Hash 1081
1081
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Scribe: Rocky Road
I don't think we've hashed from here before. Not many people knew it existed but some clever souls managed to find it. Dave and I did some careful planning across country from Penn. Only one wrong turn
( I said right Dave, why are you going left? ...don't indicate right when I said left!) Only two minor domestics en route and we arrived in good time, just as a few raindrops fell. Fortunately they were few and after rain that afternoon David feared for the flour trail, but all turned out well. It was a fine evening with a wonderful light in the sky as the sun set and a wonderful light from the orange t shirts as they blazed the trail across barley fields, through woods and meadows.
We were commanded by 'he who must be obeyed' -the GM, in the car park to get back on time, as there was the be 'a Bar Run' in the pub later - this was to involve a £1 fee and someone pulling pints but I didn't quite understand - all was revealed later.
Also all was revealed by 'someone' doing a quick strip in the car park, much to Helen's embarrassment (she actually covered her eyes!).
We set off promptly up the lane and turned into a barley field.There were some cunning false trails tonight, always watch for a loitering hare if you don't want to get caught. We arrived at Skippings Farm for a regroup and there was some confusion as to whose wife worked behind the barn. Actually the GM was confused, expecting Graham to answer and it should have been Mike(who was nowhere to be seen) and by the time he arrived Judy had denied working in that barn anyway!!
Nobody took up my offer to skip across the farmyard so off we ran, crossing Chesham Road and on towards Turner's Wood.
Here we joined the Chiltern Way on the edge of Chalfont St Giles and Graham was asked if he recognised the junction where the bike hash got lost 5 minutes after they'd started.
Jo humoured the GM by taking the pack along a false trail and missing the 'F' (too much chatting). The GM called the 'on back' and gave Jo a big hug for making his day.
At Newlands Park Entrance there was a long /short split with most hashers opting for the Long 'Scenic' route (the GM promised Judy). The short cutters were thin on the ground tonight, not even Barney had made it - perhaps he's still driving around Bucks looking for the pub! So abandoned by the hare, with Roger duly instructed "the map is now imprinted on my brain" unquote, we sallied forth around the ex -Bucks Uni campus. There were some narrow paths making the 'on- backs' quite hazardous but not much shiggy tonight. We went through some woodland and speedily downhill which of course meant there was to be an uphill, this slowed the pack but a couple of front runners had the pleasure twice. ( Serves you right for sprinting up Helen). We must have picked up the South Bucks Way according to the map which is also the 'Euro Const & Co Const Bdy', do you care?
We negotiated a field of stampeding horses -they must have eaten the ragwort, which was surprisingly in abundance, when it is fatally poisonous to horses!
We were met by the short-cutting hare who explained we'd just run around the Newlands Park campus which he had sold recently to some ... "old people"... was it David? ( Didn't know he owned it either!).
On we trotted over Gorelands Lane and a left brought us eventually to the same barley field we set out on. Even I got caught by one of the many on-backs in this field and like Jo who had been seen leaping in the air earlier because of itchy legs I arrived back at the pub with the same stingy legs, but no leaping for me!
We were greeted by Kerry, Kevin and Alex who'd just got back from Gatwick (?) - you have to concentrate and keep your ears open when you're scribe but things get a bit vague when it comes to writing it up.
There was a feast in the pub, thanks to publican Mike, and the Pub Run was won by John, our virgin hasher. He pulled two or three pints, couple of spirits and opened a couple of bottles and I think the idea was he should drink it all but as he was driving I guess it got shared.
It's not always this mad John please come again!
Congrats to the orange t- shirt brigade - Ade, Simon, Steve and Kevin - for the Wycombe half, and to Roger for the 10k.
Great evening GM - thanks and remind Matt to do my write up on the 9th! See you all at the Squirrel next week.
( I said right Dave, why are you going left? ...don't indicate right when I said left!) Only two minor domestics en route and we arrived in good time, just as a few raindrops fell. Fortunately they were few and after rain that afternoon David feared for the flour trail, but all turned out well. It was a fine evening with a wonderful light in the sky as the sun set and a wonderful light from the orange t shirts as they blazed the trail across barley fields, through woods and meadows.
We were commanded by 'he who must be obeyed' -the GM, in the car park to get back on time, as there was the be 'a Bar Run' in the pub later - this was to involve a £1 fee and someone pulling pints but I didn't quite understand - all was revealed later.
Also all was revealed by 'someone' doing a quick strip in the car park, much to Helen's embarrassment (she actually covered her eyes!).
We set off promptly up the lane and turned into a barley field.There were some cunning false trails tonight, always watch for a loitering hare if you don't want to get caught. We arrived at Skippings Farm for a regroup and there was some confusion as to whose wife worked behind the barn. Actually the GM was confused, expecting Graham to answer and it should have been Mike(who was nowhere to be seen) and by the time he arrived Judy had denied working in that barn anyway!!
Nobody took up my offer to skip across the farmyard so off we ran, crossing Chesham Road and on towards Turner's Wood.
Here we joined the Chiltern Way on the edge of Chalfont St Giles and Graham was asked if he recognised the junction where the bike hash got lost 5 minutes after they'd started.
Jo humoured the GM by taking the pack along a false trail and missing the 'F' (too much chatting). The GM called the 'on back' and gave Jo a big hug for making his day.
At Newlands Park Entrance there was a long /short split with most hashers opting for the Long 'Scenic' route (the GM promised Judy). The short cutters were thin on the ground tonight, not even Barney had made it - perhaps he's still driving around Bucks looking for the pub! So abandoned by the hare, with Roger duly instructed "the map is now imprinted on my brain" unquote, we sallied forth around the ex -Bucks Uni campus. There were some narrow paths making the 'on- backs' quite hazardous but not much shiggy tonight. We went through some woodland and speedily downhill which of course meant there was to be an uphill, this slowed the pack but a couple of front runners had the pleasure twice. ( Serves you right for sprinting up Helen). We must have picked up the South Bucks Way according to the map which is also the 'Euro Const & Co Const Bdy', do you care?
We negotiated a field of stampeding horses -they must have eaten the ragwort, which was surprisingly in abundance, when it is fatally poisonous to horses!
We were met by the short-cutting hare who explained we'd just run around the Newlands Park campus which he had sold recently to some ... "old people"... was it David? ( Didn't know he owned it either!).
On we trotted over Gorelands Lane and a left brought us eventually to the same barley field we set out on. Even I got caught by one of the many on-backs in this field and like Jo who had been seen leaping in the air earlier because of itchy legs I arrived back at the pub with the same stingy legs, but no leaping for me!
We were greeted by Kerry, Kevin and Alex who'd just got back from Gatwick (?) - you have to concentrate and keep your ears open when you're scribe but things get a bit vague when it comes to writing it up.
There was a feast in the pub, thanks to publican Mike, and the Pub Run was won by John, our virgin hasher. He pulled two or three pints, couple of spirits and opened a couple of bottles and I think the idea was he should drink it all but as he was driving I guess it got shared.
It's not always this mad John please come again!
Congrats to the orange t- shirt brigade - Ade, Simon, Steve and Kevin - for the Wycombe half, and to Roger for the 10k.
Great evening GM - thanks and remind Matt to do my write up on the 9th! See you all at the Squirrel next week.