Run 2807 – Grizzly & Colonel at Herdsman Lake.
The Grizz dealt himself a poor hand with a forecast 43 degree day and at 6 o’clock the mercury was still 34 and humid. Despite this there was a great turnout of hashmen with 16 runners and at least the same number of walkers plus a couple of hardy hounds.
The run itself was relatively short at 5km with a drink-stop at about the 3km mark serving up ice-cold beers, water, and watermelon – good job! The trail was marked with chalk and some innovative symbols plus good use of back lanes. Your scribe and about half the runners lost the trail at Grantham street on the return resulting in a short-cut back to the bucket and only 4.5km. A generous score of 9.1 was awarded by the new RA (Nanny).
Pitt called his first circle as the new On Sec with not only the podium but a rather precarious support tower alongside (refer to photos)…alls well that ends well! Crayfish gave an excellent tribute in memory of Growie (Terry Grocock) followed by a minutes silence. Christmas told a funny joke, possibly not in the bible, about a jewish man named Moses having a collection of foreskins turned into a fashion accessory…Moses didn’t seem overly impressed.
Nanny was excited to make his grand entrance as RA and Colonel is already counting down the weeks.
Dinner was preceeded with home-made chinese dumplings, courtesy of Mrs Grizz, followed by tasty silverside on fresh buns with tomato, beetroot, and sauces/mustard. Very nice, not to mention very few dishes for next week’s hare (me, haha).
On On
Prairie Dog (aka PD)
Ed. Refer to our closed group Facebook for photos.