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Monday was Firework Night, but I decided to go out hashing instead of letting off fireworks at home for my granddaughter, because I thought it would be better if her dad had a clear run at it!

Strangely, the hash was from Nailsea Rugby Club, of which I am a sort of member, because I am a social member of Nailsea Running Club, which uses the rugby club as a base. It was set by ‘Alice’ who is a very experienced and generally reliable ‘hare’, so I was expecting a good one. And I was not disappointed.

We had not gone 100 yards before we took off along I path I had never been down before, which is always a bonus. We went wrong almost at once due to a skilfully set false trail, but were soon put right and after splashing through some ’shiggy’ I was back on familiar territory. However, we were soon off on another false trail up the road towards the Bliue Flame, before we called back to cut across a dampish field to another field, where I thought I knew where we were going. However I was wrong and also misled by a ‘hound’ who couldn’t spot the flour in a gateway.

We went back towards the West End of Nailsea past a bonfire, which looked as if it had been set by a farmer who wanted to burn something he shouldn’t under cover of Firework Night. Back on the road, the trail went along the bridle path  we always seem to go down when we are in this area, but Alice had a trick for us when he sent us out across the fields to the lane Nailsea RC use for their Festival 10K race. However, we did not stay on it long, but cut back to the bridle path across the fields.

We then ran along the path beside the leisure centre, which emerges beside the Parish Church and the Ring O’ Bells and finished with a stretch along the eternally confusing back alleys of Nailsea and a run across the rugby pitches.

The beer in the bar was slightly disappointing, as the Butcombe was off and I had to make do with Courage Best. If I had not been driving, I would probably ahve had the cider!

We went outside to the BBQ for the usual down downs and rude songs. The food was not ready, and I was not dressed for standing around outside, so I wimped out of the fireworks, one of which looked enormous!