To kick off our Christmas in July 2021 celebrations, our hares took us on a well-marked and pleasant ramble around the Ferny Grove and Upper Kedron area. Strava and Google disagreed about the length of the walk, and Tatty accordingly called for a down, down for the hares....But there was no debate about the length of the table which accommodated 30 of us plus a baby (and there were a couple of other tables of young'uns elsewhere as well.)
Shaggy and his random number generator presided over the distribution of Secret Santa gifts, and in the absence of Le W*mk it seemed everyone was pretty happy with what they received.
We feasted on traditional turkey and trimmings followed by Christmas pud...or at least on some tastier Malaysian substitutes:
Banger tackles his second helping of chocolate rice pudding:
Many thanks to our hares for the walk and run, and for organising the festivities!
We welcomed Shockjock and Miss Demeanour, back from a very long journey into the red centre - made longer by a border closures as they were about to enter South Australia. They took some spectacular shots...and here's a selection of views from The Territory:
Elsewhere (in the UK), Thursday 29th July marks 60 years since B-Flat and Malpractice were featured in this picture -
What an impressive innings! And congratulations to them both!
Superhacker notes that there are some other members of Hash who'll be achieving a Diamond award shortly as well. She also passed on a Dad joke from Malpractice, which goes like this:
"After the recent protests in London the Met Police reported that all the Portaloos were stolen. When asked by the BBC if they had any leads, the Chief inspector said they had "nothing to go on""
Boom, boom!
Finally, another milestone - yet another Hash mum finds herself outstripped by a stripling:
Next run/walk details
When: Sunday 1st August, 4 pm
Where: Upstanding and Idle Vice's Wilston hideaway
Hares: Idle Vice and Upstanding
Please, please bring chairs! Our hares have gone minimalist and now sit on the floor!
(and if you need directions to this run, please email us)
On, on!
