Venue: Bukit Subang Estate (and jungle and reservoir)
Hare: Bob Sawyer
Co-hare: Aileen D
Scribe: Mother Sheep
Arrived at the run site nearly an hour before the run – must note for next week that can probably delay leaving the house by ˝ hour. Canopies are already erected and the local worker – Whore Monger, ably supervised by a whole bunch of Chinamen was clearing the drains to remove large puddle created by earlier rain.
Hares are on the site at the start of the run to brief us that this run would go to the reservoir and you had two choices. You can either swim or go the long way around the fingers of the lake.
Run started on time and across the first ditch, which already splits the pack into a single file, through the first bit of mature palm oil and down the hill into the open where the first check breaks to the left. Across the flat section and up the ridge on the right hand side. (If we are going to the reservoir then this has to be an anti-clockwise loop). Backcheck at the bottom of the ridge, along the bottom of the ridge then up the ridge, down to the bottom, up to the top again. There is definitely a theme to the first part of this run. Over the ridge – backcheck to path on top of the ridge leading into secondary jungle. This was the last check I actually saw, and in fact spent most of the rest of the run mainly by myself somewhere nearer the back to the front of the pack. Along the ridge then down to a stream and back up again. Down to a stream then back up again. Down to a stream and back up again. Eventually we reach the reservoir a long way from the dam wall. This suited those with a long right leg and a short left leg – for the rest of us it was a right hand sideways slope, punctuated every 10m by a fallen tree Over a tree, Under a tree, Through a tree – theme for second part of the run. For those inclined you could take three swims and loose a good few hundred metres of the struggle along the bank. However not sure how heavy a camel pack is when soaking wet on a back while swimming – I took the long way around as did the majority near the back of the pack, not sure about the FROPS.
Eventually completed the assault course and arrived at the slide down besides the security fence – even if you had cleaned off with a swim just before this was really only one way down – on the back side.
Then it was the directly home.
Tried to give the hares a friendly Christmas hug when I got back but they complained I was too muddy – they chose the route not me! Aileen D was saying that only men complain and that the women do not. That was before Screw Ewe eventually made it back and promptly walks into the circle saying “That was a terrible run don’t you all agree.”
Numerous charges and quite a few guests before a Gentlemen dressed in a red coat, red trousers, red hat all with white trimming arrives and diverts all the kids. Emilia did he pay his RM 35 Guest Fees? With the kids diverted the women go and form an orderly queue for the food followed by the men. Circle part two take place after the food, which was well received and liked. The hares were honoured but as a gazetted run it was not formally judged, however the general opinion as always was that it was somewhere between a 10 weeker and a medal run if it had been judged.
A very good afternoon and evening, thanks to the organizing committee and hares. Merry Christmas.
ON ON and Merry Christmas
Mother Sheep on behalf of Charles “Santa Claus” Lee who is currently in snowy Lapland (or was that England) sorting out his reindeer for Thursday Night.