Report by Peter Coulthard
And a very sociable run it was too, ending quite nicely with a slap-up chippy tea at Coull’s. Just what we needed after burning through those carbs looking for answers and photo opportunities on the treasure hunt.
How lucky were we to have hailstones and rain accompanied by freezing northerly winds throughout the day then, the evening, to be able to “cast a clout now May is almost out” and run the course in our club vests, sans rain gear.
We gathered at the car park, collected our clue sheets, loosely separated into groups to decipher the questions, to which answers were to guide us around the town in search of their physical representations. By the way, apparently “I’m a mammal who hunts using clicks and echoes….. 7 letters” is a dolphin NOT a bat. Well, “vampire” is a type of bat and 7 letters! Oh yeah that’d be Whitby!
Dubious answers hastily scribbled down, the teams set off weaving their way through the town, along the walls and the River Tweed, looking for dolphins, hedgehogs, bears swans etc. Amazing how many swans, whether alive or ornamental, you can find in Berwick!
5 miles and back to the chippy just beating the rain. The Borders weather gods smiling down on us smiling runners for a change.
Lovely night out and thank you Berwick Striders.
Wooler Running Club 