue: Rawang Water Tank
Scribe: White Rajah
Well what can one say when the run is set by a pair of cripples, (Uncle Shag with his knees, too much shagging, and Opera falling over in Songkhla trying desperately to get a shag). I suspected that they may have got a TA ringer from Mother Hash.
Jimmy and I discussed the possibilities and suspected Wong Chee Kong or Paul Lai.
Arrived just as the pack set off, and got to the first check about 10 minutes later, where I found the remnants of the pack. In there wisdom the hares set the check next to a pump making a good impression of a German Tank with no muffler retreating from Moscow.
Saw some people disappearing into the distance towards the railway line, but when I called ‘Are You’ got a reply from the opposite direction. So dutifully picked up some paper from the trail and laid through to the call. Hit paper after about 200 yards.
Climbed up through the farm and at the top same the back of the pack below, so followed on down. Followed paper all the way. Looked like a Wong Chee Kong run, up under the power lines down the other side before the big push over the hill to Kuang.
At this point I ran into Dave and the two dogs coming from the other direction. After some discussion decided one of us was running it backwards, so turned around and headed home for the Beer Truck.
After discussion with Opera, who insisted that the home trail was 800 metres from the Check I think I worked out what happened. The paper crossed the bridge and went right, maybe it was several hundred metres further to the check, but unfortunately when checking is called people will often start check from much earlier on the trail, looking for a back check. From the point where the trail crossed the bridge it was only a couple of hundred metres, compounded by the noise from the German Tank making it impossible to hear calls from the true trail.
The usual circle was held, forgot who was charged, but I am sure “the usual suspects were apprehended”.
Forgot if it was this run or not, but I think the On On was at Equatorial where we had great food.
Thanks Opera and Uncle Shag for the run.
On On
Posted by onsec at May 5, 2007 03:57 PM