MH3 Run 262. The Railway, Sawley

MH3 Run 262
Date: Monday 13th April 2015
Location: The Railway, Sawley (NG10 3AP)
Hares: B*gger and Goblin
Weather: Warm spring evening
Pack size: 10

B*gger reports:

A motley bunch of hashers assembled on outside the Railway Inn on warm Spring evening, Ballcrusher, Butcher's Dog, Beer & Loathing, Seaman Stains, Spike and K2, Lionel and Dobber, with the hares B*gg*r and Goblin. Things didn’t start off well, with the pack disappearing in all directions except the right one at the first check before Seaman Stains sniffed out the correct route out of the estate and into the fields towards the River.  Butcher's Dog had to run a good ¼ mile before calling on along the flood bank at the next check, due to the trail being scrubbed out, even though the flour had been on the ground less than 3 hours. Past the farm, along the edge of golf course, the straight trail allowing Butcher's get some speed up, hence by the check on the canal she had disappeared along the tow path towards town.   

The trail actually crossed the fields towards the railway (virgin territory), with the hares offering some guidance, so that the pack could try to catch the front runners up.   However, apart from Butcher's, everyone else was actually behind – a long way behind for some, having gone off trail for a visit to Trent Lock.  At the point when hare decided that hashers were lost, Ballcrusher appeared up the trail and at the point when the hare decided he needed to go back to look for the other lost hound, Beer & Loathing appeared.

The trail followed the streets through the back streets of Long Eaton until a check – the flour highlighting the dog sh*t (with 8 false trails) had Butcher's stumped – she had ran all 8 falsies for quite a distance but only found 2 blobs in any direction.  The hare gave a big hint to Spike who found the correct trail slightly back up the trail, much to Butcher’s disgust.  

More streets, more checks around dog sh*t, the pack found themselves on the edge of Long Eaton ‘bustling’ town centre.   To get to West Park from the town centre, there is a footbridge over the canal from Broad Street.  The check at the foot of the bridge in the park, sent the FRBs different directions along the tarmac paths of the park, B&L getting the record for going further than Butcher's Dog in the wrong direction.  K2 found the trail going into the nature reserve next to the canal, then picking up the flood bank, care was needed here crossing a nasty strip of concrete before acheck at the end of the flood bank sent the entire pack looking for the trail in all directions across the sport fields.  At Wilsthorpe Road, the trail went back to the ‘Twitchells’ (a local word for alleys) for the route back to Sawley, passing the house just before the railway with the Blue Plaque on the wall, proudly announcing that   ‘On this site, on 17th September 1792, nothing happened’.

Back at the Railway Inn, where the house beer ‘Sawley’ was going down very well, a short circle was conducted by Dobber in the bar.  DDs were awarded to Beer & Loathing & Ballcrusher for getting lost, Butcher’s for being found wanting, Seaman Stains for being an FRB, Lionel for the usual and the hares for another good run from the Railway.

Trail as done by hare