{"id":318,"date":"2010-11-19T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T14:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.osmingtonwhitehorse.info\/?p=318"},"modified":"2011-09-25T11:48:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T11:48:57","slug":"chris-19th-november-the-last-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.osmingtonwhitehorse.info\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Chris \u2013 19th November 2010 \u2013 The last bag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
I ran up the Horse today. Well nearly ran \u2013 and wouldn\u2019t you if you had just been offered a lift down in the helicopter? A chance for a video I thought as I gasped and panted my way up the hill after Dave (the hooker-on) had made the kind invitation. As we headed for the door, bending low in the down draught, I vaguely remembered watching Anika Rice doing the same thing all those years ago \u2013 only she was a lot more elegant!The team had been in action since 0900 hrs and when I arrived on the Horse there were only a few bags to go. We could see a real squall of rain out over the bay, but it wasn\u2019t too bad on the hill.\u00a0 At about 1120 hrs I snapped the last bag being lifted and the job was done \u2013 just as the rain arrived.<\/p>\n

As I strapped myself into the helicopter, the rain really hissed down and the view for my 60 second journey was largely obliterated. I did take a little video \u2013 but I suspect that the sound of my breathing will drown out the helicopter!<\/p>\n

After the two minute run-down, the blades stopped and I emerged from my first ever helicopter ride.\u00a0 I took a couple of photos and then Dave suggested taking one of me with Wes, the pilot. Apparently folk like to be photographed with the pilot! It was when I was taking another of the three of them, that he mentioned the rainbow \u2013 which I had not even noticed. Now what are the chances of a perfect rainbow within minutes of the last bag of scalpings being removed?<\/p>\n

More photos then \u2013 but sadly I missed the moment when I am convinced that I saw the Horse wink\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/td>\n

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