Venue: Kampung Sungai Tekali
Hare: Colin Hercus
Scribe: Keith Burnley
I arrived at the run site in Kg Tekali expecting a flat, fast run suitable to my general style. However, imagine my surprise when I found that all the flat bits were either up or down with the entire pack re-enacting “The Grand Old Duke of York’ but mostly stuck on the “neither up no down” bit. I suppose that this part of the run was fairly flat but the flat bits tended to go up at a rather steep incline. This was followed by single filing with lots of brown and green things sticking out of the ground and absolutely spoiling the view. I was told that they were something called reets, or something like that. If I was in charge, all that lot would go tout de suite. However, I digress. Everyone waited in line politely for their turn to pass over, under or around the obstacles, except for F.L. who used her weight to push past the queue, but she was dealt with later. Eventually, out into the open, down through the rubber and home. The checks seemed to work well, with front runners passing me twice and I could even still hear the horn near the end of the run.
At the run site: Daniel had set out his stall but didn’t sell much, so gave away ham croissants and cheese tarts in honour of Switzerland’s national day. Have you noticed which country does not have a national or independence day and doesn’t need one to bolster its self esteem? Sorry, more digression. Various on downs were given for reasons real, imagined and supernatural ( The Sea Ghost ) and many comparisons and allusions were made to the run, or lack of it, the previous week resulting in numb bum syndrome for that hare before eventually retiring to the Rest. Sungai Tekali.
At the restoran: Food was served good and fast, and eaten just as fast, the usual home brew was distributed to a grateful audience and the sinners were called up. By sheer coincidence, F.L. seems to have a near monopoly on this side of things and got done on 3 or 4 occasions.
The run was, rightly so, judged a T-shirt. Anyone can set a run in a plantation but it takes a lot of effort to find your way through bush country. This thing I know.