QH3 Run 898. The Willowbrook, Gedling

RUN #898

Date : Sunday 20th March 2016
Location: Willowbrook, Gedling
Hare: Butt Plug
Weather: Spring-like sunshine
Pack size: 13

Today was officially the first day of spring. None of this meteorological nonsense of 1st March being the start of spring, simply because meteorologists cannot work in units of time that don't conform to a whole month. And, as we have come to expect, the RA provided us with perfect spring-like sunshine.

Could they go any slower?

We had to go to the top of the hill
 (photo by Lily the Pink)

This had all the ingredients for a 'trail of the year'. Excellent weather, great pub for the On Inn, and a splendidly laid route (marginally over the perfect 5 miles). A right catawampus of a trail as it wound its way about the newly evolving Gedling Country Park (see GPS trace below). False trails from checks were numerous. One notable B*gger of a check had 8 false trails.
There was plenty of RA abuse and other misdemeanors during the r*n which I personally made sure the RA didn't miss. One of the more notable was Wallington's shortcut that actually added another 200m to his trail. We had done some of this trail before but in the dark (reference QH3 run 846) so it was nice to be able to see where we were going and got a great view of Nottinghamshire and beyond from the top of the hill. The hare (Butt Plug) always likes to have a lot of elevation change in his trails.



We were able to sit outside the Willowbrook enjoying the sunshine and that's where we held the circle. Awards went to:
1. Lincolnshire Sausage for cruelty to trees whilst cycling (hence the broken finger);
2. Malteaser for letting everyone know she was vestless today.
3. Wallington for imitating an off-course aeroplane;
4. Pre-Mature who thought his fall on the home straight had gone unnoticed;

From henceforth, in hashing circles
you will forever be known as
Lily the Pink

5. Durex for acting as hash snitch/dobber;
6. A helpful Too Tuf who had been conducting supervisory checking;
7. Cadi who had run from N Bridgford to Gedling in training for an ultra-run and finally got named today as Lily the Pink;
8. Barritone for old shoes, he didn't even get them replaced as a Christmas present;
9. Butt Plug for new shoes;
10. Jelly Knob, another hasher taking r*nning too seriously preparing for a 50 mile charity event;
11. Hare (Butt Plug) for a good run that still needed a vote to get 42%. The run discussion led to a tirade of puns, naturally led by Diarrhoea (pits of a run, lots of miner comments, etc...);
12. Finally, two NODDY's Butcher's Dog and Diarrhoea.

New shoes receiving a proper hash christening
(Photo by Jamie (NHN) Winch)

That's the way I saw our 898th hash trail, On On..... Durex 

Trail as done by Durex