THE “HILL-LESS” HASH
Run Number: 375
Date: Monday 25 Sep 06
Time: 65 minutes
Distance: About 8 km
Run Location: Child Okeford
The Pub: The Saxon
Pub Links:Weather: Clear, Dry and warmish
HARE(S):- Bronwen (Ronlet) Jones
- Brian (BrEW) Errington-Weddle
HOUNDS- Martin (Madness) Lawson
- Andy (Warthog) Goodman
- Jason (Kinky Bugger) Wareham
- Tim (Silent Running) Bryning and Monty (Alamein)
- Terry (Walt) Disney
- Ed (Birdseye) Sadd
- Mark (Jibber) Humphries
Not In Photograph:- Bronwen (Ronlet) Jones
- Brian (BrEW) Errington-Weddle
Social Hounds/Hash Puppies:Real Hounds:
THE WORDS
It wasn’t raining, it wasn’t hot, the sun wasn’t shining, it wasn’t cold, and so all in all it was looking pretty good for a Hash run. The hounds, all 7 of them were thinking the same thing, but where was the other half of the Hare? Nowhere to be seen! Did this mean a sort of live trail? Lost in the Dorset jungle? Gone-for-a-pee break or got his feet up round the corner or already at the bar?! From some reports he may well have been fighting off a lady with dubious eyesight who thought that anyone jumping over a wall with a dog on a lead was not something to be tolerated. The dog on a lead was actually a bag of sawdust being swung around with great vigour. So we had half a Hare who proceeded to give us a quick briefing: false trails were marked according to the rules of Hashing (No rules according to Warthog and anyway it’s all in the interpretation). Smileys, yup got a few of those and the odd few whip-ins as well. With this promise the old faithful camera was produced and amid a certain amount of mirth a line up of sorts was established cantering on a rather wet bench and Warthog’s better side facing the camera. OK guys one blob and you are on from the Hare and off we went.
It was quickly established that the lady with the dubious eyesight was not the only one suffering from this affliction as we missed various well-placed blobs before finally picking up the trail heading in the direction of Hambledon Hill. There were many searches carried out towards this said hill at each check as we were mostly convinced that this had to be the direction we would end up going in and it was only a matter of time before we would be ascending the heights of one of Dorset’s most prominent hills. Well we were all wrong! Almost unerringly Warthog found the trail, rather like a bloodhound on the scent, and it was hard to shake him off. Walt with years of practice at hedging his bets was spared many a long false trail whilst Madness disappeared into the distance on a number of occasions.
I digress. We did indeed head in the direction of Hambledon Hill and Jibber was well upfront on the false trail scent, almost making it to the Mink farm before the on on was called. By this time we were close to the church and a deviously laid trail had us searching half of Child Okeford before Warthog once again found the trail back through the church yard and grave yard where the trail went over the perimeter wall, with a couple of well positioned rocks sticking out from it to help us over the top. (This is where the sawdust bag was accused of being a dog on a lead). Alamein was positively loving this run with a number of well placed drinking holes, alias mud wallows, strategically placed along the trail. Silent Running was very stoic in these interludes whilst we all fell about laughing. He got his own back on Alamein by dragging him up a long false trail before Jibber picked up the trail and led us back towards town (again).
Still no sign of BrEW although Ronlet assured us he was around and quantities of fresh sawdust would seem to indicate that he was somewhere in front of us poor hounds. Although feeling somewhat knackered by this stage Kinky Bugger was able to pick up the trail after Silent Running had attempted to lead us all to a smiley face allowing the backmarkers to have a glimpse of glory at the vanguard of the pack. Well it sounds good even if not strictly true. Birdseye and Madness took it in turn to pick the longest false trails and had no idea what was going on at the front of the pack until a whip-in near the River Stour allowed us all just a moment’s breather before Ronlet called “check it out” which we obediently did, but not before Alamein had had another cooling off dip in a rather rank looking puddle. UGH! Warthog was again up front with Madness now in hot pursuit, and I mean hot! (T-shirts don’t lie). Over the river to another check which had us all going in different directions like a bunch of headless chickens. Warthog knew where he was trying to get to, but unfortunately it was not part of the trail and Walt taking a more conservative route close behind Silent Running when the trail was called on across the fields to Bere Marsh Farm and then over a narrow footbridge to a check.
Once again Warthog took off in the right direction to another whip in and then briefly into the lead again, only to be slightly confused, not by a smiley face but a rather grumpy one. Had BrEW finally run out of dust, lost his way or had a mid-life crisis and forgotten which way to carry on? Now it was time for Birdseye to take a gamble, correctly for once, and soon the on home was being called and the welcome sight of the Saxon Inn beckoning.
The amber nectar was of a high standard with Wadworths coming out tops. After a brief discussion about the Hare line (now seriously receding) Warthog offered to set a run from Shaftesbury, possibly live for next Monday. To celebrate we had another pint and soon food orders arrived and the food demolished in short order. I guess it was very tasty! At what stage the last of us left I have no idea, but a good time was surely had by all.
MUG & T-SHIRT RATINGS
(??*) - Denotes attendance by those not Mug Rated (social hounds).
GOLD T-SHIRT AWARD (50 AND OVER)
Andy (Warthog) Goodman (182); Bronwen (Ronlet) Jones (137); Terry (Buggalugs) Canham (108+1*); Brian (BrEW) Errington-Weddle (107); Ed (Birdseye) Sadd (98); Terry (Walt) Disney (89); Mark (Jibber) Humphries (73); Tim (Classic) King (69); Tim (Silent Running) Bryning (70); Duncan (Day Glo) Ray (59 + 2*); J-F (Entente) Lechanoine (56)
MUG AWARD AND CAN WEAR BLUE T-SHIRT (25 - 49)
Jason (Kinky Bugger) Wareham (42); John (Semaphore) Carr (42); Martin (Madness) Lawson (42); Tom (Jock) Moncur (38); Sylvie (Ça Va) Lechanoine (37+1*); Frances (Stop Watch) Canham (35*); Ruth (Typhoon) Canham (35*); 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*); Edward (The Wanderer) Vincent (11); Mark (Shady) Vincent (11); Rowland (Pet Rescue) Stibbards (10)
NEED MORE HASHES (5 - 9)
Gail (Tour Guide) Sadd (8 + 6*); J-C (Moose Milk) Boisvert (7 + 1*); Sarah Bryning (1+7*); Ben Sadd (6); Emma Sadd (6); James (i-Plod) Vincent (6); John (Nokia) Noraika (5); Nick (The Gnome) Laffan (5); Jayne (Blackberry) Boisvert (5*)
KEEP HASHING (1 - 4)
Clare Sadd (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: Ronlet & Brew # 375 |
