THE “ENOUGH OF THIS MADNESS” HASH
Run Number: 367
Date: Mon 24 Jul 06
Time: 80 minutes (we think)
Distance: About 5.5 miles
Run Location: East Morden
The Pub: The Cock & Bottle
Pub Website: The Cock and Bottle
Weather: Another scorchio
HARE(S): Martin (Madness) Lawson
HOUNDS- Tom (Jock) Moncur - A Founder Member of BH3
- J-F (Entente) Lechanoine
- Mark (Jibber) Humphries
- Terry (Walt) Disney
- Duncan (Day Glo) Ray
- Martin (Madness) Lawson
- Andy (Warthog) Goodman
- Jason (Kinky Bugger) Wareham
- Bronwen (Ronlet) Jones
- Ed (Birdseye) Sadd
Not In Photograph:- Brian (BrEW) Errington-Weddle
Social Hounds/Hash Puppies:Real Hounds:
THE WORDS
Madness wasn’t wrong when he announced that this was a long and hilly hash! We set off south through the village of East Morden from the Cock and Bottle and after a little light dithering pick up the trail heading east before starting the first of many climbs. Warthog shot up the hill in his usual sprightly fashion on a false trail, which stranded him at the back of the pack. A slightly overgrown trail had us back in East Morden in no time at all and I started to suspect there might be some deceptive laying ahead of us. Madness was overheard saying that he been out with the secateurs clearing the aforementioned trail of brambles that very afternoon. But my legs were left wondering why after all that effort he had decided to leave the nettles intact?
Leaving the village for a second time we continued east, and after BrEW took the next false trail Warthog managed to get from the back of the pack to the well in front in just two checks. Some more devious laying, to which Birdseye fell victim, had Walt, Ronlet and Day Glo running line abreast up a steep sided field in order to get back up with the leaders. It was now turning into the Jibber and Warthog show as they in turn flew through the next few checks and out onto tarmac once again.
The next phase could be described as the big dipper, a kilometre track of up, down, up, down, till we hit another road and headed north up yet another hill. For the vast majority it was a case of walk up and run down, although returning BH3 founder, Jock, seemed to prefer the uphill bits. The pack was now stretched to about 200 metres with Jibber still at the front followed by half a dozen puffing middle- aged men shouting “for God’s sake call a whip-in”! Eventually the message got to the front and he stopped. Once regrouped we started off again only to find that 50 metres down the road was an actual whip-in, where Madness had thankfully provided a water stop.
After the re-start the pack had the luxury of a very fast and shady downhill section into the woods, the lead switching between Entente, Warthog and BrEW several times as they went through the next set of checks. Out of the woods now and another long track though open, sunny country with Ronlet, having got her second wind, making the running.
After another whip-in, the pack had finally succumbed to the heat and was taking things at a much more leisurely pace. Before long we were heading back into East Morden for a third time. The Hounds were now able to smell the pub and were thinking they were minutes away from their well-earned beer. But the Hare had different ideas. The head of the pack were racing across the last field, almost within touching distance of the pub when they completely lost the trail and ground to a halt. At that very moment Day Glo had been lucky enough to be standing on the last seen blob, and spotted the small gap in the hedge that Madness had used to cunningly switch the trail into the next field. A bit of lucky guessing, saw Day Glo straight through two checks and to the next whip in on the main road.
Entente, Warthog and Birdseye picked up the trail around the edge of the village sports field, only to find themselves at the back once more as the majority of the pack had been pointed on an ‘economical’ route across the cricket square and back to the pub.
MUG & T-SHIRT RATINGS
(??*) - Denotes attendance by those not Mug Rated (social hounds).
GOLD T-SHIRT AWARD (50 AND OVER)
Andy (Warthog) Goodman (174); Bronwen (Ronlet) Jones (128); Terry (Buggalugs) Canham (108+1*); Brian (BrEW) Errington-Weddle (98); Ed (Birdseye) Sadd (91); Terry (Walt) Disney (82); Tim (Classic) King (69); Tim (Silent Running) Bryning (66); Mark (Jibber) Humphries (65); Duncan (Day Glo) Ray (55 + 1*); J-F (Entente) Lechanoine (55)
MUG AWARD AND CAN WEAR BLUE T-SHIRT (25 - 49)
John (Semaphore) Carr (42); Tom (Jock) Moncur (38); Sylvie (Ça Va) Lechanoine (36+1*); Jason (Kinky Bugger) Wareham (36); Frances (Stop Watch) Canham (35*); Ruth (Typhoon) Canham (35*); Martin (Madness) Lawson (32); Helen (Elle) Goodman (26*); Jim (Forget Me Not) Forrest (25 + 6*)
NEED MORE HASHES OR POSTING ORDER (10 - 24)
Steve (Bob the Builder) Pritchard (20); Nick (Tri Harder) Bateson (20); Gordon (F Med) Rafferty (18); John (Strider) Bryning (17); Tom (Two Shoes) Gillard (15); Ian (Abdul) Condie (11 + 1*); Lesley (Tinkerbell) Bryning (12*)
NEED MORE HASHES (5 - 9)
Rowland (Pet Rescue) Stibbards (9); Gail (Tour Guide) Sadd (8 + 6*); Edward (The Wanderer) Vincent (8); Mark (Shady) Vincent (8); J-C (Moose Milk) Boisvert (7 + 1*); Sarah Bryning (1+7*); Ben Sadd (6); Emma Sadd (5); John (Nokia) Noraika (5); Nick (The Gnome) Laffan (5); Jayne (Blackberry) Boisvert (5*)
KEEP HASHING (1 - 4)
Clare Sadd (4); James (i-Plod) Vincent (4); Ombeline Lechanoine (4*); Heather Terrington (2 + 1*); Steve (Cloth Ears) Lomas (2); Rod (Dyno) Thomas (2); James Carr (1); Julie Carr (1); William Carr (1); Martin Hughes (1); Debbie Keevash (1); Gabbi Lomas (1); Colin (tbc) McGrory (1); Mel Taylor (1); Robert Carr (1*); Sandie Disney (1*); Kate Forrest (1*); Fiona Vincent (1*); Janice Vincent (1*)
Price: Madness # 367 |
