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Report 1480
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NO RAIN FROM RAINMAN BUT FIZZ AND BEER AT G&Tee's
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The intricacies of the Leatherhead one-way system were unraravelled by most but the vicious back check, not 50 yards from the start, gave a great opportunity to Called-Away and Redeye-Scarface to catch up. With the whole pack spread over every main road within 1/4 mile of start, the latecomers were just a few of the many cars to contend with and were directed to the start with plenty of time to join in.
Atalanta did an FRB and gave up just before the trail started - mind you there was a serious attempt to rub it out - she just doesn't have my suspicious mind! So a good 10 minutes later and having gathered up the latecomers the hash got going properly.
We went round the back of the Leisure centre and along the Mole soon finding one of the Hares with more flour on him than I saw the rest of the run! He discouraged us from checking across the road and leaked to a few of the knitting circle that there was to be a drink stop at GandTee's - that was the last we saw of them!
The solution was through the now empty Thorncroft vinyards, behind the Gypsie camp and into Young street car park - have you had enough of all this detail yet? Well it was about here that a few FRBs were starting to pull away, but a bellowed "Piss off" to Called-Away, who was insisting on keep finding the rather easy checks, had the desired effect - at least he went quiet and we managed to get a hash together again. The loop up the hill was a bastard and we came back down from Norbury Hill not a quarter of a mile from the ascent point. About this point it became apparent that "Wanchoring" is genetic, Sweetpea has started standing in for the old man who is nursing a bad knee, mind you I think he should use a different style of anchor - a kedge or an admiralty or a bloody great bit of concrete maybe.
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The next bit meant we in for a long one! The only short possibilty would be left over the brick Mole bridge but it was not to be, past the Priory it was and it was great to see the FRBs checking up the footpath to the right still not knowing if it was a left or right hander and then Sweatpea finding it the other side of the dangerous bloody A24 "clearways" bend.
I eshewed the roadside and used the footpath behind the houses meeting up with the mob at opening time at the Willie. A quick half of Adnams set me up for the wasted oportunity of a back check at the top of the steps and then we all ambled along the causeway and then UP THE BLOODY HILL. It was really difficult trying to convince anyone we weren't still going out - because we were! Even SPea was getting knackerd and Brummie Sue was definitely not impressed, still EVENTUALLY after crossing another dosdgey bit of the A bloddy 24 we stumble into the drink stop chez Diana.
The polypin of Spitfire, Cava bucks fizz, Stella and smoked salmon open sandwiches had us all forgiving the perpetrators and we had no notion that the RA, HareEater and a few others had missed the arrow in the drive inviting us in.
All there were serious party animals, so there was little pressure to leave. When we evntually bit the bullet there was no great rush and Chuderos had removed the sports bra for comfort so it was a knitting circle style amble the 1/2 mile or so back to the hare bridge and in along the out trail.
The hares brought the GOOD BEER to the circle and a pleasent time was had by all. Thank God FRB is back next week and you can get back to your latin for Hashers course!
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