Varibobi
(North-West of Athens)

- APRIL FOOL'S DAY RUN -

Run 1779 (Sunday 1st April 2012)

Hare: Mountain Goat

Photographer: Mad Dog

 

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The starting point (The Fountain): 38° 09' 48.83" N, 23° 47' 22.30" E

Altitude: ..... metres above sea level

From 2.5 km up

Note: The straight lines indicate where the GPS lost signal and just connect the last and next known points.

 

From 8.9 km up

 

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Stables and garages on the former Tatoi royal estate

 

One of the many derelict houses in the area surrounding the ex-royal summer palace

 

Another abandoned building. Fair Cop stands in the doorway.

 

Mad Dog

 

The rear of the Summer Palace

 

Rear Entry at the front of the palace

 

Mad Dog poses too.

 

Empty pool in the grotto

 

Mad Dog and the lion's head (both looking the worse for wear)

 

The royal swimming pool

 

View of the front of the palace through the trees

 

We meet up with the walkers - Formosa Flyer and Doggy Style

 

Mountain Goat the hare poses by one of his checks

 

We come across an old metal trunk in the royal grounds -
- but unfortunately no treasure inside.

 

Mountain Goat's challenging bit

 

Brambles, thorns and prickly creepers tear at our flesh and clothes

 

Is this the end of it?

 

Not quite! Crouching low helps to avoid the worst of it.

We are working our way up to the road.

 

Finally onto clear ground

 

On down!

 

Wild woodland

 

On On!

 

Mountain Goat emerges from the bushes

 

The beer is getting nearer...

 

The On In

 

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Hashers gather for the circle

 

The hare's down-down - with an April Fool's pine cone in the beer

 

Fair Cop presents Mountain Goat with a hare's necklace (kindly made by Rocket Socket)

 

Good trail! MG

 

Rear Entry

 

A group photo during the circle

 

Fair Cop & Formosa Flyer

 

Wet Dream

 

Doggy Style

 

Rear Entry explains next week's run in Glyfada

 

Mad Dog tells a joke

 

Down Down Down !

 

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The Lambros taverna - A little further up the road on the right.

No menu to see prices - prices seem to have increased at 16.50 euro each

 

NOTES To save a photo to your disk drive: - Internet Explorer - Netscape Navigator - Opera - (1) Right-click your mouse on the photo (2) A menu appears (3) Click on "Save Picture As" (or "Save Image") (4) Pull-down the "Save In" menu (click the down-arrow) (5) Double-click on a disk drive letter (to choose a drive) (6) Double click on a directory icon (if applicable) (7) Type in a File name of your choice for the picture (8) Click Save To send the photo by e-mail as an attachment: - Outlook Express - (1) Click the "Create Mail" button to start a new e-mail (2) Click Insert > File Attachment (3) Pull-down the "Look In" menu (click the down arrow) (4) Double-click on a disk drive letter (to choose the drive) (5) Double click on a directory icon (if applicable) (6) Click on the photo file name to highlight it (7) Click "Attach" to attach the photo to the e-mail                                                                         MD Feb. 2006

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