Edited excerpts from the annals - dating from late 2007
From September 2007...
A first run
What goes up must come down -
and up, and down, and up again, and down again....
(Sounds a little suggestive, doesn't it?)
But Jamesbondage and Redbreast seem to have set out to prove the truth of this adage with their very enjoyable first run/walk. It went up and down like anything through the hills and valleys of Bunya. Congratulations to them on their hare-y debut, and on a great meal too.
Next Sunday marks the move to 5 pm starts...the Vernal Equinox is upon us, and the sun has got his hat on (click here to enjoy the music, and for the original words, including the naughty one, click here).
(Originally posted 18/9/07)
From November 2007...
Shockjock's birthday
"Someone left the cake out in the rain..."
Well, not really - but the fact that we had some rain plus a cake this last Sunday did prompt a very moving rendition of "MacArthur Park" from the select few who had gathered in the village.
If you were there and would like to compare our version with a bit of Richard Harris', then click here. Or if you think you could do with more practice, then perhaps try clicking here.
The cake - baked by Cash Converta - was in celebration of Shockjock's birthday. It was a pity that he wasn't there to enjoy it, but we sang him "Happy Birthday" anyway....
Leave Pass provided pizzas for the first course, and he has asked me to make special mention of the fact that there was a surplus of food! (Originally posted 12/11/07)
From December 2007...
A busy week
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday...
A real Hashfest this week, folks!
We started on Sunday with a wonderfully devious run - chockfull of checks - courtesy of Skidmark and Sherpa. The route took us from the site of the old Drive-in to wind through Keperra and the Keperra bushland.
It's an interesting area - the original main kippa ring it's named for was half under the driveway to the golf club house - and finally flattened in the 1950s; the smaller ring for especially secret men's business was under a house near the rail line. Settlement Road, I've been told, was named for some grants of soldier's settlement land made in the area we ran through; there are some old mango trees on the Keperra Bushland reserve which possibly date from those days. The Keppera Bushland was quarried, and the lower stratum of the vegetation is now dominated by Melinus minutiflora (molasses grass), an African grass which carries very intense fires during school holidays. You can find more history here.
The Red Dress run on Monday was well attended by a very svelte Samford contingent in some pretty slinky frocks. Another enjoyable run, featuring the traditional scamper up Queen St mall, and port and lemon at the first drink stop. Culture lost the pack when she stopped to do some Christmas shopping, but Wopa was a real gentleman (in a red dress) and walked her home.
And still to come this week: the Wednesday (chicken) run (last week we had a record number of runners, every one of whom went home with at least a third of a chook) and Hash Christmas on Saturday night!
Wow! (Originally posted 10/12/07)
NZ earthquake
Did the earth move for you?
The unsuspecting Kiwis did not know what was about to hit them when they let Yurass and Bigtop into their country. The earth moved so much for the full-blooded passionate pair this last week that everyone else in New Zealand felt it as well...and it registered over 6 (you have to pronounce this in a Kiwi accent) on the Richter scale. (Originally posted 23/12/07)
