Red Hill - Spring Hill - What did you expect?

It was definitely an urban run this last Sunday, but we Samford country yokels felt right at home with the hilly nature of the trail. It's not for nothing that the areas we ventured into are called Red Hill and Spring Hill.

The route included 3 footbridges...some of us had driven under a couple of these frequently without ever noticing them! And those runners who were looking forward to some stairs must surely have been satisfied....

The real estate and the city views provided many points of interest.

Le W*nk was exhausted after just doing the walk!

Part of the group that crowded onto a Petrie Terrace veranda after the walk/run - including one fourth of the dogs who walked the trail:

Some of us had done a catering job in the city earlier in the day, and there was a bit of cake left over:

Escargot's third slice of Victoria sponge:

It was good to welcome Superhacker back from the UK!

We're a bit closer to home this coming Sunday - at Everton Hills (can't get away from those hills, though, can we?)

Next run details

When: Sunday 2nd August, 4 pm

Where: Alfredson Park, Collins Road, Everton Hills (park on Collins Road). A map!

Hares: Le W*nk will set the trail; Potluck will cater (please bring something to share)

On, on!

"Give a dog a bone"

Legend has it that in the olde days snags and bread made up the standard Samford Hash diet and that every second run was from John Scott Park. Our hares this last Sunday brought us back to our roots on both counts. They took us on a trail that we haven't run for quite a long while, and they served up the traditional fare - minus the charcoal, and supplemented with cheesy starters, a classy salad, chocolate brownies, and yet more chocolate. Many thanks to Payback and Cash Converta!

It was good to catch up with old friends Groundsheet, Corn Cob and Little Squirt, and to welcome back Hornblower, whom we haven't seen on the trail for a while.

Dog-whisperer Shockjock had been having a yarn with his canine mates, and put forward their suggestion that we should add bones to the regular Hash menu. It's fair to say that this idea stirred up a bit of controversy. It was referred to a sub-committee of dog owners (to be known as the "Knick Knack Paddy Whack" committee....)

And - thanks to Hugandkiss, who distributed Chinese good-luck charms to everyone present - we can expect to have several Lotto winners amongst us over the next few weeks. Let's hope they're all as generous as she is!

It's an urban run next Sunday.

Next run details
When: Sunday 26th July, 4 pm
Where: Culture's cat-house in Petrie Terrace
Hares: Culture and Haughty

(Please email us if you need directions to this run)

On, on!