The numbers were up from the previous week due to the beautiful weather and our Hares for this week were the Morgan & Canton clans. So off we drove past the Sailing club along past the Sheiks palace and along the coast track to the QP picnic site. There were easier ways to get there but the Hares wanted to test all the four by fours and shake us all down to our socks. 3 Trails marked in orange and frugally marked as well. In these days of credit crunches and teaching your kids not to be wasteful there was not a drop of paint left from the one can our hares used. Micro dots of paint to show us the way and they were an eyesight test for our elder hashers.
For the time of year the trails were a good length and once your eyes became accustomed to the markings it was enjoyable watching Jaws leading all the kids down trail 3. (A modern day Pied piper) First in was Postman Pat & comments were made by Dave Baker and secondary ones by Danny Clarke. The spies for the day were one of Dels clan and one of Danny's ( The girls names escape me for the moment ( Ella and Christina ? ) and will no doubt be a bucket in the near future for yours truly ) and the girls buckleted their dads for being dad, Miss Disgrace for pinching juice from the Kids quench,Mr Comet and Gump for just being there, Hangabout coz they think he's cute and Penelope Pisst up because she's a teacher !
The Hashmaster informed the Hash that there is a Ball coming up on the 14th May and that this is a Formal Dance and not a raffle of someones unmentionable. There will be further circulars about it in the forthcoming weeks ahead. On On
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Sunday, 1 March 2009
1138: Thunderbolts and Lightning Very,very frightening
It was a rainy day in Greendale and only a few mad Hashers gathered for a soaking. Thunder and lightning all around us and we mad souls were set for a live Hash.What some folk will endure for a drink from the Quench's box of amber nectar. Mr Comet explained all about live Hashes to those of us who hadn't done one before ( Mainly the kids) and proceeded to produce the required pieces of paper with things like Hare 1 , Hare 2 etc written on them. The Hashers were then asked to pick one piece of paper each and keep it secret. Some of the kids were brilliant at keeping it a secret except Ben. We all knew he was Hare 3. So we began following one of the youngsters Cara for trail 1 and being a good girl kept the run down to about 1km. The rain started pelting down but did it dampen our enthusiasm? Not a chance. Dave set off on trail 2 after Coach and Penelope Pisst up led the Hashers on a couple of falsies. The On In was Ceeweed and he called it after Coach had summoned the runners with a Ni No shout and a waving of the arms a distance away in the desert.Postman Pat and Fran and a few of the hard of understanding ran towards the man who had to explain the folly of their ways. What the girls uttered was unprintable ! First in was Clouseau who wore sailing shoes and splashed in every puddle on the way back to the cars. Comments were made by Del, and Lo and behold the Spy was the coach. He bucketed Ben and Oscar for unruly behaviour during the comments, Postman Pat for the Non purchasing of Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream from Baskin Robbins and Clouseau for getting the number of the runs wrong again. The rain kept off long enough for Fran to take a few more snaps from Simon's camera and the Hardy lot a few more amber nectars. On On
Sunday, 22 February 2009
1137: Ankle Breaker
Gump and myself took the hash to a location which was new to most hashers out by the new hospital. Instead of heading towards Zikreet and back past the hospital we decided to take a more interesting route along the service road parallell to the highway and through the tunnel under it.
Here are some words of wisdom about the run by Coach...
We eventually arrived at the Hash site after negotiating our way parallel to the new road and then through a culvert up into the Jebels beside the new Hospital.
The Hot to trot and Gump combination didn't let us down.Their last Hash for some weeks as the pair of them are learning to Wind surf.Anyway we have come to expect a long run from the pair of them and boy were we not disappointed. The trails were twisty, turny , up and down Jebels and lengthy. The softer option trail in black was followed by our younger Hashers and some of our elder ones. The runners amongst the lot of us actually enjoyed it. Masochists! If the Hospital had been open we would have had one of our Hashers ( Mark ) make a quick call in. He tripped over his own feet on Trail number one and cut his knee. Shame ! His Missus was there to offer some comfort, but being the macho type he just wiped the blood off and got on with it. What a hero.
The On In was found by Coach again, that's 2 weeks on the trot and was hidden in between both trails ,the Black and the Blue. By the time we all got back in there were a few mutters of "shoot the pair of them " for the length of the run and others singing the Hares praises.You just can't win when you're the Hare. Comments were given by Miss Disgrace and she was more than lenient and the Spy was Jaws ( Vengeful sod ) He bucketed Morangie, Gump and Hot to trot just for spite.
With the wind starting to blow and the temp dropping, the winter Jackets came out to warm the girls up and Glen. We were all invited back to Gumps House cooling party, for some more amber nectar, shots of Honey brandy and some chicken. What an end to a good day. On On.
Coach has kindly agreed to do the blogging for the next 5 weeks as I will be away.
New T-Shirts should be arriving during the week so bring some extra cash next Sunday.
On On
HTT
Here are some words of wisdom about the run by Coach...
We eventually arrived at the Hash site after negotiating our way parallel to the new road and then through a culvert up into the Jebels beside the new Hospital.
The Hot to trot and Gump combination didn't let us down.Their last Hash for some weeks as the pair of them are learning to Wind surf.Anyway we have come to expect a long run from the pair of them and boy were we not disappointed. The trails were twisty, turny , up and down Jebels and lengthy. The softer option trail in black was followed by our younger Hashers and some of our elder ones. The runners amongst the lot of us actually enjoyed it. Masochists! If the Hospital had been open we would have had one of our Hashers ( Mark ) make a quick call in. He tripped over his own feet on Trail number one and cut his knee. Shame ! His Missus was there to offer some comfort, but being the macho type he just wiped the blood off and got on with it. What a hero.
The On In was found by Coach again, that's 2 weeks on the trot and was hidden in between both trails ,the Black and the Blue. By the time we all got back in there were a few mutters of "shoot the pair of them " for the length of the run and others singing the Hares praises.You just can't win when you're the Hare. Comments were given by Miss Disgrace and she was more than lenient and the Spy was Jaws ( Vengeful sod ) He bucketed Morangie, Gump and Hot to trot just for spite.
With the wind starting to blow and the temp dropping, the winter Jackets came out to warm the girls up and Glen. We were all invited back to Gumps House cooling party, for some more amber nectar, shots of Honey brandy and some chicken. What an end to a good day. On On.
Coach has kindly agreed to do the blogging for the next 5 weeks as I will be away.
New T-Shirts should be arriving during the week so bring some extra cash next Sunday.
On On
HTT
Sunday, 15 February 2009
1136: South American Leopard Spotted very close to Arizona Town
Jaws and family assisted by Del, Lisa and extended family set the hash this week in a rarely used location out by Zikreet. Instead of turning right towards the hole in the wall area we went off the beaten track through some soft sand and dry sabka to get to a sandy lunar like lanscape near to Zikreet beach. There was some concern about parking on this soft sand but we did not lose any cars to the desert. We set off to the West around a long well marked first trail. The three false trails were all found and run by various suckers. The two remaining real trails were not as well marked as the first with small dots spaced very far apart. The ON-IN took ages to find as you could only see the cars if you were 8 feet tall.
Coach was first in, probably due to some inside information from a hare or two.
Dave Baker gave some unnecessarily complimentary comments. I was the spy, choosing to bucket Jaws for overtaking, Gump for no reason at all, Dave Baker for asking confusing questions about cars and Rocky for brutal bucketing the other week. Del started to laugh as he had managed to avoid the circle so he had to be dragged into the middle for his share of the slowly poured water.
The kids then ran off and got stuck on top of a Jebel.
ON ON until next week.
HTT
Coach was first in, probably due to some inside information from a hare or two.
Dave Baker gave some unnecessarily complimentary comments. I was the spy, choosing to bucket Jaws for overtaking, Gump for no reason at all, Dave Baker for asking confusing questions about cars and Rocky for brutal bucketing the other week. Del started to laugh as he had managed to avoid the circle so he had to be dragged into the middle for his share of the slowly poured water.
The kids then ran off and got stuck on top of a Jebel.
ON ON until next week.
HTT
Sunday, 8 February 2009
1135: VC asked Glaikit for a Double Entendre and.....
This week's hash was set by the Morgan clan with assistance by Marc, Lara and Jesse Roberts. We started the circle a few yards from the beach on a flat plain out the North gate which security helpfully reminded was right next to a gas pipeline. "BEWARE OF ANIMALS AND PIPELINES" they can sometimes be jumped by a white landcruiser but only those with the anti gravity pack fitted.
There were four trails and a few falsies. Nice sandy ground for following hare footprints. It was a good length across some flat terrain and well marked in green.
First in was Morangie and comments were given by Glaiket. She liked the run, saying that it was a bit hard and a good length. A lot of people found this funny for some reason which I failed to understand. Must be some school joke.
Rocky took the opportunity to bucket everybody this week for overtaking. A good a reason as any I suppose.
There was a lovely sunset as we demolished the last of the leftover Cailidh alcohol supplies.
On On until next week.
HTT
There were four trails and a few falsies. Nice sandy ground for following hare footprints. It was a good length across some flat terrain and well marked in green.
First in was Morangie and comments were given by Glaiket. She liked the run, saying that it was a bit hard and a good length. A lot of people found this funny for some reason which I failed to understand. Must be some school joke.
Rocky took the opportunity to bucket everybody this week for overtaking. A good a reason as any I suppose.
There was a lovely sunset as we demolished the last of the leftover Cailidh alcohol supplies.
On On until next week.
HTT
Sunday, 1 February 2009
1134: I Spy an unpopular hasher.
Coach and Firecracker set a devious hash which they knew would not require much movement for them on the big day. The first and second trails formed one big loop out and back to the cars then it was the same in the other direction before finding the On-In on top of a pile of rocks next to the cars. Coach just stood by the cars blowing the horn every now and again and doing an impression of Muttley while we all huffed and puffed around the course. First in was Gump the birthday boy who blessed all of the relevant people.
Son of Rock and Sideshow celebrated milestones and were rewarded with a certificate and a down-down along with Gump the birthday boy.
Then it was on to the Del Canton this week's spy. There was a bit of revenge involved as he had been brutally bucketed by his wife Lisa a couple of weeks ago. Most of the male members of the circle were soaked for overtaking. A bit of an unimaginative reason but it worked all the same.
Most of the hash retired to celebrate a bit more at Gump's place where there was more beer and a bit of food.
On On until next week.
HTT
Son of Rock and Sideshow celebrated milestones and were rewarded with a certificate and a down-down along with Gump the birthday boy.
Then it was on to the Del Canton this week's spy. There was a bit of revenge involved as he had been brutally bucketed by his wife Lisa a couple of weeks ago. Most of the male members of the circle were soaked for overtaking. A bit of an unimaginative reason but it worked all the same.
Most of the hash retired to celebrate a bit more at Gump's place where there was more beer and a bit of food.
On On until next week.
HTT
Sunday, 25 January 2009
1133: Scotts and the Fran-park-it
The Scott family set the hash near some familiar ground by the hole in the wall. They led us over some pretty soft sand which one smaller 4X4 in particular struggled with.
There was a very good turnout this week with around 40 people in the circle. Hashmaster VC handed the trumpet across to ..... and we all headed off across some soft sand following the blue trail and Bobby the dog who was in a matching jumper. The first trail went from soft sand to rocky ground, ending just a few yards before the second one started. Jaws headed off into the distance as the rest of the pack followed from a distance. The third trail was more of the same, ending near a nice lunar-esque jebel formation. The On-In was written on a piece of cardboard just below a drop and a steep sandy bank which some of the more adventurous hashers quickly strode down. First in was Jaws, cosely followed by Cluseau.
The spy this week was Cluseau and with a theatrical performance unlike any Maths teacher I have met he proceeded to bucket Coach for abuse of power, VC for allowing the abuse of power, Jaws for overtaking and Mark just for the hell of it.
We all participated in the traditional push the 4x4 out of the sand dune competition, leaving Fran free to choose a suitable spot to get stuck again.
The much anticipated camping equipment raffle was drawn, with prizes going to Roger Keen, Dave Fowler and Simon Weight.
Morangie narrowly avoided getting flat feet in the second round of push the 4x4 out of the sand dune and we headed on our way back across the desert to Dukhan.
On On!
HTT
There was a very good turnout this week with around 40 people in the circle. Hashmaster VC handed the trumpet across to ..... and we all headed off across some soft sand following the blue trail and Bobby the dog who was in a matching jumper. The first trail went from soft sand to rocky ground, ending just a few yards before the second one started. Jaws headed off into the distance as the rest of the pack followed from a distance. The third trail was more of the same, ending near a nice lunar-esque jebel formation. The On-In was written on a piece of cardboard just below a drop and a steep sandy bank which some of the more adventurous hashers quickly strode down. First in was Jaws, cosely followed by Cluseau.
The spy this week was Cluseau and with a theatrical performance unlike any Maths teacher I have met he proceeded to bucket Coach for abuse of power, VC for allowing the abuse of power, Jaws for overtaking and Mark just for the hell of it.
We all participated in the traditional push the 4x4 out of the sand dune competition, leaving Fran free to choose a suitable spot to get stuck again.
The much anticipated camping equipment raffle was drawn, with prizes going to Roger Keen, Dave Fowler and Simon Weight.
Morangie narrowly avoided getting flat feet in the second round of push the 4x4 out of the sand dune and we headed on our way back across the desert to Dukhan.
On On!
HTT
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