Run Details

New run time of 19:00

#2399 - The Farmer, Scaynes Hill - Well, no-one can say that On On Don hadn't pre-warned us that the hash would be shiggy-filled! A few recent spells of wetter weather meant that the mud was refreshed and even the walkers were not to be spared. The hash set off W down the path by the pub, over to and along Ham Ln turning S, turning back W at the check at Hooters Country Garage via the footpath adjacent to the road (which Ride It Baby had missed and instead ran off down the clearly marked Private Road). Trail followed through the woods, crossing Paul Ln and W to Slugwash Ln. A check here would see true trail S for 100m before another check taking trail around Dobsons Wood and N to Colwell Farm / A272. Check here would see the pack splitting three way with eventually called on straight over when the back of the pack caught up. Footpath / trail followed N all the way to Lyoth Ln and another check, turning R (E) to Cowdrop Ln. With both left and right options offering about the same distance back to the pub, pack again split to check, with trail being L (NE) along to and over the B2111, taking the signposted footpath back off-road. Shiggy-galore in the final stretch as trail turned SE between Henfield Wood and Costells Wood and all the way to Church Rd and On Inn (S).

Back at the pub, the hash would find themselves in a separate room, all the tables pushed together, and BQ standing in as RA. Commenting firstly on how it felt like 'speeches time at the wedding', BQ then went into detail about the mud and how it had differed today, offering 'lovely mud', 'splashy mud', 'waning mud', 'mud that takes your shoes off' (a reference to Tony The Albanian and losing a shoe on the walkers' route), and 'support your friend in need mud'. And so the hares would first be called up: On On Don, Pompette and Beat The Barman, with DDs to the "Grand Ol' Duke of York". Next up, also haring on-trail Nasty Nips and Little Swinger, with a note that they and Keeps It Up (now joining them) had also taken part in the Four Piers Marathon between Bognor Regis and Brighton on Sunday; charged with racism DD (of course) to "Get a life". Then, Ride It Baby for once again stripping before a fishhook; DD to "Little Flat Jessie". And finally, Tony The Albanian for his last regular hash with BH7 before heading off to Saudi Arabia, and for losing that shoe tonight (complete with a sock filled with mud), and also for not haring a single hash since joining us (earning some well-deserved boos); DD to "Seagulls". Details for next week's hash (The Old Boot, Seaford) were given, and the circle closed out. And so ended another fabulous hash. - Nasty Nips