Run Details

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BH7 #2440 - Jack and Jill, Clayton

A chill had certainly fallen in the day since Whose Shout and I (Nasty Nips) had set the hash, but another 20 hashers still turned up nonetheless. And so, with WS giving chalk talk, On Out was called S along the road, crossing immediately and turning up the path alongside the railway; a check at the corner of Lag Wood / the railway bridge would find true trail right (E) around Lag Wood and another check at the opposite edge of Lag Wood. Trail called straight on relatively quickly (but not before some had tested the shiggy trail leading into the wood) then on around to the farmhouse and another check. Switchback here would take the pack back along the footpath ENE through the fields to a fishhook, then to Lodge Ln and another check. Trail proceeded S along Lodge Ln to New Rd, straight over and on to the corner after the farm, complete with another FH and another check; the pack at this point was still spread out and Peter Pansy ended up being the first at the FH, after two age-exempt hashers and one hare; challenged to also be number 6, he sprinted off but returned as number 7, still repeating the FH anyway! True trail was then called W (turning S) up the hill to Underhill Ln and another check. E here along Underhill Ln the pack continued to the tank tracks and up, deviating slightly onto the footpath to the S but rejoining again at the woods and continuing up the tank tracks to SDW and another FH - PP was pipped at the (literal) post by a sprinting Lily The Pink. The check here was kind of redundant as everyone (except PP) turned right (W) along SDW then around the farm with another FH at the footpath crossroads before turning right / N through the farm and on to Jack & Jill car park and Sip Stop. And a lot of cars with misty windows and lights on... Oo-er! Post-sip, On Inn was called downhill, over the recreation ground and straight to the pub.

Back at the J&J and with hush called for, and having acted as hare, hash cash and beer monster this evening, it also fell to me to be RA. Awarding myself a DD felt a little odd, with Hash Gomi calling out "you can't do that" before quickly being rebuffed by St. Bernard stating "there are no rules on the hash." And so, DDs for WS and myself to "Here's to the hares." Following this, a mention to PP, not seen for a while yet still up to his old tricks of running or even re-running fishhooks when he didn't need to; but we can't reward that sort of athleticism! Instead, Mudlark would be called up for moaning about the third fishhook when he thought there were only two (having misheard WS's 'a few' during chalk talk); joining ML would be NickO, who had tripped up at the J&J car park and ended up in a hedge; perhaps he wanted to join in the dogging action?! And lastly, LTP for running up to the SDW FH, just to wind-up PP (but there was so obviously going to be a FH there!); DDs for all to "10,9,8", although glass held back on ML in case he misheard! Finally for the evening, Beat The Barman was celebrating his 500th hash and awarded a DD (sans tankard) to "Get a Life." I noted that when he had been named he had proceeded to drink his DD before the appropriate point in the song, and with no beers left I was glad he had waited! A quick note of next week's hash details and a reminder re: Xmas would then see the evening closed out with the obligatory toast to the hash. - Nasty Nips