Blazing braziers and birthday cakes (and sunsets, too)

On yet another perfect afternoon in Dayboro our hares dished up a walk and run that took us up a hill (surprise, surprise) and along the "old cream truck" track. The rural views over the valleys and hills were - as always - charming. And the runners added an interesting diversion down to a beautiful swimming hole that's been in the news recently. Were they captured on Federal Police cameras as they did so?

Tatty and Snappy share the photo credits this week, and here's a scenic selection from their camerawork on the walk:

Back at the hares' hilltop we enjoyed a magnificent sunset, a welcome blaze, some beaut chili, and some apple and rhubarb crumble...yum! Many thanks to Banger and Make an Offer for an thoroughly enjoyable trail and a classy meal!

Both Dynamite and Hot Stuff had birthdays this week, and celebrated the occasion with an appropriately sparkling and explosive cake. Congratulations, boys, and thanks to your mum, too!

We'd celebrated another birthday with a cake and a blaze the evening before, as Scratchit turned into a wise and thoroughly mature 65-year-old retiree. What a great selection of home brews he provided - all the way from a non-alcoholic ginger beer to a 7% black IPA! Congratulations and thanks to him and Floater! (Some pics may follow when we get some....)

We have some virgin hares as our hosts next week!

Next run/walk details

When: Sunday 30th May at 4 pm

Where: Saucy Sous and Dumbell's Highvale hideout

Hares: Dumbell and Saucy Sous

Please email us if you need the address for this run. And please bring a chair!

On, on!

Multi-million dollar views

Our hares on Sunday took us up the hill above their place, where the squillion-dollar houses cluster with their Lotuses and Maseratis in the driveways. Fortunately, we were able to get a glimpse from the trail of the sorts of views their owners have paid for...and our hares had developed an innovative chalk mark to indicate where we should pause to look out to the Gateway Bridge, the bay and beyond.

Between the top of the hill and Newmarket rail station is a long flight of stairs that I don't think any of us knew about - a well-kept secret. And down on the Newmarket flats there were yet more bezillion-dollar renovations and extensions to feast our eyes on. The route along Enoggera Creek was lined with posters indicating that the locals are not all that happy about Brisbane City Council's draft plan for the area. You can get an idea of what that's all about from this summary of their objections.

We had as usual a number of dogs on the excursion, ranging from the large:

to the small:

to the minute (this was Teddy's first Hash outing):

Snappy again did her paparazzi thing, capturing some great candid shots of walkers on the trail as well as some more views:

Back home, we lined the driveway and the workshop area under the house to enjoy snags, salad and lentil cottage pie - all great hash fare. Many thanks to our hospitable hares!

And Snappy experimented with a Rembrandt effect. Who'd have thought that lighting alone could make these blokes look mysterious and interesting?

Finally, the Hash Femmes "Mothers' Ruin" outing is coming up in a couple of weeks, and you should have received an email about how to pay Cadbury if you're going. The old slogan "Drunk for a penny, dead drunk for tuppence" doesn't apply any more, but no doubt the quality of the gin is better. Here's a detail from a picture of the venue by Billy Hogarth:

Next run/walk details

When: Sunday 23rd May, 4 pm.

Where: Henry Bradley Park, Laidlaw St, Dayboro. A map!

Hares: Make an Offer and Banger

On, on!