RUN NO. 2000 - 19 DECEMBER 2006

RUN NO. 2000
DATE: 19 December 2006
SITE: DST
HARES: Trailblazer/Madmarg/Dizzy
FRONT HORN: Magicroundabout
BACK HORN: Sarah Hill

Driving to the Jerudong area at an early stage of the afternoon, I noticed more and more clouds building up.

Lucky for all of us, the weather was with us when we went off at 5.15pm sharp. Bini Hutan and myself were last in, but caught up with the rest of the group shortly. We past a lake to our right and walked through some open areas and grassy trails, then passed a road and further up it went into pine forest areas, which almost looked like European forests. We went along nice trails and arrived at first check soon after. As Ready Mix announced beforehand, a circle was laid, so everyone new the exact point.

On we went through the forest, at some stage we heard hens shouting for more checks, but were too far behind to even getting involved in the checking. Next we got into the Bukit Shabandar area, familiar to most of us, the ups and downs.

As earlier promised, after climbing a very steep and long hill, we were rewarded with a scenic view of the Empire Hotel, the South China Sea and many of the Shabandar hills.

After enjoying the splendid view for a while and at the same time catching our breath, the trail went downhill through ferns and shrubs (yes, we saw some of the fantastic looking pitcher plants), which at some stage joined up with the in-trail; we were out after a good one-hour exercise.

Once out, we were given a yellow cap, thanks to Ready Mix. (And the Ladies Hash for sponsoring the embroidery).

It was a night of celebrations, as we achieved our 2000^th Run and Ready Mix her 250^th, a few down- downs were the reward. Down-downs also were given to the 3 hares and Dizzy for doing the water. A new guest, Anne from Sweden, was introduced and hopefully will join us in future, as we need new members. Lee, Robin and Lynn joined for the on on, too.

Food was available plentiful, as everyone brought a plate along, thanks to all, and also thanks for all the “Mixes”, they were great.

NEXT WEEK'S RUN: 26 December 2006
SITE: SPG 370 Jln Muara