Wow… Hot season has kicked in. I arrived as the harebrief was in full swing, and quickly changed. They set off while I grabbed some water. Shit it was hot. Brownie thought better of it, and decided not to go out to run, while I plodded up the road passing Sunspot.
The first few checks were pretty straight forward and the pack stretched out ahead of me. Did I mention the heat? I laboured up the first hill slowly picking off the pack one by one, finally catching up at a check that Piggy called from down the hill to the left. I followed him and Graven, only to get to a False Trail. Suckit took charge, and we were heading towards the road. Surely the hare wouldn’t make us drive all the way up the hill, only to run us back down to the road? That is exactly what he had in mind, and we had a long stretch of tarmac ahead. Before we got there, I heard a thunderous thud just behind me, joined with a yelp of pain, so went back to check Cuckold was able to get up from his faceplant. When I joined them on the road it was stretched out ahead of me, and I was already hot and tired. As I passed Anal Vice & Robin Banks we discussed what was left, and how we had to go back over the mountain to get back…
Finally we turned left, and as the trail broke up the hill to the right, I am sure I heard a call to the left. I tracked left and found a lovely trail heading up the hill. At the top, I met up with Piggy for the descent. He, Suckit and Graven charged down the hill at pace leaving me alone until Son of Robin came steaming past and back to the A.
Cheers HRA – geez it is getting hot!