RUN #894
Location: Bricklayers Arms, Thornton
Hare: Wallington
Weather: Sunny spells but cold wind
Pack size: 14
With the previous evening's Awards Night fresh in the mind of the Quorn Hashers, we turned up in Thornton wondering where this trail was going to come in this year's rankings. Steepest, flattest, longest, shortests? Well it was a good entry for the latter category at only 3.7 miles. We saw quite a bit of sunshine but Capt Oates had clearly miscalculated the temperature and brought only a T-shirt.
The hare had promised us a 'live hare' but on completing the trail I saw him arriving by car. He had accidentally turned up to the lay the flour a couple of hours too early and had had time to go home for a shower. I suppose it is an improvement on a previous error when he laid the trail a week too early.
There was a rumour that Wallington doesn't like getting his shoes muddy so we could expect a lot of tarmac. Barritone set the early pace chasing a female runner (who wasn't a hasher) and she got a blast of his horn and cries of 'are you on' at the next check. I'm sure her pace quickened. So much for all that tarmac. The check at our first field was ankle deep shiggy alternating with extremely cold surface water. Sweep Pea and offspring had wisely managed to by-pass this and met the FRBs on Markfield Lane.
From here Butcher's Dog left the pack skidding about the mud and was not seen again until the On Inn. If you do set a live hare when Butcher's Dog is present you do need to put in a few checks to slow her down. It was a very pleasant run around the reservoir but little opportunity for checking. Arriving just behind Sausage, and a long way behind Butcher's Dog, I got back to the On Inn ten minutes before opening time. The pack was indeed well spread out. And did I feel a hint of rain when I arrived back?
RA Chicki led the circle with the first DD going to Captain Oates to warm him up. Next was a harriette (Sweet Pea) who had made the mistake of offering Chicki help over a style, as one does with elderly people. Barritone was punished for giving the female jogger a blast of his horn, and IP for threatening to trip up the young lad energetically running around the reservoir. Sausage donated his hash shoes (minus laces) to the charity recycling box and was joined in a DD by Butcher's Dog for getting back to the On Inn 15 minutes before it opened.
As is usual the hare was thanked for his efforts setting the trail, albeit short with few checks.
DDs continued to mop up remaining drinks with driving instructor Butt Plug said to be needing some new glasses and Chicki given something for a pole up the ?? This prompted IP and Sweet Pea to sing a 'Pole' song - Pissonya - which is actually Russian. Too Tuf took the final DD for never being satisfied'
That's the way I saw trail 894,
On On..... Durex |
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