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AROUND THE RUN IN TUDOR

through a well tended war cemetery

Coastweek - - Run No. 76 The Hare Steve Ogwapit with co-hare Daphne aptly named this a rounded hash.

It was as much a tongue twister as the trail itself.

Trust an architect to call a zigzag a round , and then take it round the oldest suburb of this City.

Starting from Sea Princess, the namesake of the historical house of Tudor  was revealed in all its lost glory, including the  peeled off tar, paint and finesse of this once decent neighbourhood reduced to a rubble and laying bare the total incompetence of the city fathers of these last 15 years.

It winded its way through the back streets and the well tended war cemetery.

The most interesting event of the run was the supposed hole in the playground- complete with  a dozen teams of school kids practicing for a distant world cup.

Quite unconsciously the Hare wandered on to the grounds hand in hand (and more !) with a lady hasher. This was not taken kindly by the super elevens and there followed a war cry from a hundred screaming, screeching  kids pouring out on the hashers for an early run of the Bold and the Beautiful.

The next wet hole was at the Tudor Water Sports  and the front runner of the day, Maria ran on to the waterfront looking for a miraculous hole in the water, commenting, "mboni, hi Tundah amna holi kama boli".

The finish was  ceremonious with the Grand Master , having come late, surveyed a few meters on both the incoming and outgoing trails, decided to sit down to a sumptuous pre dinner snack and wait for the dizzy pack to arrive.

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Next run Mtwapa. Meet at Gecko 3:30 p.m. or HQ pub Mtwapa at 4:00.

For details call KD 0733-896150 or Eric 0733-775784.

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