QH3 Run 884. King William IV, Sneinton, Nottingham

RUN #884

Date : Monday 26th October 2015
Location: King William IV, Sneinton
Hares: Too Tuf and Chicki
Weather: Dark, Dry and Mild
Pack size: 5

The King William IV is an excellent real ale pub with friendly atmosphere well situated in Nottingham with good public transport access. This, along with the fact that it was a mild dry evening, might give rise to the expectation of a reasonably sized pack. Alas just five, and two of those were the hares. 
This evening's theme was red and the entire pack was kitted out in red. A homage to the red dress event usually held at the end of October. The traffic lights joined in with the spirit of the event and the first five sets were on red when we arrived at road crossings.
Most checks had more false trails than there were hounds so Butt Plug, Malteaser and myself had to work hard at all the checks. We did actually move around the trail with surprising speed especially as flour was difficult to see in the dark amongst (or even under) leaves or distinguish from goose poo. It always takes a while for the hash to adjust to the autumn/winter dark and urban running mode.
I did actually find a car key in the leaves on the pavement along the Embankment - anyone doing an internet search on 'lost Honda car key Nottingham' and you've found this blog - I placed the key beside the tree where you dropped it.
A quick well-formed circle was held inside the King William led by RA Chicki. The first award went to Butt Plug who had been observed getting most of the checks wrong. This was attributed to the fact that Durex was out in front getting them all right and someone has to be left to check the false trails. So I got the second DD for being on 'A' team checking duty. Malteaser got the third DD for expressing interest in the claim of the gym we passed on the way in about 'cracking walnuts'. The two hares completed the proceedings with DDs for a good run. Apart from the red theme it was an evening of fives - five hashers, trail of exactly five miles and 5.00% for the run score.

On On..Durex

Trail as run by Durex