Monday, December 30, 2019

Last run of the decade maybe

In the beginning there was no Year 0. So the first decade AD began on 1 Jan 1, and that first decade ended on 31st Dec 10. Logically then, the 202nd decade should end on 31st December 2020. Does anyone care? And are we bored yet? Let's just go with the hoi polloi and say that on Wednesday we begin a new and much better decade - one in which Samford Hash will be celebrating its 30th birthday (12th February 2021)....

What a lot we elderly folk have to look back on over the last 10 years! Check the archives to help your reminiscences. There you'll find (among lots and lots of other things):

2010
Interhash in Borneo. (More pics here, here and here)

2011
An evening of elegance

2012
Our 21st Birthday Run

2013
A trip to Tenterfield
Some runs in Tuscany
A classy Christmas in July do

2014
A boat trip on the Tweed

2015
A memorable Oktoberfest celebration
Floods in Chennai

2016
Our Silver Jubilee run

2017
The Red Dress Run at which Mile High won the Best Dressed Award

2018
Interhash in Fiji

and then in 2019...
Ozday 2019
Mothers' Day Run
Brisbane Valley Rail Trail weekend
Jimbour Opera weekend
Fathers' Day 2019
Hash Christmas 2019

Escargot was our solo hare this last Sunday since Dingo was suffering a bad case of man flu. She also had to deal with the fact that a large part of the national park has been closed because of fire danger. So we enjoyed a short post-Christmas recovery route around a circuit that was still open, and then settled in to enjoy the view and some excellent tucker. Many thanks to our hare!



A coolish breeze caused some of the ladies to don some rather elegant SPADEwerx costumes that Culture just happened to have in the car:


Budgie enjoyed his meal in the company of all of his friends:


One giant leap for mankind:


It was a good occasion to bestow Hash names on a couple of people who have honouring us with their presence a bit lately. Congratulations, Overpass and Oztrek! And happy birthday, Footsie! We celebrated all three of them with our usual quaint bit of ceremonial:



Elsewhere in the world, Superhacker and Hopalong joined B-Flat and Malpractice (and some other hangers-on) for Christmas dinner after a soggy Christmas morning Park Run in Cambridge....How many others of us ran on Christmas Day, eh? Shame on us!


Next run details
When: Sunday 5th January, 5 pm
Where: Keating Park, Burton Lane, Samford (aka Burton Lane Park 3). A map!
Hares: Underpass and Overpass

BRING A CHAIR!

On, on!