Calm after the storm

24 hours after the storms raced through this last Sunday there were still drifts of hail on the ground in some parts of Samford. The torrential rain that accompanied it also slowed our journeys across town to the Rocks Riverside Park, and it was after 4:15 that we set out. But Samford Hash runs and walks, come rain, hail or shine!

The trail, of course, had been completely obliterated, so we followed some verbal directions and did a bit of exploring upstream along the river bank. The clouds moved on, some late sunbeams broke through, and the storm was succeeded by a calm and peaceful twilight. Aaaaah....

We welcomed B Flat and Malpractice, who had joined with Superhacker and Hopalong to host the run. It was good to see them again and to enjoy one of Malpractice's recitations. Thanks, hares!

We were also joined by a couple of visitors from Tokyo - World Wide Whore and Tunnel of Love. They took part in a traditional welcoming ceremony, and will bear our greetings back to Where's the Beef? and In Your Dreams.

Next week's run will celebrate Halloween. You'll find reminders of some previous occasions on which we've left off our makeup and appeared as our genuine selves here, and here, and here....

It's also time for us to move to a 5 pm start time for summer. Remember this if you arrive at next week's meeting place and find you're the only one there!


Next run details
When: Sunday 28th October, 5 pm - REPEAT - 5 pm!
Where: Henry Bradley Park, Laidlaw Street, Dayboro. A map!
Hares: Make an Offer and Banger

On, on!

Aquarius drizzles?

Who or what is the "It" we refer to when we say "It's raining" or "It's drizzling"? Is it a long-forgotten weather-producing sky-god - Aquarius, say? Or is "It" just a syntactical pacifier stuck in the clamouring mouth of a verb demanding a subject? Whoever or whatever "It" is, we were grateful to It for not tipping Its watering can over us this Sunday at the end of a seriously wet week. Thanks, Aquarius!

We were also grateful to our hares for accommodating us in a warm and dry place when It did start to rain again. A generous serving of - Chicken Marengo, was it? - was followed by some rhubarb crumble that rivaled Le W*nk's last week. Many thanks, hares!

Payback couldn't keep his hands off Shaggy's organ:

He reminded me of the old story which I'm sure must appear in many self-help books. Paddy is asked if he can play the piano. He replies, "I don't know - I never tried." You could apply this to anything, couldn't you? "Can you run a marathon?" "I don't know - I never tried." "Can you paint a masterpiece?" "I don't know - I never tried." I suppose it's good that we have so many trying people in Samford Hash....

Upcoming events include:

• Shockjock's birthday pub crawl on 10th November
• The Red Dress Run on 26th November
• Le W*nk having a shower at some stage (really looking forward to this one)

Next run details
When: Sunday 21st October, 4 pm
Where: Rocks Riverside Park, 5 Counihan Rd,, Seventeen Mile Rocks. A map! (Park where you can and wander along the main drag to find us)
Hares: Superhacker, Hopalong, Malpractice and B Flat

On, on!