Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Guess who?

Any guesses as to who this dashing young fella might be?


Yep, you got it...it's none other than our own Eweshggr - made in 1946, and still going strong! Our latest septuagenarian was feted on Sunday with a cake, a festive sangria/champagne mix, and some Big balloons. Thanks to Leave Pass and Tinkerbell for performing blow jobs - on the balloons, of course. And thanks to Scratchit for doing the housework.

Our route took us along the green banks of the South Pine River, which was looking pretty full and healthy after the rain last Sunday, and then back through the burbs. Conditions were coolish and got cooler as night fell, and the birthday candles didn't seem to provide a great deal of heat....


"Friends, Romans, countrymen..." Le W*nk, standing on two "chillybins", addresses the gathered throng:

The Birthday Boy blows some bubbles:

Next run details
When: Sunday 3rd July
Where: Milton Tennis Centre (Frew Park, Milton). Enter off Haig St. A map!
Hares: Shockjock, Miss Demeanour and Co.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Land of f****ing rain

The land of flooding rain did its thing again this last Sunday - so much so that the hares were prevented from making it to their own run! Despite the Council having upgraded the Cedar Creek causeways, at 4 pm Culture and Haughty were still trapped behind a flooded floodway with a tree trunk lodged across it.

But the 9 Samford hashers (7 human, 2 canine) who turned up in the heavy rain were not deterred. They set out beneath some serious umbrellas, and returned to enjoy a glass or two under the downpour. There were no drink stops along the route (and no need for them) but a kindly local had set out some free citrus fruit on the footpath for anyone feeling a bit faint.

There's evidence of a bit of water on the lens in these shots:


Congratulations to the brave souls who kept up the tradition...Samford hashers run and walk in all sorts of weathers!

Next run details
When: Sunday 26th June
Where: Yuraba Conference Centre - end of Church Road, Eaton's Hill. A map!
Hares: Culture and Haughty

Please bring a chair!!

On, on!

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Cold, wet and present

You'd have thought that Samford hashers would be sensible enough to stay warm and dry this last Sunday, but in fact some 25 of us turned up in the cold, wet and gathering gloom to complete a M. Promptu run/walk and enjoy yet another Potluck feast. It was good to see Kermit, back for 3 weeks from her present posting in Darwin. Here are a couple of shots of the dripping crowd:


Most of the Yaraka expeditioners were back home, including Le W*nk - who, as Shockjock said, had completed the longest "On back" in history. Here's the little van that nearly made it - so near, yet so far:

The weather was very different a couple of weeks ago in Tokyo, when Where's the Beef? and In Your Dreams were snapped on a Tokyo Hash run through a rose garden:

And here's another catch-up shot: last week's run at Eaton's Hill:

Next run details
When: Sunday 19th June, 4 pm
Where: Corner Cedar Creek Road and Mt Samson Road, Closeburn. A map! (Note: this venue is different from that originally advertised - we've made the change because of the amount of rain predicted for Sunday)
Hares: Culture and Haughty

On, on!

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Home and Away 2

The Home run this last Sunday was in Eaton's Hill, where a rather intimate group of half a dozen or so hardy souls took on some of the local terrain. Here's an account by one of the hares, Escargot:
We met at H. T. Ireland Reserve to find that it had been under about 1.3 metres of water the day before.  6 hardcore hashers gathered for the second smallest Samford run that I have ever been on. Tinkerbell, Hook, Dingo and Leave Pass turned out for the live hare run by Footsie and Escargot. It was cold and a bit damp, but everyone was soon warmed up by the hills. A good walk was had by most and a good run by Tinkerbell & offspring to the water tower. Footsie provided a great butter chicken!
The Away group meanwhile was in Yaraka in Western Queensland, where rather less rain had still made the roads impassable for those who hadn't already got there earlier in the week. This meant that we sadly missed out on the company of Le W*nk and Son, who made it to within a few km of the venue before turning back for the long drive home....

By Saturday afternoon the rain had cleared and 15 of us set out for the local landmark, Mt. Slowcombe. There were 3 trails - short (2 km), medium (8.5 km) and long (15 km) with a reasonable number of hashers attempting each of them. Here's the group at the start outside the famous Yaraka Hotel:

And here's Floater, Culture and friend, looking remarkably fresh at the end of the 15 km long course:

Saturday night found us enjoying a old-fashioned knees-up in honour of Culture's birthday. It included line-dancing plus some other dancing which was a bit harder to identify:






Freddy Mercury put in a special appearance:

A great time was had by all - thanks to Nick, Chris, Gerry, Hayley, Grimmo, the Irish girls, Tom the indefatigable musician, and everyone else at the Yaraka Hotel!

Next run details
When: Sunday 12th June, 4 pm
Where: John Scott Park, Samford Village
Hares: M. Promptu will set the run; Potluck will cater (please bring something to share)

On, on!