QH3 Run 772, The Plough, Ashby de la Zouch. 16/09/2012

Run No: 772
Venue: The Plough Inn, Ashby de la Zouch
Hare: Bugger
Weather: Good enough for Too Tuf not to be RA

At 11:00 there was the hare, Goblin, myself and Malteaser wondering whether this was going to be it for today's run. Then Butt Plug arrived (he was rumoured to be in Spain) transporting the carless Too Tuf, Chicki and Freya. So a well formed circle was able to assemble on the narrow pavement outside the cake shop next to the Plough. Bugger announced there would be fourteen checks on this trail, so there was my challenge for the day - to count them all.
Malteaser provided the first suprise of the day whipping off an undergarment, with one arm in plaster and without anyone noticing, claiming it was too hot. Check 3 was the first one I got correct but was alarmed to see both Malteaser and Chicki running off in a different direction in response to my call ON ON. Distracted myself, and not even at a check, a missed the path to the right and found myself going from front to back in one easy misdirection. Well it was a small pack. At Check 8 I followed the obvious false trail across the bridge over the A511. Too Tuf urging from a distance that I check further whilst the rest of the pack made little progress. It took Goblin with a little local knowledge to find an obvious trail, but with a well hidden entrance, along the south side of the main road. Check 10 also held the pack up well, Butt Plug going a long false trail in completely the wrong direction whilst I went uphill unfortunately on the wrong side of the hedge. I for once started to get checks right, and from Checks 11- 14 the rest of the pack disappeared from the rear view mirror. Back at the ON INN I had time to change and write the first part of this blogg before a diappointed Chicki arrived thinking she was the first one back.
Wallington was sat in the Plough eating his Sunday lunch and Goblin produced a wonderful cake made earlier in the morning with the flour left over from the run. It was a birthday cake for the continuing Chicki special birthday celebrations and much enjoyed by all. In the circle led by Butt Plug there were DDs for:
1: Durex for competitive retirement;
2: Butt Plug for confessing to not knowing where his phone was whilst using it;
3: Goblin for an excellent cake;
4: Chicki for  being Chicki; and
5: The Hare Bugger, for an excellent run.

The run had 14 checks in exactly 6 miles (as run by me - RUN 772). That's one check every 0.43 miles or one check every 0.36 miles if you didn't run any false trails and only did 5 miles. Excellent beer, cake and run. Lots of new hash trail, must be a candidate for hash of the year, any run with cake gets my vote!