As usual we arrived late at the pub (my fault obviously!), just in time to hear something along the lines of short 3.7 miles and long 5.3, I think!
At this point I was just trying to shake off the stress of the last few days of 400 miles driving and meetings in about 5 counties Roger gleefully told me that Gerry had asked him to remind me that it was my turn to write the hash report. I tried to take this in my stride (not!) but having had a fairly hard week already and a nightmare day due tomorrow this may have tipped me over the edge just slightly……….honestly a small tantrum does us all good occasionally and it was amongst friends J. Aud was very brave coming to remind me I was scribe 5 minutes later – that’s one courageous lady!
Following this news I set off on the hash trying to work out how I was going to manage this week’s workload, father in law staying for 2 nights, packing for skiing, training for duathlon, riding my horse, eating, sleeping etc and now the hash report……. I think the key is being organised and making sure I don’t mix up the tasks at hand.
So what is it I need……3 thermal tops & leggings, 6 pairs of socks, woolly hat, ibuprofen (essential!), running leggings and shoes (well you never know), party tops (definitely!), and slippers (a must at the end of a hard days skiing)…………………Sorry did I get side tracked?..…….Back to the run.
Having recovered from my minor tantrum I decided to get on with the matter in hand and get checking. In the process of which I realised Mr Bellamy had yet again rejoined our flock and lovely to see him it was!
Not only that but Dick’s virgin’s had returned for another week’s punishment, clearly a courageous pair if they weren’t put off by last week’s hills! Obviously a true pair of hashers.
Continuing with the run, we went up the hill towards Guiddos (no idea how to spell!) but just as Ade and I were climbing towards the top of the hill the predictable happened and we got called back down to a long short split. Not sure where we went next as was deep in discussion with Ade about training regimes and getting his tips for success. I would refer to the handy map Roger has provided but the scale is so small that I’d have to get out a magnifying glass and being under 50 we don’t have one in the house. (Roger – definitely invest in Anquet mapping software – brilliant for setting hashes!)
At this point I noticed that Dan, as in Dan & Tom and the infamous ‘hickie’ story, was in our midst. Jo and I had noticed that they had been strangely absent ever since the ‘night of the hickie’ (which can I point out was not inflicted by any hashers) but obviously time is a healer though not yet enough for Tom, maybe next week!
By now we’d lost the shorts (though I’m sure I saw them at the end of a road at one point) and were working our way through some woods and fields, where I think we encountered our first D3POB (Dick’s Peasants Protest against Pancake On Back’s). Now I’m unclear what caused Dick to take such aggressive action against the POB’s but he seemed set to his task and at one point was seen staging his protest whilst reclining on farm machinery. Thankfully I don’t think any hashers got hurt in this protest.
We then continued through residential Chesham before crossing the road back into the woods. Here Ade celebrated with a pee stop, personally I prefer champagne. We headed down the hill for yet another POB, here I think the lucky winner was Jo, can’t be sure as I was busy admiring Dick’s cool exterior.
Are you all bored yet? I’m thinking it might be time to go to bed so I’ll try and crack through the last few points……..
Ken – before you come hashing check the weather forecast or at least go outside, then you would have noticed that spring was in the air and a woolly hat was not required.
Jo – I knew the fact that you were checking up hill was odd but to try and lure a few of your fellow hashers up a steep hill for no particular reason is just not playing fair. (Though as Roger pointed out I did strangely enjoy it – there truly is a loose connection in my head!) I think that was advance pay back for the 10p I now owe you.
Roger – you should have learnt by now that telling a woman ‘you’ve only just regained your waist’ would be interpreted as ‘you were fat’!
Super Cooper – thanks for the beer, much appreciated, the best thing that has happened to me so far this week.
Mark – I’ll always remember our paddle in the stream, 2nd best thing this week (sorry I do enjoy beer!)
Jane – well done for getting the pancakes safely back to the pub. I know we were all worried about them.
And lastly a very Happy Birthday to both Maggie and Mick and thank you very much for the treats!!
Hope you all have a good run next week – Jo, Chris and I will make sure we raise a beer to the hash whilst on the piste.