The Peak District is wonderful hashing country, none more so than the area to the north of Bakewell. Today we returned to the White Lion in Great Longstone, a long journey for some, especially with the thermometer down at -5°C. Some wimps and wussies never made it. However, seven hardy hashers turned up for Crooked Squire's maiden trail, tutored by Wheelchair and Flying Bottom. Make that six, Totem Pole was only heard but not seen on the trail. Kama Sutra was a newcomer to AH4, a bit different to hashing in Mexico! Some Swiss hash markings crept into the trail, “F” being used to mark the end of false trails. Malteaser interpreted the first “F” she came across as an arrow and headed off northwards on the Monsal Trail undisturbed, and obviously unaware, that nobody was following her for the next half mile. She was my driver home so I had an interest in making sure she didn’t get too lost. It took a while to catch up with Horse’s Arse, RA and FRB.
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| Horse's Arse and Malteaser Run 29 |
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| A cold beer stop up on Longstone Edge |
Up and up we went to Longstone Edge, a beer stop after four miles. Beer AND cake stop – gets my vote for a good run. It was cold, and got colder as we ran onto the snow on Longstone Moor (391m). What goes up has to come down. The ON IN was a long down hill trail, frost-hard ground tough on aging knees and backs. A seven mile hash, with several shortcut options, and this was the way I did it, long of course. AH4 Run 29.
RA got a quick circle done before the White Lion served up some of its lovely food. Right on schedule the snow started to fall, early afternoon. And so ended part 1 of our hashy weekend – ON ON to the QH3 awards night in Nottingham…..
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