Chuck Wao swept into the country and was too busy catching up with young acquaintances that he picked his old favourite run site at the Fire Prevention centre. It was a modest crowd with some being put off by the pricing policy of the CUM, but it was a friendly group and we had a trail set out ahead of us. The hare brief was elaborate – the hare needed to explain to the assembled crowd how ‘international rules’ of hashing worked – the subtle differences between sticks that were painted red, and those that weren’t – it was epic! Finally he pointed the way and we set off.
At the first circle we were bemused by the sight of powder within 5m from the circle – but it seemed like old powder and with memories of the last CUM hash there, it was no surprise there was powder all over the place! Graven set a run on 29th November last year, and had laid trails around there. Turkish found the trail, and called loud enough for Brown Finger (and no one else) to hear him… Fortunately I heard Brown Finger and eventually we set off after the sneaky silent running git! Thankfully Chuckie had set some Skiddy Sticks (sorry a false trail) that pulled TD back with us and we charged down the trail to an excellent circle check.
BF, TD and I spent ages running around in circles, waiting for parental supervision and when Graven Image showed up, he led us along the obvious other option! Thankfully Chuckie had set some Skiddy Sticks (sorry a false trail) that screwed GI up and I led the way back into the mountains. These False Trails were going well – I’d lucked out on 2 of them so far, and CW had told us there were 3 in total – I just needed to dodge another one and I’d be home free! The trail turned steeply uphill and the mountain just seemed to get steeper… Thankfully Chuckie had set some Skiddy Sticks (sorry a false trail), but this time it screwed me up and let the wannabe FRB Turkish speed into the lead again – what’s this about him training for the hash at HTT?
TD turned back into sneaky bastard mode, pulling all the tricks out of his ass to ensure no one could steal his honour. BF took an excellent tumble, but all of us made it back safely to the circle – even though Mr. Poo and Frozen Dick did their best to get lost at the On-In… Short / Prompt circle is a good circle! I managed to get back home to the kids before it got too late, so all in all a good hash!