QH3 RUN #882
Date: Sunday 4th October 2015 (11:00)
Hares: B*gger and Goblin
Weather: Lovely
Pack size: 8
This was an eventful hash, the kind that will stick in the memory and no doubt receive a nomination for trail of the year. It was a well laid trail in countryside that we haven't hashed in for a long while. Some highlights of today's hash:
1. Malteaser missed it because she was attending the National Fireworks Championships with Skids in Southport.
2. Sticking to this theme, there were two guys hanging around a large bonfire in the pub car park, looking like hashers. They didn't do the trail - their time will come next month!
3. The trail passed through the Snibston No 3 mining area and down the Swannington Incline, all well documented in signs by the Swannington Heritage Trust. Hashing can be a cultural experience too.
4. One hare (B*gger) suffered injury on the run (twisted ankle) whilst the other (Goblin) got lost whilst looking for a short-cutting Wallington. A good trail is one that loses Captain Oates but to lose a hare!!!....
5. The pack got split in two on Limby Hall Lane when a gigantic potato harvesting machine blocked the road in the middle of a check.
6. Another incident of white powder poisoning dog. A dog owner reckoned it'll cost him £600 to have his dog's stomach pumped out after the dog ate some of our trail flour. I can see we have to do more to educate the public, I feel a blog devoted to this subjected coming on.
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| Today's trail was a cultural experience of Swannington's industrial past |
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| Hounds checking left on Limby Hall Lane got trapped the wrong side of this gigantic potato harvester trundling along the trail even slower than Chicki |
The circle was somewhat delayed as Goblin was out looking for Wallington (who was actually the first one back to the On Inn). Then B*gger, Wallington and Butt Plug went of the look for Goblin who was never seriously lost, just puzzled by other hares' change of plan at the end to use the same route in as we used out.
When the circle got going the return of the A-team for checking duties was duly acknowledged. Durex's obsessive checking, even doing false trails after they'd already been checked, was rewarded. No surprise that this 5-mile trail turned out to be 6.8 miles for Durex. The circle delay was dealt with by punishing Wallington, who precipitated the loss of one of the hares by his short-cutting near the end of the trail, and rewarding Butt Plug who coordinated the search. The hares were thanked for an excellent trail, placed higher on the list of nominations for trail of the year thanks to those scrumptious nutty shortcake feet and blackberry pie made by Goblin. How can nuts accidentally fall in?
The final DD went to Too Tuf who was seen wearing the oldest T-shirt at today's hash. I'm going to have to get to the bottom of my wardrobe to get back to the 1980s.
...On On...Durex
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