Eight Men's (and Three Women's. Oh and Two Dog's) Misery

Run #1149, April 7, 2008

Hare:   Eenie Weenie Dick

Location: The Monastery, Cumberland

Weather:   High 40’s, clear.

Present:  Dr W.H.O., Amish It Head, Async, Oozing SD, Scatwoman, Bondo Jovi, Basket Boom Boom, Fuwangi Boner, Swamp Whine, Murphy, Ben. Virgin: Just Jamie



The Run:

So many have tried to set an original trail from the Monastery in Cumberland. So few have succeeded. This was another example of the latter. Nevertheless, there was a good showing, spring being in the air and all. Promptly at 6:30, they were off, east out of the parking lot. Trail soon led to a fence. The hare had thoughtfully downed a tree onto the fence and it could easily be crossed using this tree, unless you happened to be a dog or Bondo or something. The hare inexcusably showed Bondo and Basket a north shortcut that bypassed the fence.

 

Trail led along a ridge east and then entered a swamp. Async took one look and led Swamp Whine, Scatwoman, and Just Jamie south and around the swamp, while Oozing (hoping for a shortened trail) and WHO (hoping to avoid Basket and Bondo) followed, in cold water and mud to the upper thighs. They emerged into some good briars. Well ahead, the trail was easily being followed by the (still dry and unscathed) long-cutters as it entered fields and then joined the overgrown border path northwards.

 

Trail was pretty boring. The monument at “Nine Men’s Misery” was avoided. The muddy river bed near this monument was avoided. In fact, almost all of the good stuff in the east side of The Monastery was avoided. Bad hare! Lazy hare! A check falsely leading to the powerlines sent WHO off trail, but Async kept making the right choices, and led the pack west to the quarries.

 

Too bad for him! There was a back-check! So the entire pack (less Bondo, of course) was pretty much together as they came to the BC at a boulder just off the trail. The first Monastery trail in decades with no BC on the cliff overlooking the quarries! (Note to future hares using these trails: originality can only go so far; and there’s about a quarter mile of cliff where you can stash your beer check. And no one ever died falling off a log into a pile of leaves! But I digress.) Beer was had, songs were sung and Bondo ruined it all by arriving. Blame goes to Ben (and Basket’s horn) as usual.

 

On Out trail led back to the quarry. The leaders Fuwangi, WHO and Amish, “familiar” with the territory headed for the center of the woods hoping to shortcut. Async continued on true trail, leading the ladies further south and east. Fuwangi and WHO found some fine shiggy trying in several spot to cross a stream and some dense briars. Amish turned back to the pack. Finally, in the dark, all made it back to the cars and the circle was held.

 

Ratings for the run: bimbos and no pavement were about the only positive things anyone could come up with. Overused territory, easily bypassed (‘tho fine, nevertheless) swamp shiggy, no one lost and no one killed on the cliffs. Total:-6.9! Hashit went to Basket Boom Boom. Why not? As always, they moved on to Tucks, while Bondo and Async skipped off together, claiming to be going “Home”! I think we ALL know what that means!

On On

 

 

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