Q. When do doctors get annoyed?

A. When they lose their patients (boom, boom). We missed out on our usual sharing of cracker jokes immediately after Christmas, and caught up this Sunday with jokes from some high-quality bon-bons. 

But Floater and Scratchit's trail was no joke at all, beginning with a real heart-starter on the way up to the Ironbark bears. They were still celebrating Christmas with a friend:

The runners began on the walkers' trail, and then went on an impromptu runners' loop. On Nipliquor's suggestion they headed up the hill "a bit" and then on down a bike track criss-crossed by exposed roots. In the good old hashing tradition, when one fell over the rest kept on running....Announcing - the first injury of 2024!

Call that an injury? When I were young....

Back home we feasted on pasta, featuring home-grown veges, and more roasted home-grown veges. Many thanks to our hares, Floater and Scratchit!

Nipliquor, Prattle and Hopalong - proof that Samford Hash is not all geriatric:

The gathering hordes on a dampish afternoon:

Walkers:

And more pics from the event, courtesy of Snappy - thanks to her!

Now - for those going to Interhash in Queenstown, here are two really important quotes from the latest Interhash newsletter:

"Trail reservation system (new)

Something completely new for an Interhash, successfully tested recently for EuroHash 2023. In 2 to 4 weeks we’ll provide you with a link and FAQs to book your seat on Saturday and Sunday trails. This will avoid the usual morning chaos fighting for a spot on your favourite trail, together with your mates.

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, will be to get together (physically?) with your friends and decide (shock, horror!) which trail you want to book so you’re all on the same one. Ahead of registering, of course.

If you don't book, you'll be randomly allocated to wherever there is space remaining."

AND

"Ballbreaker special warning: this one will be brutal with 27km of mountain tracks and 1,200m elevation gain plus possibly very difficult weather conditions."

We need to talk!

Next run details

When: Sunday 14th January, 5 pm

Where: Budgie and Miss Behavin's Murrumba mansion

Hares: Miss Behavin' and Budgie

(If you need directions to this run, please email us.)

On, on!

HHHappy New Year!

 Here we go again! We're in for a great year of hashing, in which Samford Hash will turn 33 years old, and in which a bunch of us will be heading off for another fun time at Interhash! 

We wrapped up the year with a traditional snag and salad feast at one of our traditional venues, after completing a traditional Kedron Brook circuit. Many thanks to our hares, Le W*nk and Lax! And thanks to birthday girl Saucy Sous for the cake! Here are a few shots of the occasion, courtesy of Snappy and Saucy Sous:

At this time each year we look back at some of the highlights of the 12 months gone by. This year these included:

- the best run of 2023 (up to that point) and the most philosophical blog post ever 

- our last run from the Ferny Grove Sports Club 

- a Hash weekend away at Noosa Habitat 

- a St Pat's run featuring home-brewed stout 

- our first (Anzac Day) run from the Gaythorne RSL 

- Some B-breaker training for the runners 

- French cliches for Bastille Day 

- The 2023 Tight Jocks Award ceremony 

- The transformation of Brisbane's Worst Park 

- Halloween 2023 

- the 2023 Red Dress run 

- a gathering of about 40 of us at the Hash Christmas party 

And if you look back over the archives, you'll see that we ran and walked all over the wider Samford valley area, and ventured out to Dayboro, to Sandgate, to Mt Coot-tha, to Mitchy, to Mt. Nebo...and elsewhere, revisiting a lot of our old haunts and exploring new ones. Wonder what's in store for 2024? Well, Queenstown for one....

Next run details

When: Sunday 7th January 2023, 5 pm.

Where: Ironbark Gully picnic area. A map!

Hares: Floater and Scratchit

We suggest you bring chairs.

On, on!