The rocky road to Dublin...

- What?? What are you on about??

- "The rocky road to Dublin" is a folk song. You can listen to it (as performed by the Dropkick Murphys) here.

- Murphys? What's that got to do with this week's run??

- Well (begab) it was a memorably rocky (and hilly) run - and it ended with some memorable steaming vats of "Dublin Coddle". Great tucker - here's a recipe.

Many thanks indeed to Jamesbondage and Redbreast. Their trail was so cleverly laid that this old blogger ran up every falsie. You'd think I'd have learnt to recognise them by now....

The Tuesday run is still very popular - there were a dozen of us last week, taking over the public bar as we replenished our precious bodily fluids.

And here's a Dublin joke:

There's a conference of beer manufacturers in Dublin, with the top men from all round the world attending. At the end of the day they gather at the bar for a drink.

Mr. Budweiser orders a Bud, Mr. Stein orders a Stein lager, Mr. Corona orders a Corona, and so on. Finally they get to Mr. Guinness - and he orders a Coke.

The others are astonished. "You're in Dublin! Why aren't you drinking Guinness?"

"Well," he says, "if no-one else is drinking beer, I won't either."

Next week sees a number of members participating in the Bridge to Brisbane.

Next run details
When: Sunday 30th August, 4 pm (B to B recovery run)
Where: Payback and Cash Converta's Cashmere hideaway
Hares: Payback and Cash Converta

If you need directions to this run, please call Payback on 3298 5194.

On, on!

A very pleasant ramble...

round the village and over the hills was followed by cheese, chook, chocolate and salad this last Sunday. Thanks to all who contributed!

B&W brought along what he thought were the dregs of a keg. In fact there was enough left in it for most blokes to hand their car keys to their partners for the trip home....

It was nice to see Floater and Scratchit again. She has an exhibition currently running at the Arana Hills Library - so if you're passing, drop in for a gander at her artwork.

Next run details
When: Sunday 23rd August, 4 pm
Where: Redbreast and Jamesbondage's love-nest along the Mailman's Track
Hares: Jamesbondage and Redbreast

If you need directions to this run, please call Payback GM on 07 3298 5194.

On, on!

Mount Warning mounted

This year's Christmas in winter outing had many members scaling the heights of Mt Warning. Here are a few images for the archives:

"Where's me beer, woman?"


The way up: "Are we there yet?"


Summit shot


View from the top


Christmas dinner and wine tasting


Bright sparks


(Dish) scrubbers


Happy campers


And this is where Haughty was running at the time (Lynn Peak, British Columbia):


There have been some record numbers for the Tuesday run recently - 11 last week; 10 this one. Everyone is welcome - we run from John Scott Park at 5:30 every Tuesday and catch our breath afterwards at the public bar.

We have a Brazilian (hareless) run coming up this Sunday; Toss O'Coin will do the honours.

Next run details
When: Sunday 16th August, 4 pm
Where: John Scott Park, the village
Hare: Toss O'Coin will set the run; the village chippy will provide the meal.

On, on!