Run No: 253
Date: Monday 14th July 2014
Location: The Chequers Inn, Ticknall (DE73 7JH)
Hares: B*gger & Goblin
Weather: Dry but threatening rain
Pack size: 18
The Chequers Inn, Ticknall is becoming a popular venue for hashing in the East Midlands and the Mickleover Hash returned here for the second time this year. The On Inn remains the same but we have managed many different trails from here and Run 253 was probably the best one yet (see trail GPS map below).
After a week of good summer weather rain was forecast. It was already in the air when we departed at 19:15 but fortunately this never came to anything and we went around the trail in warm dry conditions. Hounds reported a total trail distance of anything between 6 to 7.5 miles though nobody ever knows how far the walkers go - they're the kind of people that don't really care for measuring how far they've exerted themselves. Indeed Lionel was awarded a DD for trying to cut short the walkers route. Lightening Rod and Diarrhoea were officially acknowledged as the day's SCBs though with a good twisting hash trail there was plenty of scope for everyone to shortcut, should the need arise. Except of course for Ballcrusher who was an exemplary hasher and refused to cross bars which resulted in a DD for good behaviour.
Butcher's Dog must have run several miles further than anyone else including one particular false trail twice in response to the hare's question 'Why is Butcher's Dog coming back?' The correct response should have been because there is no flour on that trail but most of the hash took this as a indication that this was indeed the correct trail. A consequence of this was I found myself at the back of the pack with Gobalot and then being led on a tour of the Ticknall archaeological pottery dig.
Ticknall apparently had a thriving pottery industry in the 1530s and Gobalot had a specimen of pottery to show to the circle. This information fell on the deaf ears of more than one hasher and Gobalot had to be given a DD to shut her up.
Pigeon Hole was back amongst us and entertained us with his quick-fire jokes all evening. He got a welcome back DD, or was it a wishful farewell given the standard of the jokes - I still don't understand the Alex Ferguson one.
Pigeon Hole's continued witticisms triggered a memory in Wallington's brain of a Shepshed runner doing the London marathon in 1990, an irrelevance that got him a DD.
"I am just going outside and may be some time." With these words, Antarctic explorer Capt Lawrence Oates set out to meet his death 100 years ago, aged 31, and entered the history books.
Our very own Captain Oates was indeed out for some time, even Seaman Stains walked the whole hash trail faster than Captain Oates ran(?) it. Hares get bonus points for losing Captain Oates, and he gets a DD.
It was a foregone conclusion that the hares (B*gger and Goblin) would be awarded a 'good run', clinched with Goblin's trademark shortcake feet. The trail was a long one but nice to be out around the Foremark Reservoir running along good off-road paths. There's some good hash trails to be done in the National Forest, too bad there aren't many On Inns to start from.
That's the way I saw it.....On On...Durex
After a week of good summer weather rain was forecast. It was already in the air when we departed at 19:15 but fortunately this never came to anything and we went around the trail in warm dry conditions. Hounds reported a total trail distance of anything between 6 to 7.5 miles though nobody ever knows how far the walkers go - they're the kind of people that don't really care for measuring how far they've exerted themselves. Indeed Lionel was awarded a DD for trying to cut short the walkers route. Lightening Rod and Diarrhoea were officially acknowledged as the day's SCBs though with a good twisting hash trail there was plenty of scope for everyone to shortcut, should the need arise. Except of course for Ballcrusher who was an exemplary hasher and refused to cross bars which resulted in a DD for good behaviour.
Butcher's Dog must have run several miles further than anyone else including one particular false trail twice in response to the hare's question 'Why is Butcher's Dog coming back?' The correct response should have been because there is no flour on that trail but most of the hash took this as a indication that this was indeed the correct trail. A consequence of this was I found myself at the back of the pack with Gobalot and then being led on a tour of the Ticknall archaeological pottery dig.
Ticknall apparently had a thriving pottery industry in the 1530s and Gobalot had a specimen of pottery to show to the circle. This information fell on the deaf ears of more than one hasher and Gobalot had to be given a DD to shut her up.
Pigeon Hole was back amongst us and entertained us with his quick-fire jokes all evening. He got a welcome back DD, or was it a wishful farewell given the standard of the jokes - I still don't understand the Alex Ferguson one.
Pigeon Hole's continued witticisms triggered a memory in Wallington's brain of a Shepshed runner doing the London marathon in 1990, an irrelevance that got him a DD.
"I am just going outside and may be some time." With these words, Antarctic explorer Capt Lawrence Oates set out to meet his death 100 years ago, aged 31, and entered the history books.
Our very own Captain Oates was indeed out for some time, even Seaman Stains walked the whole hash trail faster than Captain Oates ran(?) it. Hares get bonus points for losing Captain Oates, and he gets a DD.
It was a foregone conclusion that the hares (B*gger and Goblin) would be awarded a 'good run', clinched with Goblin's trademark shortcake feet. The trail was a long one but nice to be out around the Foremark Reservoir running along good off-road paths. There's some good hash trails to be done in the National Forest, too bad there aren't many On Inns to start from.
That's the way I saw it.....On On...Durex
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| Trail as done by Durex |
Were you the RA? Because that map definitely shows you walked on water!
ReplyDeleteMy RA abilities have been known for some time! Shows you how much better Google maps are than Bing's.
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