QH3 Run 837, White Lion, Sawley

RUN #837

Date :Sunday 6th July 2014
Location: White Lion, Sawley (NG10 3AT)
Hare: Barritone
Weather: Beautiful despite Too Tuf being acting RA
Pack size: 13






This was my first missed Quorn Hash of 2014. Shame as it was Barritone's 25th anniversary of hashing and Wallington's 400th run, plus the first trail crossing the 'new' Long Horse Bridge. Thanks to B*gger for the following scribe.

Sunday 6th July, was a busy day on the sporting calendar – Wimbledon final, British F1 and Tour de Yorkshire, however that didn’t stop 13 hashers turning up on a glorious sunny day at the White Lion, Sawley (Derbyshire) including at long last the virgin hasher – ‘Cat’. Local knowledge by B*gg*r – the White Lion used to be his local in the 80’s and Ballcrusher, who lives 3 miles away, ensured that the rest of the pack (mainly Free W*lly) got stuffed with doing some long false trails. 

The trail headed out of the village past the church and along the flood bank to the River Trent, which was then crossed into Leicestershire, then followed upstream to the confluence with the River Derwent and Trent and Mersey Canal. Here the Trent was crossed by the new ‘Long Horse Bridge’ back into Derbyshire before most of the pack managed to safely cross the Trent and Mersey via the lock gates. However, Underlay’s daughter’s dog ‘Temper’ a Staffy, refused point blank to cross the lock gates, resulting in Butt Plug, Underlay and Wallington all returning to the pub the way they had come.

Running along a slightly overgrown path following the lock’s overflow, Cat was heard to ask Debriefed if this is the ‘Urban Jungle’ that the hare had warned about. Having crossed back over the Derwent and the M1, the trail descended into Sawley down the side of the M1 embankment before picking up the real Urban Jungle section of the trail – not helped by disgruntled householders who had washed the flour off the pavement outside their houses.

Back at the pub, Too Tuf, lead the circle (assisted by Hot Air) even though we had both the RA and the curate, who had turned up in time for the circle wearing a shirt & tie. DDs were given to B*gg*r for eating prior to visiting relatives for dinner, Hot Air got most of the Cider she had bought, Goblin got a DD for making cookies in the wrong shape, Free W*lly for various things, the circle was then interrupted by Chicki ripping her clothes off whilst shouting ‘Kill it, Kill it’ in order to extract a very small beetle that briefly landed on her shoulder.

Trail as done by B*gger