THE “DORSET 100 METER” HASH
Run Number: 369
Date: Mon 7 Aug 06
Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Distance: 3 maps long
Run Location: Shaftesbury
The Pub: The Half Moon
Pub Reviews:Weather: Sunny and warm
HARE(S): Andy (Warthog) Goodman
HOUNDS- Martin (Madness) Lawson
- Duncan (Day Glo) Ray
- Bronwen (Ronlet) Jones
- Jason (Kinky Bugger) Wareham
- Mark (Jibber) Humphries and Benjy
- Pete Fuller
- Terry (Walt) Disney
Not In Photograph:- Brian (BrEW) Errington-Weddle
Social Hounds/Hash Puppies:Real Hounds:
THE WORDS
It was agreed as our weary legs struggled over the final few furlongs, that it would be unfair to allow only the nominated Wordsters to have their say. Feelings were running high and people felt the need to get things off their chest, as it were and so to speak….
AnON-ON contributions:-
If we’d discussed it beforehand, most of the hounds would have agreed that the essence of a Warthog hash contains shouting before the start, high mileage, and a predilection for boggy ground. It being the middle of a heat wave, a substitution was needed for the latter, and so the recent innovation (see Hash 362) of virtual dust was employed in places. Inter-blob distances at crucial points were increased many fold, and by using the helpful maps provided by the hare we enjoyed one glorious section completely dust free. I offer my thanks to the hare for another challenging run through enjoyable terrain. That's what we do it for, after all.
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We must be thankful that, there were no serving military personnel running.......this hash was precisely one hour and five minutes longer than their allowed forty five minutes! In retrospect I enjoyed the run, but would have been happier had there been another blob (as a double check) shortly after the first. A good effort by Warthog, if a little long. Also I thoroughly enjoyed the horse riders’ comments about a 'nice arse', and I did get to run for a quarter mile with a real live badger!
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The Hare advised that no false trails would be laid and that the first blob after a check or whip-in (of which there were an inordinately high number) would be at around the 100 metre mark. Well, it was soon evident that this was one of those special Dorset 100 metres – you know the sort that if you were anywhere else in the country would be called ¼ mile! The Hare’s excuse that he’d designed this especially with Birdseye in mind was scant consolation as Birdseye had decided not to attend – had he been given a tip-off? The tactic meant that the pack had little chance of any motivational glimpse of the Hare – and after one hour out and at a particularly dustless check we resorted to the map. This buoyed us up enormously, which was just as well as local knowledge (Pete) had it, that the direction we were going in was away from Shaftesbury. A mile later and after more frantic searching had drawn a blank, Day Glo and Ronlet took the executive decision to open up the final map. Pity as BrEW was just yards from the dust (apparently). Just as well they were confident in their map reading skills, as there was no sawdust for the next stretch. Then on the outskirts of town we picked up the trail again for the final On-In, cheered on by the local Fire Crews curiously squatting on the Half Moon roundabout. We felt sure Warthog would be waiting for us with a tray of beers but strangely he ran in after the pack, revealing that he had taken a slightly different route to the one indicated on the map. Aha! Another twist.
Sitting in the pub afterwards, and after a few whinges, it transpired that everyone had actually enjoyed the run for the most part – interesting and picturesque route, badgers joining in etc. Would have just liked half a chance of catching the B*****!
MUG & T-SHIRT RATINGS
(??*) - Denotes attendance by those not Mug Rated (social hounds).
GOLD T-SHIRT AWARD (50 AND OVER)
Andy (Warthog) Goodman (176); Bronwen (Ronlet) Jones (130); Terry (Buggalugs) Canham (108+1*); Brian (BrEW) Errington-Weddle (100); Ed (Birdseye) Sadd (92); Terry (Walt) Disney (84); Tim (Classic) King (69); Mark (Jibber) Humphries (67); Tim (Silent Running) Bryning (66); Duncan (Day Glo) Ray (58 + 1*); J-F (Entente) Lechanoine (55)
MUG AWARD AND CAN WEAR BLUE T-SHIRT (25 - 49)
John (Semaphore) Carr (42); Tom (Jock) Moncur (38); Jason (Kinky Bugger) Wareham (38); Sylvie (Ça Va) Lechanoine (36+1*); Frances (Stop Watch) Canham (35*); Ruth (Typhoon) Canham (35*); Martin (Madness) Lawson (34); 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); Fiona Ray (1); Robert Carr (1*); Sandie Disney (1*); Kate Forrest (1*); Fiona Vincent (1*); Janice Vincent (1*)
Price: Warthog # 369 |
