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2015 October 1 Loosley Row - Whip


A fine, sunny autumn day with a cool but light wind. Once again we delved into the realm of the mysterious entity that lurks in Monkton Wood. The outbound route was a roughly straight line through the south eastern quarter of the wood. Alert with amulets to the fore, progress was unimpeded as we approached Hampden Coppice. As tension reduced and alertness disappeared, we took a wrong turning missing a right fork. By the time this was discovered, three of the party took advantage and made a short cut whilst the rest of us continued to cover lost ground.

On re-entering Monkton our alertness was high but one of our member succumbed to the enchantment and refused all advice to ignore what he thought was the correct path. Reluctantly, we left him to it as no-one was willing to risk trying to drag him back. Having managed to pass the epicentre without further incident, we heard a thrashing about in the bushes and discovered the short cutters breaking out to meet us - evidently trapped until we found them! As we left the wood, the lost soul we had given up suddenly appeared in our midst looking dazed and bemused. Huzzah!

TK

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Eleven started the walk, three deviants, one casualty, eleven finished. Tricorder said 5.5 miles (?) in 2 hours 10 mins. Three more joined in the pub.


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