RUN #824
Date: Monday 24th February 2014
Location: Hop Pole, Beeston
Hares: Rasher and Eager Beaver
Weather: Dry and dark
Pack size: 15
The first challenge of this hash was to park the car in the building site which is Beeston. With the tram line passing the Hop Pole's front door we were advised to park in the public car park in the town centre opposite the Last Post. The jog to the pub added another 8 minutes to the hash trail, a significant effort for many of the hashers. Getting back from my shortened trail, 35 mins before everyone else, I did actually move the car into the pub's car park. Really quite easy if you approached the pub from the west and followed a dedicated road sign that said "access to the Hop Pole only". Directional instructions that were obviously too challenging for the majority of hashers who arrived by car.
It was a welcome back for hares (Rasher and Eager Beaver) for their first hash in more than a year. They obviously hadn't forgotten how to set a good trail and were awarded a standard 42% in the trail discussion. Captain Oates (or should that now be SCROates?) and the Artless Dodger arrived late but the checks worked well and they were soon able to catch the pack despite the former's lack of a torch to guide his way. There was a rumour that his water bottle did glow in the dark. Swings both ways, also a welcome back after more than two years absence, didn't have a torch either and shadowed Malteaser for much of the trail. Easily done without much effort.
We witnessed a miracle, or was it just the effects of the National Camra beer festival Barritone attended last week? A week ago (see Run #823) we reported Barritone's substantial knee injuries. Today he was up there leading the pack. He drank lots of beer during the week and I didn't, and I'm still unable to run. We must do more controlled experiments into this curative effect of beer.
There was a competitive element to this trail. Diarrhoea was observed casually walking around the first bit but was then seen steaming along at the end and was heard to utter those most heinous words "I won". Captain Oates was also out to break new records, the vinyl sort. For some reason old vinyl LPs have now become part of the Beer Master's equipment.
Too Tuf was appointed RA for the evening, obviously too late to have a detrimental effect on the weather. DDs were awarded for above mentioned sins. Eager Beaver received a lot of abuse from the RA who, during the course of the circle, compared her to a younger Bruce Forsyth and Jamie Lee Curtis (nothing wrong with that!). When a lookie-likie had to be nominated to take the co-hares DD, Butcher's Dog suggested hash hound Freya with glasses, but the obvious choice was Chicki.
Rasher and Eager Beaver were thanked for a good Monday night trail.
and that's the way I saw it (or others reported it) .....
ON ON
Durex
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| Trail as done by Bugger |
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