Caught out - again and again and again....

Le W*nk's brilliant trail for the runners was packed full of checks and falsies, and caught them out again and again - they ran every one, beginning a couple of hundred metres from the start, and finishing a couple of hundred metres from the end, when they were tricked twice in quick succession. In between, they missed a mark as they entered the Bunyaville State Forest and persisted in going the wrong way, led by Haughty who thought he knew a short cut. What a joke...instead of the Jinker Track, they ended up on Dugandan Road! Congratulations to Le W*nk - it was a real hash trail, and despite their curses, the runners really enjoyed it.

Both runners and walkers' trails had been set the day before and washed out. Lax re-set the walkers' one as a live hare, and made sure that no-one could possibly get lost:

Back home we enjoyed some rib-filling pasta served from the back of the van, followed up by chocolate dessert - as the rain began to fall again. Le W*nk once again nominated three people for down, downs - and received one himself for his over-achievements in setting the runners' trail. Many, many thanks to our hares - well done!

In reviewing this week's pictures, one is struck by what a handsome lot we are - especially Shockjock! (Thanks to Make an Offer for this shot.)

And here are some more pics from the occasion, courtesy of Saucy Sous and Snappy:

The gathering:

The walk:

The rainbow:

Back at the park:

Now, on a sadder note, this week saw us farewelling another much loved Hash dog, Mollie. She was six when she first came to live with Mile High and Hugandkiss, and on her first hash walk she had to be carried for much of the way. She obviously hadn't done much walking previously...but she soon got into it and became a regular. Besides hashing, she also became a page three girl in the local paper, and starred in some SPADEwerx productions - as a zombie hound, a "Wild Beast", and Madame Arcati's companion in "Blithe Spirit". Here are some words from Hugandkiss and Mile High, followed by some photos from happier times.

"Today we had to say our final goodbye to our gorgeous little Star🌟Mollie.

We had to let her go.

Trusting it was her time was huge.

She passed peacefully this morning.

She was 16 years and 3 months.

Mollie was such an enormous part of our life it is difficult to imagine life without her.

We feel like we have lost part of ourselves.

We are comforted by the wonderful life she lived and the many people who loved her.

We have beautiful memories of her and so many gorgeous pictures of her.

There will be a bright new Star🌟in the sky tonight. RIP Gorgeous Mollie"

Next run/walk details

When: Sunday 14th April at 4 pm

Where: Wahminda Park Tennis Courts, Ferny Grove. A map!

Hares: Miss Demeanour and Shockjock

We suggest you bring chairs.

On, on!

Last of the summer runs (again)

It matters not what others have to say about the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Summer has now officially ended for Samford Hash, and the official Samford Hash Winter begins next Sunday, the 7th of April. So mark your diaries - enter a reminder on your phone - set an alarm - from next Sunday our runs/walks will start at 4 pm. Don't forget!

When penning an Easter Sunday post it's hard to avoid some eggstreme and eggstensive and eggsessive and eggstravagant and eggscruciating and eggregious punning. It's happened in the past, but this year I'm determined to eggscise as many eggsamples as I can and eggsert some control over myself (sorry about all that. Ahem.)

Hare Dumbbell is still using a crutch, and though he's back in training, he's not eggsercizing his leggs yet. We thought this was a good enough eggscuse for the absence of trail markings as we eggsplored the area. The site goes under water fairly eggstensively and frequently and it was still eggsessively damp in parts, but the walkers were able to keep their eggstremities dry. The runners added an eggscursion through Strathpine, circling the eggsterior of the shopping centre on their way back (sorry, again, about all that). 

Back home, Saucy Sous laid (ignore that, please) on an eggscellent, eggstraordinary and eggsceptional (stop it!) feast of honey-soy drumsticks, salad and spud bake, all followed up by Easter eggs. Many thanks to our Easter bunny hares!

Here are a few of Saucy Sous' shots from the occasion.

"The trail goes this way":

"No, this way":

"No, this is the way, Dad":

The eggscitable, eggstraverted and eggshibitionist Le W*nk proposed a down, down for the "over-achievers" Dumbbell and Banger, and was judged to be worthy of one himself:

Next run/walk details

When: Sunday 7th April at 4 pm - Note -  4 pm, 4 pm

Where: Lemke Park, Albany Creek. Meet at the main carpark off Frederick St. A map!

Hares: Le W*nk and Lax

We suggest you bring chairs.

On, on!