I got out of teaching early and dashed towards the run site – only to hit a big traffic jam and ended up being 15 minutes late. Arriving at the A site, there were of course no hasher’s left, and no hare either, so I had to sniff for an out trail. Lung Laa gave me a clue – not quite right, but having gone a good 500m in the wrong direction I found it on my way back.
Great I was off, about 30 mins back there was no way I could catch up, but at least I could get some exercise – until another 200m later I found out why the hare wasn’t at the A – he was too busy re-laying the On-In and removing a section of trail to avoid confusion. Instead it caused me great confusion and delayed me further before I could get going again. It was getting dark as the trail headed into the hills, so I opted out and cut back along the road until I intercepted the trail – with a bit more exploring I intercepted the hare and jogged back.
It seems the other hashers had similar experiences, with lots of confusion at several checks and all aborting the run after a while. At least the beer was cold and the company good – On-On to the next circle.