MacRitchie, Monkeys and Medics

Went for one of the last long runs at MacRitchie over the weekend. It was an unusually crowded day. I think a lot of people were out and about as the weather was pretty cooling. The missus and the kids joined me as they wanted to see the Monkeys at MacRitchie. I took the loop track round the reservoir, along the track at the back as I was running in, came across a small scene where someone had fainted or had heat stroke. A lot of people were gathering round him, he was about a kilometre from the exit of the track. The guy was just lying there and people were trying to make him comfortable, he was not moving from what I see, someone had already called for help it seems. As I continued on my way, came across the paramedic's, all 3 of them, quite poor thing they had to track in all the way to get to him with their gear, and they had parked their ambulance at the cafe area, so basically they had to trek up the slope, walk round the back area where the kayaks were and then head into the track for 1 kilometre or so. They look exhausted. At the cafe area where I went to meet the missus, there was a patrol car and 2 policemen were making their way in and asking for directions, I told them where the guy was. Soon a Red Rhino could be seen and heard. I have no idea why they decided to park the vehicle at the other end of the compound in the car park when the ambulance and police cars were parked near the cafe area. I think they were walking all over the place and was lost. Finally they came to the cafe got the correct directions and made their way in. The really puzzling thing was I think they knew that a person had fainted or something like that but the 4 SCDF personnel who went in did not seem to carry anything except one of them was carrying a portable fire extinguisher, a small one not those big ones. I still can't figure out what he wanted to do with that !!

Well in the end the Monkeys did not really make their appearance just some small ones and they were quite far off, it was disappointing for the family. So we took a drive to Pierce Reservoir where there was sure to be Monkeys. Nigel was fascinated with them. Little Natalie on the other hand went to sleep and was not really into the Monkey Business.