Mother Superior 2019

There was a good crowd this Sunday, especially for a Mothers' Day run. Shaggy and Cadbury did us proud, with a typically flat Ironbark Gully trail, and then a couple of large pots of chili, heated on a genuine wood fire! Good on them - and many thanks!

One notable absentee was our 2019 Mother Superior - Lax. Never mind - we presented the formidable award by proxy, and her representative made a bit of a fist at modeling. We do look forward to seeing her sporting the garments in person in the future, however.

Two traditions govern the handing on of the award:
1. It's never to be washed (this is probably a pragmatic provision - it would fall apart)
2. Each recipient must add something to the decorations....

Last year's artistic winner - Floater - showed off her arty addition (which reminded me - we're supposed to be planning a studio visit!):

And Le W*nk, the proxy recipient (don't forget the "r" in "proxy") showed off his inner blonde:

Down, downs for the proxy and for birthday boy Scratchit:

Scratchit recalled his induction into Gladstone Hash, in which he had to down, down a yard of ale. They must be well-off in Gladstone - we couldn't afford that!

And Jamesbondage, our Hash jeweler, has been busy. Boxer and Saucy were awarded their Samford Hash name necklaces. Note the Statue of Liberty in the background:

Next run details
When: Sunday 19th May, 4 pm
Where: Chez Eweshggr in Bracken Ridge. If you need directions to this run, please email us at samfordhash@gmail.com
Hare: Eweshggr and assistants

Raise the scarlet standard high!

Jim Connell wrote "The Red Flag" in 1889 - which means the song turns 130 years old this year. Maybe we should have wished it a happy birthday as well as raising our voices in our traditional tuneful(?) rendition. Raise the scarlet standard high - in honour of Mayday - and on, on, comrades!

Last minute complications prevented Shaggy and Cadbury from hosting, but runners and walkers had no real difficulty negotiating the Mt. Coot-tha tracks and finding their way home.

We welcomed Mile High and Hugandkiss back from Japan. They are both looking tremendously fit and strong after their major hiking adventure. Hugandkiss said she'll never complain about a hill on a hash walk again! Here's a view of part of one of the landslips they had to negotiate (it goes down a long way further):

It was good to see Shockjock and Miss Demeanour on the trail, looking none the worse for wear after her birthday celebrations the night before. He even managed to bring along some bottles of a very drinkable Pale Ale! A couple of visitors (or first timers) joined us for the walk and a pizza feast.

Elsewhere in the world, Banger and Make an Offer have been walking around the Croatian coastline...

...while Charcoal and Strine have been exploring the Black Forest - and trying to get some walking in to counter the effects of the irresistible tucker they've found among the alpine villages:

And an interesting bit of goss surfaced this week: one of our members used to perform in porn movies! Guess who....

It's our Mothers' Day event next week, so we'll be passing on our Mother Superior Award! You can find reminders of some previous ceremonies here, and here, and here....

Next run details
When: Sunday 12th May, 4 pm
Where: Ironbark Gully picnic area. A map!
Hares: Shaggy and Cadbury

On, on!