Well it came to pass that an emergency back up hare situation wasn't needed, but that didn't stop yours-truly sticking his oar in! No I didn't make it that long - long? Long? Load of whingeing Poofs!
No I didn't take it nearly to the top of Leith Hill, twice, - twice? Twice? Load of whingeing faggot SCBs.
But I DID make sure bloody near every check was a back check! That stuffed the front runners, problem was there weren't many around!
With FRB on his hols, and Ponce and the Guildford Gang not around, about the worst frbs (note not caps!) were Karin (Currently Un Named Hasher), Pied Piper, Muffer, and Icepyck (!).
Presumably, determined to show what great country there is in their back-garden for their swansong, Kaffir and Terri (they never use a map - aaaaargh!!!) stitched together (or was it cut in half?) a few of their training jogs and kindly invited SH3 to come and have a "good-value" run.
As declared in dispatches; Kaffir laid the shortest ever (if we forget Dr Tye Pin's at Esher or that one by the other Southern/East African (what's his name?) at Holmbury Hill), he didn't mean to (like Dr. Tye Pin did, to get a niece back to the pub in the shortest time!), he just got too clever with in-trail and out-trail together-ness / crossing-ness.
Nearly happened today too! About a third of the way round, the out trail went left, and the in-trail, if Loop-A was going to be used, came down the hill straight ahead and turned left (right to the out-goers if you get my drift). This would have meant a deft bit of trail laying to make sure the pack had gone past before laying the In-trail at that point.
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Luckily the alternative trail - Loop-B, seemed more inviting after we decided on the previously unseen path from the Coldharbour Church rather than the clog along the road to the Plough. Unfortunately, the mearest bit of downhill followed by a back check leading to a solution back up to the flanks of the hill fort, was enough for the dissenters, and preferring black top to God's own, they went for an early beer.
The Hare group (I've got to be careful here!); two Hashers, two Harriettes and two Bitches, split up and four went to check that the pack had negotiated the now not so dangerous bit. Who should we see hove into view at least half a mile up the bit that was to be the Loop-A in-trail (there will be an exam later) but Lord Raleigh! Followed a few minutes later by Abba, both completely off trail but potentially screwing up plan A - if had come to pass - the morel is KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid).
Choosing to mark over Kaffirs attempt at culling the hash by crossing the bloody mad A24 dual carriageway instead of re-using the out bound tunnel only 100 yards further on, we over dubbed his flour with and arrow pointing to the tunnel and the last couple of hundred yards WAS on out-trail!
Small outbreaks of panic and concern for the Landlord's income occured as the time for the 2nd wave to arrive ticked on, Cunt Dracula banging on at length about using his car-park till 1 o'clock with no sales - well go in and buy a round of beers for the Hares!!
Arfur eventually arrived and did the busines - mostly concerned with pre-hash parking perambulations - I really must take some notes! - next week!
Tequi'over
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