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Run 2787 – Polly and XMAS
POLLY’s PLOD in fairly Virgin territory
It was a bloody cold night, and the heater was expecting a hammering.
There were a couple of Indian visitors (non-drinkers -enrol then immediately) and Alan, a friend of Prairie Dog. A loop round the shopping centre and then over Karrinyup Rd into Virgin territory, or at least where we hadn’t been for long time. we then followed trail thru a number of residential lanes, cul-de-sacs and paths, along a freeway park and around lakes until finally going ON HOME, cunningly almost on the out trail.
PHANTOM, totally over the moon, from Collingwood’s success, lost concentration about 300 metres from home and let his faithful Walkers on an unnecessary loop to arrive five minutes after the runners.
Well done POLLY and XMAS in newish territory and the run would have got close to 10 but for the false trails being too short and perhaps a few more needed as the pack was very strung out by the end.
The circle had jokes by KNOB (religious) and EMU (racial against poor Italians) We enjoyed XMASs Cloudy beers and quite strongly spicy sausage curry to finish.
AS we say WBDFQ
ON ON Ghost who walks
Run 2781 – Jack Russell with co-hares Grizzly & Dozer.
Run 2780 – Q and Seagull -Kalamunda
Hares: Que and Seagull
Location: Kalumunda,
Terrain: Hills, bush, and streets
Runners: 11
Walkers: 20
The run started at the Kalamunda Water Tank with the Bucket required perilously close to the road. No Hashers were killed though. The run took off into the back streets of Kalamunda with some very long FTs. Almost a course in themselves. The Run then ventured into some very dark bush (it was nighttime), some small hills, plenty of rocks to trip on in the dark, but there were no reported injuries.
The hares set a challenging course with plenty of ups and downs, most enjoyable. The walkers also had a good time, taking their time and enjoying the scenery.
The course eventually led back to the Bucket after 1hr 4mins and 32 secs, 7.65 kms – a good run.
The weather gods gave just enough time for the speeches, jokes and a score of 9.5 for the run – well done.
Returnees, JJJ and Sir Tom, were welcomed back after their adventures, a good night.
The hashers then enjoyed a delicious meal of BBQ’d Chicken in a wrap, followed by plenty of beer.
It was a great night of hashing, and everyone had a lot of fun. Thanks to Que and Seagull for setting such a great course!
Here are some of the highlights of the run:
The challenging course was perfect for dark, dark night.
The fresh air of the bush was invigorating.
The walkers had a great time, taking their time and enjoying the scenery.
Que and Seagull set an excellent course.
The food was delicious.
The hashers had a lot of fun.
ONON JAK RUSSELL
Run 2779 – Budgie and Dick Tracy
We arrived at Percy Doyle Reserve about 5:00 PM and found our way to the car park in spite of Budgie putting the hash feet pointing the wrong direction. $ Bill had already parked his Ram monster cleverly in a corner parking bay which was large enough for him not to be a contender of the ‘Wilson Parking Award’. About 25+ hashers were called to order a few minutes before 6:00 PM so Antman could read his limerick about Elbows (Elbows wasn’t expected to be around at the circle). The runners (including your scribe) set out in a westerly direction after Budgie was requested to keep the run description short – just which direction was all he was asked for and he added it was set with chalk, but not those fancy P arrows, just the standard straight arrows. We were reliably informed that there would be 2 tunnels, one on the way out and one on the return leg. That information proved to be accurate. The run was well set but Pitt commented that a lot of the Checks were forward checks meaning the faster runners found the on on quickly, thus increasing the speed of the run instead off slowing them down. Being finely tuned athletes both Bushie & Pitt were able to keep up. We ran out to the coast and were on West Coast Highway at 6:33 PM. Boy this was going to be a fast & long run. We turned east at Budgies abode but Mega was no where to be seen and there was no beer stop. Someone commented that Mega probably didn’t know the combination to the beer fridge (harsh). Back east and eventually reached the car park to Percy Doyle Reserve in 1 hr 4m having run 6.94 km at an average speed of 9.21 k/ph (according to Bushie’s Strava app). The circle was run by Sir Knob and I’ll let Crayfish report what happened. I will add a big thank you for the birthday cartons from Colonel (who was one week early to fulfill his bucket duties and navigated to the wrong car park as he was riding shotgun in the bucket), and Cans who put on his annual English beers. There may have been one other that I missed as there was an esky of Carlton Mid as well as Crownies in every esky in the bucket. Budgie (err.. Dick Tracy) put on a great meal of Curry Chicken and Garlic Chicken with bread to soak up the gravy. Apparently Budgie peeled one or two potatoes whilst DT peeled the other 3kg. WBDFQ On On Bushie |
Mumbles & Neon – Run 2769
Bull Creek Leeming Amateur Football Club
Run 2769 was on a pleasantly mild overcast day after one of the coldest May day in Perth, a perfect temperature and quite day for a run. The home sets in the beautiful and tranquil Beasley Park surrounded by gum trees and next to the Melville Golf Club. The Beasly Park is home to the Bull Creek Leeming Amateur Football Club. The park’s tranquillity was soon taken over by noises from the female AFL players and of course the laughter of PH3.
When Mumbles said clearly and concisely: “start there” while pointing to the direction, one PH3 mate yelled: “Neon, please translate.” While I was wondering: translate to what? Greek or First Nation language? Neon said loudly: “The F*** starts over there” while pointing toward a corner of the football field where female AFL players were training. The runners immediately and energetically started to run toward the direction Neon pointed to.
To the disappointment of the runners, the path soon departed from the football field and directed to the straight Beasley Rd, with 500 m straight run before hitting the first FT, then another 500m on Beasley Rd before the second FT. The runners happily turned back toward the football field after the second FT, perhaps still remembered Neon’s directive: “The F*** starts over there”. But it turned out, the right path was through Banksia Primary school.
As the run turned out, the runners took 40% of the run in the east of Karel Ave, and 60% in the west. The run finished up along Karel Ave. It’s just a great run without Neon’s “the F***”.
At the Circle
MIA:
Birthday cans: ??
Returnees: Rumpole, ??
Anniversaries: ??
Run Score: 8.5
Food: Subway rolls and pumpkin soup.
Write-up by Soft Rock (hare Run 2771, virgin run at Tom Perrot Reserve, Mosman Park) with Polecat as Co-Hare
Run 2731 – West Coast Spring Run at Kings Park
West Coast Spring Run
Run 2731
Monday 5 September 2022
Hares: Point and Bits
There was nothing about spring in the weather, a very wet night resulting in the run being washed out and Point having to do a live hare run. It is my run next week so I trust that The Griz will do a bit better in the weather department. It is always a risk using this venue but Point must have bribed the thought police and we did not see any sign of King’s Park rangers during the night – very unusual.
Dickie and Budgie arrived in the wagon and parking the vehicle was uneventful and happened without incident. It is always a source of amusement to us early arrivers to watch the dynamics and interaction between driver and hare as to the best location for parking.
A late start at 6.15 (some PH3 members don’t read the newsletter) and off went the runners – all 15 of them and the remainder waited for our dear leader Phantom to lead off the walkers. I made the fatal mistake of talking to Budgie and Dickie at the beginning of the walk and we weren’t concentrating and soon lost the walker pack. The hares were smart enough to get us out of the Park quickly and the walk took us through the office centre of West Perth then to Harold Boas Gardens and back to the Park via Havelock Street.
Basil Brush led the circle and his first act was to give a down down to Birdie who contravened hash tradition and called Scummie by his Christian name – its Barry! Scummy then joined him by making a disrespectful comment to the chair. Other down downs were Flasher who was looking remarkably fit having lost a stone – both in weight and as in kidney, Sir Knob (covid) and Birdman. Pembo joined BB and delivered his usual well researched joke. Reluctant as RA took over and called up Topgun who we were told went all the way to Whitfords Shopping Centre for the hash lunch but couldn’t find the venue and then delivered a good joke at Triple’s expense about a free helicopter ride from the top of Ben Nevis.BB finished the circle by calling up Fang who was noticed not having a drink at the drink stop – a fairly serious charge. Just as the circle was finishing, Dickies phone rang but he insisted that it was not an errant call but only his newly installed pacemaker sending a signal that the unit was in working order.
The committee put on the food which were hamburgers with all the trimmings and our thanks go to all the members who contributed to the food preparation. I was planning hamburgers for next week but will now have to rethink so as to avoid the criticism of having the same meal 2 weeks running – such are the dynamics of hash. All in all great night and our thanks to West Coast for inviting us to their run
Crayfish
Run 2721 – 27 June 2022, Conman & Phantom at Wembley Sports Pavilion, Jolimont
Run 2721 on 27 June 2022.
Conman & Phantom at Wembley Sports Pavilion Carpark, Jolimont.
Conman selected a venue under cover, with great lighting & great parking. Because Conman’s knees were still crook from his two knee replacements, Phantom set a very well marked trail for him. Some super crafty false trails, lots of checks and enough FTs made for a great run. Full marks to Phantom.
The weather report was shocking, but 33 pitched up expecting to get washed out and of these 14 were runners. Not a drop of rain fell.
Conman delivered a fabulous meal of Chilli Con Carne in more than abundant quality in a Nanny pot that could have fed 100 Hashmen. We even have another nomination for the cordon blue award.
All in all, a great night that was given a score 9.
Written by Conman, published by Bushranger.
Run 2726 – Ramrod – De Lacy Reserve, Maylands
Ramrod & Sir Tom Arse at Maylands
De Lacy Reserve Maylands
Out of town on Guildford Road
Right on Peninsula Road
Straight at roundabout
Left on Richard Street (sign posted)
First right on Hillside Crescent, LFF.
Pre-run
The night threatened to be wet, cold and nasty and it was. The hare, Ramrod, told us the run was set with chalk which had mostly washed away by the storms. The runners were given a map (your scribe had that one) and the walkers a remarkably similar map. Q commandeered the map I had because he said he has better eyesight than me (that is correct).
The run
We set out around the oval here two hounds immediately broke rank and ran the opposite direction to the peloton. Sanity soon prevailed and they re-joined us.
At the corner of Richard Street & Swan View Terrace there was some discussion as to where we actually were as the paper map only had a few street names on it. The walkers arrived and told us we were going the wrong way. Bugger they were probably correct. So we ran up Swan View Terrace, instead of Caladonian Avenue where the chalk was laid. No problem we eventually arrived at Corner of Margaret Street and Caledonian where there was a discussion on which way to go and where is Kathleen Avenue (where I lived as a bachelor). The walkers arrived and joined in the discussions. Mr Walker asked ‘Where are we?’. I stated the obvious, but that wasn’t what Mr Walker wanted to hear. The paper map only had a few streets marked on it so keeping in contact with the map was difficult. Keeping in contact with the map is fundamental in not getting lost on a 24 hour Rogaine sometimes in thick bush.
At Seventh and East Streets Rumpole took over navigating for the remaining 4 runners and lead them away from the Maylands Yacht Club in spite of being the most experienced sailor amongst us (apart from me who has skippered 42 foot Yachts on the Whitsundays in Queensland and British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean). I saw arrows and turned around called out ‘on back’ & ran down towards the Maylands Yacht Club Inc. and found chalk on the way.
Just before the Maylands Yacht Club I found trail in the Cycle way (PSP) heading east. Looking at the paper map in the light of the day (actually it is the light of the night), I now see that the trail went on the street north of the cycleway. I must have run on a false trail.
I eventually ran back to the bucket across the oval, clocking 5.70 km in 01:02:06 hours approximately. I was offered a Scotch whisky, cheese, and biscuits as well as the ubiquitous crisps.
The Circle
Pembo called the troops to attention and started the circle. I was given a down-down and accused of being a marathon man. He then told a joke about a husband and wife in the upstairs shower. The doorbell rang so the wife hopped out of the shower, wrapped herself in ta towel and went downstairs and opened the door. There was the neighbour who immediately took control of the situation and said, ‘If you drop that towel I’ll give you $800.’ The wife thought about that for a few micro-seconds and dropped the towel. The neighbour (I think it was Elbows) said my you have a lovely body and then reached into his pocked and pulled out the $800 and gave it to her. She went back upstairs and her husband said ‘who was that’, she replied ‘Elbows, our neighbour’. He said ‘Great, did he give you the $800 he promised to repay me today?’.
Birthdays
There were a few more down-downs for birthdays etc. Not sure who but these are the August birthday boys:-
Colonel (76)
Jack Russell (57)
Polecat (73)
Emu (75)
Flasher (69)
In case you were not paying attention the July Birthdays were:-
Soft Top (52)
Wagon (75)
Mastitis (57)
Lasagna (68)
French Tickler (69)
Dick Tracy (76)
Dick Tracy (76)
Pembo (67)
Prairie Dog (64)
Barcode (44) Ed. merely a youngster!
Haggis (71)
Reluctant (59)
Sir Knob was called to be the stand-in RA
He recounted the time early in his parliamentary career when he was door knocking and was confronted by a near naked constituent. He was looking forward to the next encounter and sadly it was never repeated in the rest of his parliamentary career.
He gave the run a 9.16 out of 10 but raised it to 10 due to the appalling weather -what was Grizzly doing?
Great run site, lights, shelter, parking – it had it all.
Nanny led us out with ‘What do we do on a Monday?’
Food
The food was plentiful and not just because of the low numbers. It was tasty rice and curry.
WBDFQ
On ON
Bushie
Run 2723 – Budgie – Charles Riley Reserve, North Beach
What a great run, lots of parking, lights, shelter and great company.
The scene was set with Budgie placing the red tub were he wanted the Bucket to be parked. When Grizzly drove in with his dog in the back and his navigator/rally driver advisor in the passenger seat there was a non hash car parked in the way. No problems so much parking space he just moved further to the right (a bit like Sir Knob has been doing since joining Perth Hash in July 2014).
Run started with Budgie claiming No Hasher on his run would complain of lack of chalk. He was correct – even so there was a comment about the arrows not having a P – Budgie retorted with “I have never drawn a P arrow in my 40 years of setting runs”.
The run went around the oval then towards the beach. There was a section on a trail through bush south of Charles Riley Reserve.
The On Home was across the oval past the football guys training on the oval.
The circle was commenced by Pembo who gave many down-downs for ‘trumped up charges’. Visitors and returnees were his target. Good to see Meggs & Growie at the run. Pembo told a great joke about passing the sister test when getting married.
Then it was Reductant’s turn. He complained about Pembo using up all his material – no down-downs left and how to tell a joke after Pembo’s joke had the hashers in stitches.
Polly missed an opportunity to hand out his ‘Join Us! Hash House Harriers’ cards to the young footballers as they left the oval to drive home.
Circle over, ‘We go Hashing on a Monday’ song was sung and a Q formed for the food.
Dick Tracy cooked up a storm with two choices of chickens dishes, just look at their hats, Dick Tracy with Garlic Chicken and Budgie with Curry Chicken, what team!
Wouldn’t be dead for quids.