Last Sunday's trail around the village took in some very well-trodden paths, but it's been a while since we trod them, and there were plenty of changes to note on the circuit. These included:
- the demolition of the village tennis courts;
- the new villas along Cash Avenue;
- the new Landcare planting on Cash Avenue;
- the new security gates protecting Samford Grove from another Hash invasion;
- the new concrete car parking area at the school; and
- the new development on Station St.
Add these all up, along with everything else that's happened over the last couple of decades...and it's clear that our old home-town is looking pretty different from the way it would have looked to the founders of Samford Hash 32 years ago. Most long-term hashers are looking pretty different too....
If you thought there were a lot of us at the hash, you were right - there were quite a few. Cash Converta counted 33 hominids and 5 canines. She did the count three times and got the same answer each time (which is what you'd expect from someone with her extensive banking experience). And here are some of her impressionistic shots of the hashing hordes gathered round the back of the old Farmers' Hall:
Around the beginning of April, as the evenings draw in and it becomes increasingly likely that people will get benighted on the trail, we normally move to our winter start time of 4 pm. Trouble is, it's been so unseasonably hot this year that starting at 4 has seemed rather unattractive so far. Still, the BOM is now predicting that daily maximums will drop next week (at last)...and we agreed in the circle that we'd make the big move on the 9th of April. Please mark your diaries!
Next run/walk details
When: Sunday 2nd April, 5 pm (note: the last of the summer runs)
Where: Upstanding and Idle Vice's Wilston hangout
Hares: Idle Vice and Upstanding
PLEASE BRING A
And if you need directions to this run, please email us at samfordhash@gmail.com.
On, on!
