WFL
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XC was horrible. No problem over all the big technical fences, but spat his dummy out at 3 of the small simple fences and did his usual run out and run about trick. Unfortuantely when he did this at fence 14, he ran through some thick trees and put us both face down in a ditch. Amazingly he did not have a scratch on him. I have whiplash, but still finished the course in my new XC colours of navy, yellow and my own claret.
I was not impressed with the organisation at all. The XC controller, XC commentator and paramedic were the same person. I took what I thought was the right blind gap through a hedge from fence 6 to 7 (it was right in front of 7) and ran through a white nylon tape cleverly placed across it. Luckily it popped off or we'd have both been floored.
On the way home in the lorry (him amazingly without a mark on him, so far), he pulled a a back shoe half off and cut the opposite coronet with 1 of the nails.
I was not impressed with the organisation at all. The XC controller, XC commentator and paramedic were the same person. I took what I thought was the right blind gap through a hedge from fence 6 to 7 (it was right in front of 7) and ran through a white nylon tape cleverly placed across it. Luckily it popped off or we'd have both been floored.
On the way home in the lorry (him amazingly without a mark on him, so far), he pulled a a back shoe half off and cut the opposite coronet with 1 of the nails.
