QH3 Run 832 The Burnt Stump, Arnold, Nottingham

RUN #832
Date: Sunday 18th May 2014
Location: The Burnt Stump, Arnold, Nottingham (NG5 8PQ)
Hare:Butt Plug
Weather: Sunny and hottest day of the year so far (23ºC).
Pack size: 22

One month of the 'new' Mismanagement Committee and most are performing to expectation. Grand Master missing a rare trail due to more important activities, beer mistress yet again forgot the dispensing eqipment and the web-master failed to update the web site. Hot Air compared the web site to a dogging site - trying to keep the location secret until the latest possible moment. She later described part of the trail to a SAS assault course making us wonder just what she gets up to in her spare time.
Only the RA Butt Plug seemed to be functioning correctly with splendid weather organised. Well if you can't organise good weather for your own hash then there is little hope.
There was a good sized pack, the largest of the year so far, swelled by

Debriefs doing the 'SAS assault course' decent

visiting hashers and newcomers associated with Slack Bladder. The trail itself wound around a small part of Sherwood Forest, was short in length but had some excellent checks, including an interesting descent down a steep embankment and back up again.

A cool leafy check in Sherwood Forest

There was also some new hash markings. The first was a big question mark near the end which indicated the pack could choose the way back, either straight down the road or back along the On Out trail. This could set an interesting precedent. How long before a hare just puts a big question mark at the start of the trail? The second was personalised directional arrows, in this instance directing Skids back to the On Inn. Just imagine being able to tell individual hashers where to go!
The RA (being the hare) was replaced  by Curate Captain Oates who without notes led the circle commencing with 5 visitors, two of whom Barbie and Barberella were clearly experienced hashers from Devon. Matt was given a further DD for being an FRB. Other DDs were given to: Hot Air (for implying she knew what an SAS assault course was like); Skids for having personalised hash marking; Malteaser for forgetting the Beer Master's equipment again; Captain Oates for spending a day's wages on getting a taxi part-way to the hash; and Barritone for suggesting the 'What Muff comparison site' as being how Butt Plug found the seller of his new car.

Sam, who forever in the world of hashing,
will now be known as Debriefed

Sam finally got named today. Nominations were 'Silent Witness', 'Silent Wetness' and 'Debriefed', the latter getting the popular vote so Debriefed was formally named. The Curate's hat was also christened with beer (too bad it was Diarrhoea's) when it was pointed out that no hats were allowed inside the circle. The Curate was too much of a novice to invoke hash rule 5(b) and bring Too Tuf in for false accusation.
The hare was thanked for a good run awarded, by secret ballot, 42%.

Trail as done by Durex