22nd October – CSH3 – BMY & CW (Khuntan Outstation)

Who Put The Khunt in Gassan Khuntan?
A fab weekend of frolics, friends and fantastic trails courtesy of Dr Byte, Knockout, Chuckles and the hangover run hare HRA.
Friday night cheese and wine was a fun event and set us up for a great run thru the valley and hills around Gassan Khuntan. Hares BMY and CWao took us though the golf course and right through a building site into woods and orchards and rather splendidly along the narrow guage railway line.
Back across the line we went eventually and across part of the new 9 holes of the golf course, on on well spotted by Sex Pistol.
Along a weir and into forest trails, V check followed V check and up and down the wooded hills we went, across little sandy stream beds and winding around between bigger hills to the much awaited beer stop after 6 and a bit km and 75 mins of hard hashing.
Taste My Buns was off her sick bed going well and Sloppy Rod showed us a clean pair of heels. Piggy, Poo, HRA, Sex Pistol, Turkish, a young Pommy visitor and Angry Inch seemed to be doing the majority of the checking labours. Blows Herself certainly called loudly and Knockout now has competition in the decibels stakes, altho at a lower frequency of noise.
After the drinks stop, it was tricky and confusing, the checks were hard, paper was perhaps missing and a guilty farmer eventually showed TMB where he’d taken it down from! The rest of the missing paper was probably goggled by the insects who were still hungry after devouring the floor laid paper circles for 24 hrs.
Eventually the farm tracks opened up to a wide vista of river and the double span white railway bridge. Up we went and along the tracks just before a loco streamed into view! Finally the C bucket just the other side of the bridge. Well done Tiptoe and Catastrophe for completing the long trail!
Iconic views, cold Lao Dark, a long but nice natured circle and back to the resort for nosebag and well lubricated social banter.
Sunday’s hangover run was an entertaining 30 mins of orchards and hillside trails with a long asphalt on in. Many thanks to CWao and HRA for that not little gem.
An outstation to savour in the Land of Smiles.
On on!