Two runs and an erection

Saturday....

Sunday...

Two runs that had only one thing in common: both of them seem to have been enjoyed by everyone who was on them, but in their manner of laying, were about as different as two runs can be. 

Saturday's run was set by two male hares who had spent the week arguing about where the runsite was going to be, where the run was going to go and how and it was going to get there. They had recce'd it intensively with the aid of a GPS and on the day had two of the things to try to make sure that Kii Leum, who is reported to have had a massive hangover, didn't wander off and get lost (very necessary as he did manage to wander off and get lost later in the day and had to be guided home by Only a Yolk). But despite Yardo's earlier dudgeon about the location of the runsite forced on him by fiat of the pack, this was by all accounts a highly enjoyable run, enlivened by a live firing exercise courtesy of the Thai Army which saw Softy and Temp. bundling the doggies into the Beemer as the pack departed, never to return.

Sunday's run in contrast was set by one female hare accompanied by 4 dogs. Although she had expected to be guided in her endeavors by a GPS, Yardo had forgotten to give it back to her the previous day and although he made valiant efforts to get it to her, the traffic jams outside TKU and Only a Yolk's irrepressible urge (yes, she does have them sometimes) to get out on the trail, saw her laying the whole run cold: no GPS, no recce, no idea where she was going to go and no one to argue with about it. The result was pretty amazing bearing all that in mind, as the run, despite being well under 6k, saw the pack tackling bits of both Kao Lam and Kao Wong, before mostly wading back home in tight formation through the rice paddies in just over an hour. 

This weekend it will be on on to the erection as R2D2's tenure as SH3 GM expires. Beaver is the hare and details will be posted later. But we are probably at some kind of crossroads as with attendance now down to around 30 most weeks, the future doesn't look too healthy unless we can find some way of generating renewed interest in the hash. We need an inspirational figure to rise up and take control and guide us onwards and upwards into....(bloated language expires) ... you know!  But if you are reading this and you are interested in keeping SH3 alive, do come along on Saturday and also try to encourage any other erstwhile hashers to come along and participate  in the erection. Despite the low turnouts, we still manage almost every week to serve up great runs, great food, cheap beer and good fellowship, and it would be a shame if that were to be lost.