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HASH MAG:
RUN NO.879
Run Date: 9 October 2000
POST MORTEM : Run 879.
Start: Goodameavy, nr Clearbrook.
Hares: Mermaid,
Zippy & Squawk
Two pints of lager and
a packet of crisps please! ...or, for those travelling from the
other side of the moor, "10 pints of ale and some hash grub!"
Sham 69 - East London Boys 1977, were the purveyors of that marvellous
classic!
Two false starts and the ritual de-bagging of
a pair of shorts heralded the start of Mermaid's Biathlon - Run
- Swim - Run! Mudflaps caused some concern as she was struck
and thrown to the floor by an amorous oak tree. Various bodies
rushed to pick up the damaged acorns before moving on to the
second discipline....
The swim...Ariana Stasinopolis (aka Euthanasia),
with some encouragement from the all too elusive Hare, sought
refuge behind a rather large tree, and extinguished all light
emitting from her head torch in order to avoid the plunge. Some
people will go to extraordinary lengths to avoid chilling their
bits!
"I'm sure it's left" an all too common cry from one
co-hare...[ A slight aside... this was also heard some years
ago when your scribe was getting lost during the Oak Croak! ...and,
more recently, during various Three Peaks marathons. For example,
when leaving Scafell Pike en route to Wasdale Head, we emerged
at Mickledore en route to the base of Broad Stand. BUGGER!].
So, left we went...no flour in sight, so Zip took to ad libbing!
Was anyone fooled? I'm sure some may have been, as they anxiously
tried to keep up. At this point, Plodder showed grave concern
that some members of the Hash might miss their supper and offered
to show them his short piece...sorry, I mean short cut (can't
get the secretarial support these days!!). Sqwauk (spelling?)
went adrift with our Hare, and emerged some minutes later spluttering
that he was "just taking up the rear!"
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