ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON A HASH ...

Nearly an hour into the hash from the Bridford Inn and I came across one of many latched gates.  You have to press down on the latch and pull or push to open the gate.  This was a pull towards me and it seemed to be stuck so I gave it an almighty heave and then found myself on my back on the ground with the gate post on top of me!  On closer inspection, the post had seemingly rotted away at the base.  Either that or someone was out to get Bluebird!  For safety reasons, we left the post on the ground in case someone else befell the same fate.