OK, so 8 weeks is quite a long time to write up a hash report, I accept that, and I understand Bitter is on the warpath (scary).

There are however some mitigating circumstances i'd like to offer in my defence. Firstly, the r*n being held on Christmas Eve, which is quite a busy day for a father of 3 young uns', not to mention the following few days. Secondly, the depth of shiggy down by the riverside with one young un on my shoulders for a few miles made recovery slightly longer. Thirdly, and most importantly, the busy christmas period plus the depth of shiggy down by the riverside meant that by the 28th I had full Australian Flu and couldn't lift an arm for weeks and was, along with the rest of the country, having wild hallucinations - mine were about a bunch of mad elves running in deep wet mud by a riverside somewhere.

So, after all these mitigating factors, I hope you will forgive me for the delay. Sadly though I can't remember much more about it due to my severe illness and so have had to call in some witnesses:

Smartie:

'It was quite long and it was very good and i enjoyed it, especially going over a high bridge over the railway. I also liked everyone bringing their hats and christmas jumpers and the winners hat was homemade and much better than the rest'

Jelly Tot:

'It was quite long and I think it was a very good one for people that like running a lot. I also think that it was very flat, wait no not that it was very flat, it was more a bit flat and bumpy but a very good route. The biscuits were very nice and lots of people fell over - I fell over twice and hurt myself on barbed wire and a tree root. Baldbrick wore a quite silly elf suit.

Midget Gem:

'Errrrm. I liked going at the side of the path where the cars were and I really liked the bridge. That's all'.