Chiang Mai Saturday Hash House Harriers
Drinking and Running Since 1991
Hash Trash 1530
Grand Master – Skid Mark Haberdasher – Juicy Fruit
Historian & Awards Master – Superman Hash Cash – Titty Smoker
Joint Master – Just Cumming Beer Monster – Deep Throat
Religious Advisor – Chuck Wao Hare Raiser – Bushy Tail
Deputy Beer Monster – Sheep Shagger On Sec.– Stumbling Dyke
Run # 1531
Cartoon was the hare for today’s escapade and the location was out in Sankampeng at a frequently hashed from A bucket which I think is now eligible for ELS – Eponymous Location Status. To join such illustrious venues as Turkey’s Triangle and Superman’s Dog Leg. Maybe, something like Cartoon’s Lay By. I’m sure there’s a better name than that, anyway just a thought.
Cartoon gave the hare brief with about 30 of the usual suspects in attendance. There was nothing of particular note. Running through rice fields, shredded paper, the usual stuff. We set off out of the A bucket turned right and we were immediately sent on an upward trajectory soon finding ourselves in an environment where a mountain goat would have felt quite at home. We tentatively negotiated the precipitous terrain, slipping and sliding, for about 10 minutes, or so, only to realize that we all had been victims of a cunning and fiendish plan as this had been a loop. We now found ourselves, more or less, back at the A bucket with a very self-satisfied and smug looking Cartoon awaiting us. But he did assure us that the run was going to be flat from now on.
We all set off again down a gravel track for a couple of hundred meters, or so, and into the first of many rice fields on today’s foray. It wasn’t long before I bumped into Snail Trail and Cummalot where we exchanged pleasantries and I inquired on the mushroom status. They informed me that they were in quest of bamboo shoots and that the fungologists Were elsewhere deployed, namely Doesn’t Get it, Hot Nipples and Wooly Jumper.
The trail continued and took us across a couple of ditches, around the perimeter of the field and onto a road which we ran along for a few hundred meters. Then we once again turned right and once more found ourselves amidst another green and luscious plantation of Thailand’s largest cash crop. Here I met the fungologists seeming very pleased with themselves; showing me a big bag of their foraged bounty.
We skirted the field, into a wooded area and up a small hill. On getting to the top, I could see Tip Toe, Square Rooter and Deep Throat in discussion. I joined them and saw their dilemma. We were once more confronted by a huge rice plantation which by the vastness of its expanse was a veritable sea of green and with the sky of blue; I half expected to see a yellow submarine. For those of you under the age of 30, who might happen to read this, that’s a reference from the lyrics of a Beatles’ song – The Beatles being a popular and rather successful boy band of the 1960’s. I digress; our dilemma being, there was an obvious short cut through the rice crop which I could see had been taken by some of the harriettes, but Tip Toe took the executive decision that we should not in any way damage the rice plants; we all duly agreed and embarked on the long way round. This was not without reward as the views across the vibrant rice crop were spectacular with Square Rooter stopping to take many photos along the way.
We eventually got to the opposite side of the field; crossed one of those ubiquitous mosquito ridden ditches of stagnant water by means of a narrow concrete post which had been layed across the expanse. Then up a slight incline; through a wooded area; past a very holy looking Buddhist shrine and onto a gravel track and back to the A bucket.
It goes without saying. the weather conditions for today’s outing were once again perfect, so ‘All Hail’ once more to the RA, Chuck Wao, For his climactic wizardry. I clocked up just over 5 km and it took me about an hour. A great run with spectacular views, well done Cartoon.
OnOn Stumbling Dyke….