Arriving at the larger to find a very very tired looking hare – was it a long run, did he tumble down a gully, or hadn’t he laid the trail en route home from Spicy and hadn’t got to bed yet? A modest turnout listened to Doggy’s hare brief and while Humperdick was getting numbers for the OnOnOn I took the chance to get a leap on the usual FRB’s.
The first check was a long time coming, so Chucky, Browny, Scooby and Gravy already ran me down with Horny Monkey at the 1km point. Semen Soars must have flown past at some point too and as the checks came and went – mostly straight on fortunately – up ahead the reason for Doggy’s tortured appearance became apparent!
Yep – tis the season and the trail was on fire! Poor Doggy had to go out and re-lay 3x and Humperdick had been summonsed to rescue him from smoke inhalation and dehydration. However along with Square Rooter, Humperdick and Turksih Delight we ended up in a large gully that a serious inferno must have just swept through – no paper anywhere. GPS said left and wasn’t too long before Square Rooter found trail.
With the FRB’s in at the 42 min mark for the 5.4km run – Frozen brought up the rear in daylight with a respectable 70 mins earning him the Wings. Some good running trails and without the fires would have been an ideal run.
So with some sadness CUM at 420 runs reaches an end. With CH3 now running weekly (still on alternate Monday/Tuesday’s for now) – what was started with a Dutchman perhaps somehow karmically ends with a Dutchman. Thank you all of those who have made CUM a enjoyable Hash and here’s to the future of Chiang Mai male hashing.
The Dutch theme continued with great food at Humperdick’s convenient and very tasty restaurant – so here’s to the Double Dutch team today! Cheers & OnOn – BD