Monday, July 7, 2014

Luck of the door

This last Sunday morning was cold and windy in Samford, but by the time some 25 of us gathered at Topless's beach cottage she had calmed the gales and smoothed the billows. It turned out to be a perfect Queensland winter afternoon for a stroll along the esplanade to Scott's Point and the Woody Point jetty.

Hash Nosh took the form of yet another top-notch banquet, featuring 4 tasty courses - soup, mains, cake and ice-cream, and finally (for those who could manage it) strudel! Somebody is going to have to bring us down to earth one day with some snags and salad, but the bout of high living that we have been enjoying recently has been wonderful. Thanks to all our recent hares for lavishing such gourmet delights on us!

Topless also laid on a lucky door prize session as part of the circle. Vielen dank for the run/walk and for your generous hospitality!

We welcomed Charcoal and Strine back from the wilds of Africa where they had survived some luxury accommodation, encounters with hippos and black rhinos, and some pretty hair-raising vehicular journeys. Strine had been bitten while in Kruger National Park - probably by some species of arachnid. Though it was not one of the Big 5, this critter certainly produced some spectacular effects:

Hardcore joined the runners for the first time in some 14 months - and it was a bit embarrassing to find out how fast she still is after such a long layoff! Doesn't time fly? - young Eloise is already 5 months old....

And Bastille Day has rolled around already too! It seems hardly any time since we were learning where to stick a baguette last year....Our hares for this year, Escargot and Eweshggr ("Mouton Baise") are once again inviting us to dress up in our best French designer gear - "a tutu perhaps, or French maid's outfit, or blue and white stripy shirt, with onions", etc. But they do have one request: "no visible French letters, please."

Next run details
When: Sunday 13th July, 4 pm
Where: Chez Eweshggr ("Mouton Baise") at Mt Nebo
Hares: Escargot and Eweshggr

(If you need directions to this run, please email us)

On, on!