Run Details

Joint with EGH3 + KIU and WBs last BH7 Hare!

BH7 #2467 : The Red Lion, Lindfield - I've written this as I sat on the train and Eurostar with intermittent signal, so apologies for the brevity of the route re-hash (and any typos). But since you can all see that now via the website GPX function I've elected to concentrate more on the DDs. Brevity not something KIU appears fond of as his chalk talk laboured on (did he explain a fishhook at some point?), with expected dissent occurring behind him from Gomi, YT, and others...

And so, a few minutes after 7, something like 50 hashers (walkers and runners) set off S out of the pub, taking the footpath E through to Newton Rd, then meandering N to what I can only describe as 'the wiggle in the High Street'. Trail continued across the road, W along the footpath, turning NW through to High Beech Ln, then over and N to Copyhold Ln. Turn to the W following Copyhold for a short while before back to S, through the golf course and again to High Beech Ln. Trail here would turn into the estate, hugging the western edge to By Sunte, headed E through the park and On Inn.

With Bouncer MIA (stuck in traffic after returning from Edinburgh Marathon - at least he tried to get to the BH7 hash this week!), RA duties fell to YT once again after Pondweed declined. With a larger than usual group spread out, and a table of locals sat in the BH7 crowd area, Brighton were moved out to the beer garden proper for the DDs. First up: the hares, with it being noted that this was their last haring (but not hash) before departing; the gathered masses were asked their opinion of the trail, with EG's answers much more polite than the usual BH7 responses. KIU also announced that the theme for the fishhooks (7,11,13,15,17) was 'Ozzy sports team sizes' (he did explain in more detail than that), and DDs were completed to "All Australians". Next up, a welcome return to Roaming Pussy & Knightrider. It was noted that KR (as the former hash cash) had always pestered people for their subs but he hadn't paid up for this run - alas he had no cash! (And this run waived anyway). DDs for both to "Get A Life", but both had obviously been hash-absent for too long as both drank before the 'Down Down' call! Last up for BH7 DDs, it was noted that Wilds Thing had completed Edinburgh Marathon in the recent heat, but even more impressive was Little Swinger's London 2 Brighton 100k in a PB time! (A run I sadly had to withdraw from at 58km) With WT absent, Pondweed (as a fellow 300+ marathoner) was called up in his stead, and also for not RAing in my place; DDs to "10/9/8". But in a complete opposite to the previous DDs, PW DIDN'T DD straight away! Clearly he needs charging more often...

YT then handed over to EGH3 GM Irn Bru to present Euro Yob with his 500th hash award, IB jesting that it was only EY's 499th hash, and noting that it had only taken him 30 years... Well, 28, but that just doesn't sound near as much! IB also glad that the EG DD was a full pint and not the shorter Brighton measures! 😀

And so, next week's hash details were announced... kind of... with Last Minute... erm, sorry... Little Swinger stating that it'll be somewhere in the Crawley area (NOTE: now confirmed to be Hillside Inn in Crawley). Gromit would announce EG's hash to be in the Henfield area, leading to a few remarks questioning whether or not we'd see Bouncer and Angel! 😀 With that, the evening was closed out with a toast to KIU, WB, and the hash. On On - Nasty Nips