Taupeless and Master Blaster, who had managed to venture the 25 yards from their house to the meeting point. It was unfortunate that they had chosen one of the major holidays on which to ‘pop’ their Haring ‘cherry’, as the pack was much depleted as a result. In the absence of the Grand Master and the Religious Adviser, Do It Yourself stepped / was pushed into the breach and welcomed everyone to Run 27. After a brief introduction he rapidly passed the buck over to Hare Master Blaster who gave the trail brief and then Taupeless informed us that there would be a post-run Easter egg hunt. Then, as the RA had bust the Hash Horn, there was nothing else to do other than shout the ON ON.The trail was quite a scenic one, taking in a little road running, but with the majority on walking paths. It soon became apparent that both Hares shared a curious fascination with Check Points, and these were repeatedly used to good effect in keeping the Pack together. I can’t say much about the walker’s route, but the runner’s course was very enjoyable, with the possible exception of including too many hills. After a little over an hour’s running we made it back to the On In. Here we had roughly half an hour’s wait until the last walker made it back. During this time a stray dog was conducting its own unofficial Easter egg hunt, much to the annoyance of the Hares.
As the temperature was dropping, and the wind was picking up, it was decided to start the Circle as quickly as possible. I always thought Crafty Linguist had an easy job, but truth be told, he simply makes it look easy. After five minutes of calling for a Circle, the best I had managed was a sort of horseshoe, with the gap being filled by the coolers and table. I admit there were few people to work with, but even so…
First into the centr
e of the Circle were, as always, the Hares – Taupeless and Master Blaster. Acting GM, Do It Yourself (DIY) asked for general comments about the courses and was informed that it had been Jolly-D really, lots of nice scenery,
a few ducks (I didn’t see them), lots of chocs (didn’t see those either), a pidgeonnere (couldn’t miss that) and excellent marking. All in all a very good first haring. DIY then call for a vote to be taken, as to the overall quality of the run. Here he scored over CL’s method. Gone was the ‘reverse, blind and upside down’ vote (with triple toe-loop), to be replaced with
the revolutionary idea of ‘Thumbs Up = Good. Thumbs Down = Bad.’ The final verdict was 99% in favour of the run – the only point being lost by a negative vote from the acting GM, because he wanted to! With all this done, DIY then gave the Hares their Down Downs (DD’s).
Next up were the punishment DD’s, and back into the Circle came Taupeless and Master Blaster who in the absence of the RA were responsible for the weather. DD’s were given, and
the Circle put on hold while Taupeless finished DD-ing. As this had been a very clean and honest Hash, misdemeanours were a bit thin on the ground after this. Improvising quickly, DIY called Taupeless back for a third DD, for having a birthday the next day. By this stage, Taupeless was getting a bit full up, and the resulting DD may go down in the record books as one of the longest ever.
Before rounding up the Circle, DIY the announced that certain, vital Mismanagement positions needed to be filled for the next Hash. These were the posts of acting GM, acting RA, and the more full time post of Hash Scribe (yours truly is hanging up his pen!). Dr Who agreed to GM the next Hash, and Scrubber will take over scribing and RA-ing, so with everything dealt with DIY closed the Circle with verses 1 & 3 of Swing Low (verse 3 at double-time).
Excellent Run
Do It Yourself