nine hardy hashers shook off the lethargy induced by consuming too much alcohol and turkey and turned out for a short and relaxed walk/run around some of Samford's byways. We then retired to the local hostelry for some temperance beverages and two-for-one pizza. The tradition continues: even Christmas falling on a Sunday can't put us off our stride.
2012 is shaping up to be another great year for Samford Hash. B&W has already received a new dress for Christmas in preparation for the 2012 red dress run! There's lots going on before then...and one event that you really must enter in your diaries right now is our 21st Birthday Run on 12th February.
Yes, Samford Hash is about to become grown-up! (For a reminder of our early history, why not visit our web site?)
We'll kick off the new year with another informal outing.
Next run details
When: Sunday 1st January, 5 pm
Where: Bullocky's Rest picnic area, Lake Samsonvale (park outside the gate)
Hares: Toss O'Coin or M. Promptu will set the route. Pot Luck and Left Over will provide the meal - please bring something to share.
On, on!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
'Twas the run before Christmas
And all round the track
We set the dogs barking
With cries of "On back!",
And "On, on!" and "Are you?"
As Jamesbondage led us
On a scenic new route
Before Redbreast fed us
A sumptuous feast....
So we did some bush-bashing
And then we indulged -
That's what I call hashing!
So top up your wine-glass
Or crack open a beer -
We'll see you next week for
The last run of the year!
There certainly were a lot of dogs in the area, of all shapes, colours, sorts and sizes - Bunya seems a very caninophilic suburb!
Here's a recipe for Redbreast's festive fruit and nut cake - great for Christmas:
250g dates
125g glace pineapple
125g glace apricots
125g red glace cherries
125g green glace cherries
125g whole blanched almonds
250g brazil nuts
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1 tablespoon rum
90g butter
1/3 cup plain flour
3 tablespoons self-raising flour
dash vanilla
Chop pineapple and apricots into fairly large pieces. Leave remaining fruit and nuts whole. Mix all well together. beat eggs until thick and creamy, add sugar, vanilla, run and soft butter, beating until combined. Stir in sifted flours and fruit and nut mixture.
Divide mixture between 2 greased bar tins (7 cm by 25 cm), lining bases with greaseproof paper. Press mixture firmly into tins. Bake in slow oven one and a quarter hours or until cake is firm to touch; cool in tin 10 minutes. When cool, wrap in plastic food wrap and refrigerate in airtight container. Will keep for months.
And here are a few cracks for those who don't get enough in their crackers:
What kind of motorbike does Santa ride?
A Holly Davidson!
What's worse than Rudolph with a runny nose?
Frosty the snowman with a hot flush!
What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?
It's Christmas, Eve!
Why don't penguins fly?
Because they're not tall enough to reach the controls!
Knock knock!
Who's there?
Hannah
Hannah who?
Hannah partridge in a pear tree!
I read that one out of every 5 people in the world is Chinese. There are 5 people in my family, and I'm not Chinese - so it has to be either one of my parents, or my older brother Colin, or my younger brother Chung Wa Huang. I'm not sure, but I think it's Colin....
Since next Sunday is Christmas Day, next week's run will shift to Tuesday 27th December.
Next run details
When: Tuesday 27th December, 5 pm
Where: John Scott Park, the village.
Hare: M. Promptu. Meal at a local eatery.
Please bring some Christmas cracker jokes to share....
On, on!
We set the dogs barking
With cries of "On back!",
And "On, on!" and "Are you?"
As Jamesbondage led us
On a scenic new route
Before Redbreast fed us
A sumptuous feast....
So we did some bush-bashing
And then we indulged -
That's what I call hashing!
So top up your wine-glass
Or crack open a beer -
We'll see you next week for
The last run of the year!
There certainly were a lot of dogs in the area, of all shapes, colours, sorts and sizes - Bunya seems a very caninophilic suburb!
Here's a recipe for Redbreast's festive fruit and nut cake - great for Christmas:
250g dates
125g glace pineapple
125g glace apricots
125g red glace cherries
125g green glace cherries
125g whole blanched almonds
250g brazil nuts
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1 tablespoon rum
90g butter
1/3 cup plain flour
3 tablespoons self-raising flour
dash vanilla
Chop pineapple and apricots into fairly large pieces. Leave remaining fruit and nuts whole. Mix all well together. beat eggs until thick and creamy, add sugar, vanilla, run and soft butter, beating until combined. Stir in sifted flours and fruit and nut mixture.
Divide mixture between 2 greased bar tins (7 cm by 25 cm), lining bases with greaseproof paper. Press mixture firmly into tins. Bake in slow oven one and a quarter hours or until cake is firm to touch; cool in tin 10 minutes. When cool, wrap in plastic food wrap and refrigerate in airtight container. Will keep for months.
And here are a few cracks for those who don't get enough in their crackers:
What kind of motorbike does Santa ride?
A Holly Davidson!
What's worse than Rudolph with a runny nose?
Frosty the snowman with a hot flush!
What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?
It's Christmas, Eve!
Why don't penguins fly?
Because they're not tall enough to reach the controls!
Knock knock!
Who's there?
Hannah
Hannah who?
Hannah partridge in a pear tree!
I read that one out of every 5 people in the world is Chinese. There are 5 people in my family, and I'm not Chinese - so it has to be either one of my parents, or my older brother Colin, or my younger brother Chung Wa Huang. I'm not sure, but I think it's Colin....
Since next Sunday is Christmas Day, next week's run will shift to Tuesday 27th December.
Next run details
When: Tuesday 27th December, 5 pm
Where: John Scott Park, the village.
Hare: M. Promptu. Meal at a local eatery.
Please bring some Christmas cracker jokes to share....
On, on!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Samford Hash gets frocked!
Some members of Samford Hash indulged themselves this week with three hash runs in a row - our normal(?) Sunday one, the Red Dress one, and the midweek (Tuesday) run from the village. It's lucky that we like one another (sort of)....
Sunday's run provided an opportunity to assess the condition of the old Goat Track; the Tuesday one provided an opportunity to assess progress on a huge house being built in the Royal Estates. And the Red Dress Run gave the inhabitants of Brisbane an opportunity to assess the sanity of some 400 red-clad idiots yelling "On, on!" through Southbank and the city heart. As usual, it was darn good fun.
Some Samford Hashers at the start:
The pack beginning to gather at the port and cake check:
Runners beneath the Christmas tree:
Hot to trot had spent the previous night in hospital - chock full of morphine - after suffering food poisoning on a flight from Singapore. Should they have let her out? She thought the piper was a friendly pink elephant, playing beautiful tunes through his trunk....
A number of us adjourned for a meal in West End after we had replenished our precious bodily fluids:
And we wished Topless godspeed - she's off to Germany for a real (wintry) Christmas!
Next run details
When: Sunday 18th December, 5 pm
Where: Allen Road, Bunya - meet approximately 100 metres from the Bunya Road corner
Hares: Redbreast and Jamesbondage
On, on!
Sunday's run provided an opportunity to assess the condition of the old Goat Track; the Tuesday one provided an opportunity to assess progress on a huge house being built in the Royal Estates. And the Red Dress Run gave the inhabitants of Brisbane an opportunity to assess the sanity of some 400 red-clad idiots yelling "On, on!" through Southbank and the city heart. As usual, it was darn good fun.
Some Samford Hashers at the start:
The pack beginning to gather at the port and cake check:
Runners beneath the Christmas tree:
Hot to trot had spent the previous night in hospital - chock full of morphine - after suffering food poisoning on a flight from Singapore. Should they have let her out? She thought the piper was a friendly pink elephant, playing beautiful tunes through his trunk....
A number of us adjourned for a meal in West End after we had replenished our precious bodily fluids:
And we wished Topless godspeed - she's off to Germany for a real (wintry) Christmas!
Next run details
When: Sunday 18th December, 5 pm
Where: Allen Road, Bunya - meet approximately 100 metres from the Bunya Road corner
Hares: Redbreast and Jamesbondage
On, on!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Bushed in Bunya backwoods
We thought we'd be heading over the Jinker track and into the Bunyaville state forest this last Sunday, but our hares surprised us. This old blogger had no idea that there was a shortcut track leading around the back of the dump and onto Bunya Road. (You learn something new every day....)
From here the runners completed a bushland loop before heading back along the bitumen. I have no idea where the walkers went - and I suspect they had no idea either. It was good that they all made it back for snags, salad and liquid refreshments, but it was unclear how they'd done it.
A couple of visiting canines suffering from small dog syndrome tried to suicide by having a go at Heimi and Siggi...Kumo is a bit more sensible.
We bade farewell for a few weeks to Superhacker and Hopalong, who are off to the UK for a slushy whitish Christmas. There'll be another farewell this coming Sunday - to B&W and Trudi Fruti's observation deck, where the on, on will be. They are vacating their house temporarily to let tenants demolish it.
This Sunday's run will be followed on Monday by the annual Red Dress run in the city - we're expecting a few Samford hashers to frock up for this one!
Next run details
When: Sunday 11th December, 5 pm
Where: Top of the Goat Track, Mt Nebo (there's some parking on the Mt Nebo village side - otherwise up the road a bit at Manorina Nationa Park)
Hares: B&W, Fruti, Charcoal and Strine
...followed by the 2011 Red Dress Run:
When: Monday 12th December, 6:30 pm
Where: The Fox Hotel, Melbourne Street, South Brisbane - here's a map
($5 charity donation to be collected by Payback)
On, on!
From here the runners completed a bushland loop before heading back along the bitumen. I have no idea where the walkers went - and I suspect they had no idea either. It was good that they all made it back for snags, salad and liquid refreshments, but it was unclear how they'd done it.
A couple of visiting canines suffering from small dog syndrome tried to suicide by having a go at Heimi and Siggi...Kumo is a bit more sensible.
We bade farewell for a few weeks to Superhacker and Hopalong, who are off to the UK for a slushy whitish Christmas. There'll be another farewell this coming Sunday - to B&W and Trudi Fruti's observation deck, where the on, on will be. They are vacating their house temporarily to let tenants demolish it.
This Sunday's run will be followed on Monday by the annual Red Dress run in the city - we're expecting a few Samford hashers to frock up for this one!
Next run details
When: Sunday 11th December, 5 pm
Where: Top of the Goat Track, Mt Nebo (there's some parking on the Mt Nebo village side - otherwise up the road a bit at Manorina Nationa Park)
Hares: B&W, Fruti, Charcoal and Strine
...followed by the 2011 Red Dress Run:
When: Monday 12th December, 6:30 pm
Where: The Fox Hotel, Melbourne Street, South Brisbane - here's a map
($5 charity donation to be collected by Payback)
On, on!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
A HHHuge weekend of Samford Hash HHHactivities
kicked off at about 5 on Saturday with the first arrivals for Hash Christmas 2011!
Members had been asked (?ordered) to come as a character from a Christmas song - and be prepared to sing it. Here are some of the results, indicating that certain younger members were far better prepared than the older ones. Well done, all, for having a go!
Over a dozen hardy stayers were still there for breakfast...and for morning tea...and then turned up again at 5 for a relaxed recovery run and leftovers.
The king with the winning costume - recycled over many years (the costume, too):
More wise kings:
One of many Rudolphs:
Another Rudolph and fawn:
Singing Christmas tree and green angel:
White Christmas and the Ghost of Christmas present:
A bauble:
An escapee from St Trinian's:
Brace of shepherds:
The Hot to trot - Wizbanger Family Singers with a Dutch Christmas Carol (the cinematographer stuffed up the video of this one):
Wingless angel and elf:
Here are some snaps from Santa's grotto. Not everyone wanted to kiss him (perhaps it was the fake beard):
Unfortunately the photographers were affected by alcohol fumes by the time we got to the charades. It would be good to have a record of Leave Pass's interpretation of "love" as a pelvic thrust....
Big Top and Hardcore decided not to come back from New Zealand for the party. But they'll have their chance to star this coming Sunday!
Next run details
When: Sunday 4th December, 5 pm
Where: James Drysdale Reserve, corner Bunya Road and Jinker Track
Hares: Urass, Big Top and Hardcore
On, on!
Members had been asked (?ordered) to come as a character from a Christmas song - and be prepared to sing it. Here are some of the results, indicating that certain younger members were far better prepared than the older ones. Well done, all, for having a go!
Over a dozen hardy stayers were still there for breakfast...and for morning tea...and then turned up again at 5 for a relaxed recovery run and leftovers.
The king with the winning costume - recycled over many years (the costume, too):
More wise kings:
One of many Rudolphs:
Another Rudolph and fawn:
Singing Christmas tree and green angel:
White Christmas and the Ghost of Christmas present:
A bauble:
An escapee from St Trinian's:
Brace of shepherds:
The Hot to trot - Wizbanger Family Singers with a Dutch Christmas Carol (the cinematographer stuffed up the video of this one):
Wingless angel and elf:
Here are some snaps from Santa's grotto. Not everyone wanted to kiss him (perhaps it was the fake beard):
Unfortunately the photographers were affected by alcohol fumes by the time we got to the charades. It would be good to have a record of Leave Pass's interpretation of "love" as a pelvic thrust....
Big Top and Hardcore decided not to come back from New Zealand for the party. But they'll have their chance to star this coming Sunday!
Next run details
When: Sunday 4th December, 5 pm
Where: James Drysdale Reserve, corner Bunya Road and Jinker Track
Hares: Urass, Big Top and Hardcore
On, on!
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