R*n 718: Botton

First up, a bit about our venue for this r*n. Lower House Sensory Farm offers a Dementia Friendly two hour outdoor sensory experience for people being cared for in their own home, who attend day-care or are in residential care. It is a space to explore and engage in outdoor activities based on the five senses of taste, sight, touch, smell, and sound. We experienced all those senses on this r*n.

We were also joined by visitors from 261 Fearless which is an organisation that uses running as a vehicle to empower and unite women. I suppose you could summarise today's r*n as a "collab" (a term I believe young folk use).

Following a very comprehensive briefing from the hares that detailed the finer points of hash etiquette, we were off! About 30 or so in number quickly experienced the touch of cold water lapping our ankles as the fields were sodden but so far the forecast heavy rain held off.

The sight of the stunning scenery that lead us to Lowgill was breathtaking. It was here the wimps and rambos split, with some confusion that led to some rambos doing their bit in reverse! Many parts of the trail were deep in shiggy topped up by the cows for good measure which no doubt explains the smell of my r*nning shoes.

At Stairend Bridge we found the beer stop minus rambos. As the wimps moved on we could see the rambos descending at speed for their beer, encouraged by the sound of the hash horn.

The trail now headed back toward a promise of hot food, and still the rain held off. Eventually, Lower House Sensory Farm came back into view. The smell of hot food soon greeted us with the welcome taste of chilli & rice or a vegetable cobbler. A tour of the farm followed as did an impromptu circle where the hosts received down downs for being hosts and having a hash crash.

More about...

• Lower House Sensory Farm - https://www.facebook.com/LowerHouseSensoryFarm
• 261 Fearless - www.261fearless.org