QH3 Run 771, The Cricketers, Leamington Spa. 02/09/2012

Venue: The Cricketers, Leamington Spa

Hare: Too Tuf and Chicki

Weather: Good

Date: Sunday 2nd September 2012

This was the end of a week of birthday celebrations for Chicki, with the third QH3 in a row laid by this hashing couple, set in Leamington Spa, the location of the previous night’s birthday party. As a special concession to Chicki we set off 15 minutes late – Chicki time – following the hares that had left laying the trail a mere 20 minutes before. The pack smelt blood.

A remarkably large pack for a Quorn hash (20) set off in pursuit of the hares, including a subgroup of 11 walkers, party left-overs from the night before. We even had the RA (Rasher) making his first appearance since being elected to this role in April. Leamington has some lovely parks, a river and a canal and the hares joined these up to make a excellent trail. Not surprisingly, with Eager Beaver and Rasher present, the pack moved at speed with myself, Smutley, Clementine, Silent Pants and even Wimpy all taking turns in checking duty. Finally, along the canal, about 1 mile from home, I spotted the hares and got within one flour blob of them on a check. Being the sporting gent that I am, I returned to the check point and announced the hares had requested a holding check. This didn’t last long as the pack was baying to catch the hares. A few more checks into the town centre and we’d thought the hares had escaped. They were still laying flour and even put in arrows to help us. Chicki was then spotted darting up a side street, was she a decoy? Don’t be daft, she explained later, how would she find her way back to the pub without TT. So the hares were caught half-a-mile from The Cricketers just as Too Tuf was desperately trying to write the words ON INN. This was the way I did Run 771.

There was a big gap before the walkers arrived. 

Rasher led the circle which concluded that it was a good run, but only after the RA continued to show his many talents with a birthday poem for Chicki tied in with the presentation of some bottles of real ale. 

For Chicki on the occasion of her 50^th Birthday! (by Rasher)

Dear Chicki now a certain time has come

That of floppy tits and saggy bum!

Things may fall off and can get scabby

So we hope this bottle will make you feel less crabby!

We have mentioned now your imminent physical rot

Is that your only problem, well no it’s not!

There is the issue of mental lapses

This makes us laugh when logic collapses.

Tuf often does cruel things to fool her

We hope this bottle makes you feel less old and peculiar.

Oh Chicki have we made you sad

Hold on a bit it’s not all bad

You have your mane of long blond hair

This still makes people stop and stare.

You have fantastic pins so long and leggy

They are great and soooo not smeggy.

So on reflection there is a different story

You at your peak, an age of Golden Glory.

What went unnoticed on this hash, was something that should have made for a double celebration. Too Tuf's 500th run with Quorn H3. Something to be no doubt rewarded on a future occasion. 

Sign above the door at the The Cricketers. Its not true, everyone
left Leamington just as ugly