QH3 Run 890. The Boat, Lenton, Nottingham

RUN #890

Date : Monday 28th December 2015
Location: The Boat, Lenton, Nottingham 
Hares: Butcher's Dog and Sausage
Weather: Mild and dry
Pack size: 15


What a difference a year makes. Butcher's Dog set the last trail of 2014 on snow and ice, this evening was dry and mild.

It was a good pack size for this time of year, swelled by the presence of the five returning Hoveringham r*nners. The QH3 had run from this excellent real ale pub only once before in April 2010 (Too Tuf and Chicki hares). Today's hares (Butcher's Dog and Sausage) laid a well planned route that joined up parts of Nottingham with some good off-road paths including the University campus, The Park and along the canal from Castle Marina.

From henceforth you will be
known as 'Premature'

The circle was led by RA Chicki, inspired by Christmas, she commenced with the carol 'Good King Wenceslas' but with words appropriate to QH3 for which she was suitably rewarded by the first DD. Malteaser received the second DD after being observed arriving at the On Inn from the wrong direction. Next came one of the Hoveringham r*nners Chris. His eagerness to do checking had been noted. Unfortunately, he was also too eager to do his DD and went too soon. This earned him his hashname of Premature. Whilst in the mood for naming, Allison on her 2nd QH3 trail showed some confusion on the trail as to the whereabouts of someone's home, she will henceforth be known as Slug. Complaints about the name subsided when we pointed out that we could change the vowel for another one.

...and you will be known as 'Slug'

Butt Plug was unusually sober for this time on a bank holiday and received a softie DD. Trianal got his usual DD for disappearing for long periods of time. He claimed this was just because he was a long way in front. We thought it might have been because, although completing the whole trail and probably a lot more, it was probably not in the same order as everyone else. Too Tuf was rewarded for having the only Christmas Hash T-shirt, and  the oldest one on today's hash. The RA usually distributes lots of DDs and never gets many herself. Well tonight she deservedly got two, the second for raising the water levels in the Trent-Mersey Canal. That's what happens when you arrive at the On Inn more than an hour before the trail starts and you're forced to drink several pints of beer before you run instead of listening to the Archers.

The run discussion covered many points including, feeble gas lights in The Park, no sheep, no snow, not losing Captain Oates (well to be fair he wasn't on the hash tonight) and the fact that it was the perfect 5 miles in length. The verdict went to a secret ballot which may have resulted in a score of 45% though anything with a '5' in it seemed acceptable. Thanks to Butcher's Dog and Lincolnshire Sausage for an excellent trail and much needed post Christmas exercise.

NODDYs (Not Offered Down Down Yet) were sought to mop up the final dregs of beer. These went to myself for the image created to advertise this run and the final DD of the hash year went to Phil, driver for the Hoveringham five.

So ends our hashing year On On into 2016 .....Durex

Trail as run by Durex