North-er - South-er - West-er - Easter

It's the preeminent weekend of the year for people to scatter to all points of the compass, so it's always hard to predict how many to eggspect on Easter Sunday. In the end we counted 5 walkers, 2 runners and 4 laggards who just turned up to join us at the pub (it's only fair to note that these were suffering from a number of ailments). It was a brilliant afternoon for a walk or run around the village circuit - sunny and clear, but quite autumnal, with the first westerlies of the season lending a crisp coolth to the air. Here are some of Snappy's shots from the walk:

We felt desperately sorry for the owners of the pub, who had so much to complain about during Covid restrictions, so we were overjoyed to pay an extra 15% on drinks and meals to celebrate Easter - we'd really have liked to pay more. And we sang Happy Birthday to a young man who had just turned 17. It's far more common for us to be celebrating 70th birthdays at the moment....

Meanwhile, other members of the Hash have been North-er, West-er, South-er than the stay-at-homes this East-er. Here are some shots from these different directions:

Next run/walk details

When: Sunday 16th April at 4 pm

Where: Lax and Le W*nk's Mitchelton abode

Hares: Le W*nk and Lax

On, on!

Last of the summer runs 2023

We might have guessed from Upstanding's inexhaustible stock of jokes that his birthday falls on April 1st - he was born to be a joker. And we were honoured to be invited to celebrate his Big One on Sunday. Moreover (since we're cheapskates at heart) we were delighted to find that he'd supplied an esky of free beer and bubbles alongside the Hash ones....Payback officially inducted him into the Old Farts' Club with a presentation of the appropriate beverage:

Our hares took us on a varied and interesting sortie through the leafy byways of Wilston, past the classy latte joints of Wilston Village, the mangroves of Enoggera Creek, and a spanking new microbrewery. Here are some of Snappy's shots of the gathering and the walk:

Back home at the hares' we enjoyed a birthday feast which included a kombi cake (without an awning - who needs an awning?) Many thanks to Upstanding and Idle Vice!

A number of our members are going away this week for an extended Hash camping trip. Bon voyage to them! And for those of us who remain...a reminder that from next Sunday we'll be moving to a 4 pm start time!

Next run/walk details

When: Sunday 9th April at 4 pm (Easter Egg run)

Where: John Scott Park, Samford Village

Hares: M. Promptu will set the trail. Drinks and food thereafter at the Samford Pub (there will be no Hash eskys this week)

On, on!