Hare on a bike

Hail and 45 mm of rain had fallen in Mitchy an hour or so before we set out - so the trail was set by a live hare on a bike. He took us on a Kedron Brook circuit, with some interesting additions for the runners.

Found the bike, but where's the trail?

Runners under a jacaranda:

A new walker:

Back home with muddy feet, we feasted on some home-cooked delights, including hand-whisked pavlova and lemon meringue pie. Many thanks to our hares!

Why bother when Coles makes such a good one?

This is what it means to be a family Hash: we have young members, and even younger members, and even younger ones:

Pablo has his eye on a meal:

Our hash caravaners are (mostly) back in town after stopping off at Fick's Crossing:

And courtesy of Miss Demeanour, here are some stunningly scenic shots from last week's excursion around the UQ campus:

At the circle we settled on a date for our Hash Christmas party: it will be on Saturday 19th December at Trudi Fruti and B&W's Jolly's Lookout home. You can find some memories of the last time we partied at this location here. More details will follow....

And at next week's run/walk we'll take the opportunity to do a Halloween dress-up - so please, leave off your make-up and come as the scary real you. To the purists who say it's a day late we say Fooey - it'll still be the 31st October in some parts of the world! You'll find reminders of some of our previous terrifying encounters with ghosts and ghoulies, witches and weirdos here and here. And remember - we move to a 5 pm start time from this run!

Next run details

When: Sunday 1st November, 5 pm - remember, 5 pm!
Where: John Scott Park, in the black heart of Samford
Hares: Culture and Haughty

On, on!

University challenge 2020

Ah, memories! when you look back over the archives you find that we have run and walked at UQ so many times over the past decade that even those who were never students there will have chalked up some memories - including memories of the traditional Circuit of the Great Court. Jacarandas have featured frequently in our campus excursions, as have photo bombings of weddings and graduations. And who could forget the storm that drenched us back in 2011? It was at UQ in 2013 that a couple of our members discovered that they had both been graduate students at Notre Dame in Indiana - a university which has been in the news recently for supplying a certain candidate for the US Supreme Court....

We had superb weather for this Sunday's walk and run around the campus, and we were far from being the only people out enjoying the spectacle of the jacarandas. The trail was very well marked (congrats to all three of our hares) and the new playground made a great venue for the on, on. Excellent tucker, too - many thanks, hares!

The Great Court - almost as full of memories for Budgie (and some others) as the Regatta Hotel...

Under the jacaranda:

A Great Meal:

Some Tartan trackwork:

This week our hash caravaners have been climbing Mt Walsh (near Biggenden):

And practising social distancing, country style:

Week-old Xander met his grandparents in hospital:

And was home a day or so later:

Now for some Advance Warning: we will be moving to a 5 pm Summertime Start from 1st November (Halloween Run).

Next run details

When: Sunday 25th October, 4 pm (to repeat - the last of our 4 pm starts for the year)

Where: Le W*nk's Mitchelton homestead

Hares: Lax and Le W*nk

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

On, on!