Date: Monday 31st March 2014
Location: JC's Bar, Loughborough University
Hares: Captain Oates and Artless Dodger
Weather: Very mild holding off heavy rain showers
Pack size: 14
Captain Oates has set a very high bar with his haring to-date, so expectations for an 'interesting' run were high, especially as the Artless Dodger made up this laying team with his maiden QH3 trail. We were back to Loughborough Uni for the first time in 20 years (last used run # 130) therefore unfamiliar ground for most. The On Inn was at JC's bar, named in honour of John Cooper, a distinguished Loughborough athlete who won two silver medals at the 1964 Tokoyo Olympics. A fitting location for the athletic bunch of 14 hashers who turned up for this evening's entertainment.
As you all know, there are no rules on the hash (Rule No. 1). So I guess the facts that this trail had: no parking, no dogs in bar, no draught beer and no sheep will soon be forgotten, except perhaps by the 2014 Hash Awards committee. We will remember it for its length (see below, Bugger recorded 7.3 miles and it is rumoured we didn't do all the trail), the trip up and down a listed tower block (Towers Hall), a beer stop and a run around the Loughborough running track.
Not that I saw most of the trail. An initial burst of 'front walking' happened just after the On Out, simply because we'd seen the flour trail along the Ashby Road as we had driven in. Only Swings both Ways had the courage to follow me, just managing to squeeze in this March trail to fulfil his tenancy agreement to run at least two hashes a month. A smart short-cut saw me doing another stretch of 'front walking' which unfortunately led to my nomination as 'hash doorstop' whilst I waited for most hashers (apologies to Butt Plug and Bugger) to enter Towers Hall.
We had started late waiting for Barritone to tie up his trusty steed. By 20:15 my back had had enough and I headed back to JCs to sit on my own waiting another hour for the pack to return. I received the occasional telephone updates from Malteaser as to where everyone was. Other memories from the trail were Chicki questioning why a hash trail needed to go up a 20+ storey tower block; Malteaser and Smutley both calling ON ON in different directions (with the pack wrongly choosing to follow Smutley); Diarrhoea not wearing his grey fleece on the run, and the disappointment on Bugger's face when he found that he had missed the trail to the top of the tower block.
Energy sapped from most, I led the circle with DDs of 'Devil's Wee', lager served so cold that it had no taste. The hares put a lot of time into this trail and were thanked for a 'memorable' hash.
That's the way I saw it,
DUREX
As you all know, there are no rules on the hash (Rule No. 1). So I guess the facts that this trail had: no parking, no dogs in bar, no draught beer and no sheep will soon be forgotten, except perhaps by the 2014 Hash Awards committee. We will remember it for its length (see below, Bugger recorded 7.3 miles and it is rumoured we didn't do all the trail), the trip up and down a listed tower block (Towers Hall), a beer stop and a run around the Loughborough running track.
Not that I saw most of the trail. An initial burst of 'front walking' happened just after the On Out, simply because we'd seen the flour trail along the Ashby Road as we had driven in. Only Swings both Ways had the courage to follow me, just managing to squeeze in this March trail to fulfil his tenancy agreement to run at least two hashes a month. A smart short-cut saw me doing another stretch of 'front walking' which unfortunately led to my nomination as 'hash doorstop' whilst I waited for most hashers (apologies to Butt Plug and Bugger) to enter Towers Hall.
We had started late waiting for Barritone to tie up his trusty steed. By 20:15 my back had had enough and I headed back to JCs to sit on my own waiting another hour for the pack to return. I received the occasional telephone updates from Malteaser as to where everyone was. Other memories from the trail were Chicki questioning why a hash trail needed to go up a 20+ storey tower block; Malteaser and Smutley both calling ON ON in different directions (with the pack wrongly choosing to follow Smutley); Diarrhoea not wearing his grey fleece on the run, and the disappointment on Bugger's face when he found that he had missed the trail to the top of the tower block.
Energy sapped from most, I led the circle with DDs of 'Devil's Wee', lager served so cold that it had no taste. The hares put a lot of time into this trail and were thanked for a 'memorable' hash.
That's the way I saw it,
DUREX
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| Trail as done by Bugger |
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