QH3 Run 752. Old Colonial, Compton Acres, Nottingham. 27/02/2012

Old Colonial Pub, Compton Acres, Nottingham

More often than not, when Butcher's Dog is the hare, she gets a good soaking whilst laying the trail. Tonight was no exception. The gathering of the pack was preceded by rain, putting off some fair weather hashers, but by the time we got away it was a pleasant and mild evening for February. Even Too Tuf and Chicki made the start.
We were promised a short trail with many checks and that's what we got - often passing over several close checks whilst still in calling distance with the back of the pack. This added interest to the trail, especially when two halves of the hash pack met each other coming from different directions. This bit of double looping gave Silent Pants and Clementine a chance to catch the pack after their slow start. 
Eager Beaver, Bugger and Rasher set the pace, the latter still with fresh legs after a sub-two hour 15 mile Belvoir challange two days before. There was quite a lot about competitiveness and beavers during this hash. The Quorn Hash was honoured by the presence of Mickleover Hashers Dobber and Lionel, definitely non-competitive these two but apparently good at making a Beaver sandwich.
I must have been going really slow as Butt Plug was streamlining me into the ON-INN and Too Tuf was already there in the car park.
The pub was relatively quiet, Shrewsbury vs Crawley on Sky Sports not attracting much of a crowd, so the circle was led indoors by the real RA, Silent Pants - this doesn't often happen. How are we going to replace her? The hare had disappeared by the time we came to the circle so Dobber took the DD as a look-alike (!) and bore the brunt of any hare abuse, of which there was little. Most of the DDs were awarded for competitiveness (except Dobber and Lionel) and, for some reason that now escapes me, these were interspersed by Eager Beaver doing the beaver dance. A new grandson for Durex, born on a hash day, also merited a DD. That's the future of hashing looked after.
This was Clementine's and Silent Pants' last run as resident Quorn Hashers. Lincoln aint too far so we could make the occasional hash out that way. Both have been great supporters of the hash and we wish them well. At least I wont have to struggle to keep up with a bus pass holder anymore!
This was Run 752.