SH3 on tour: thanks for the memories.

At the Beer stop on run 1700

The two runs, SH3 1700 on the left, HFMH3 106 on the right

HFMH3 106

SH3 1700

Ok, Ok, I admit it, I lied. There is no write up under construction. Just a series of thank yous: to the good people of Ubon Rajathani who unknowingly welcomed us and treated us kindly; to the even better people of URH3 who at short notice organised a superb run and On-On for us on Saturday and in particular to Flash Git, the GM and hare, on what turned out to be SH3's 1700th run.
But most of all to Softcock and Temporary Relief (where do we begin?) for organizing the whole thing, arranging and funding the accommodation, providing us with transport throughout the 3 or 4 days we were there; planning and managing a wonderful day's sightseeing and shopping on Friday and then setting the HFMH3 run which took place thereafter; food, beer, T shirt, entertainment, hospitality, in fact the only thing they didn't provide was the Nightmare in Pink, but Palm Job was equal to the task! Not a trip that anyone who went on it is ever going to forget.
For the record, there were 24 named SH3 hashers either on the Full Moon run on Friday or at the run site (Hare: Softcock, Hounds: Temporary Relief, Hip Hop, Rock and Roll, Just Deserts, Permanent Fixture, Dow Tau Pau, Egghead, Only a Yolk, Peppered Pussy, Beavershot, Hand Job, Stick Insect, Yardstick, R2D2, Ork Dork, Sex Sprinter, Super Pig, Palm Job, Swings ad Roundabouts, Meals on Wheels, Sporran Fodder, Freehand and Quack Whacker) and 4 discernible guests (Jack Colburn, Michael and Kerry Hamlyn and Kerry's boyfriend), making a whopping turnout of 28 people on the first ever Full Moon outstation run.
The following day, 16 SH3 names and guests turned out for the 1700th run: Softcock, Temporary Relief,  Egghead, Only a Yolk, Peppered Pussy, Beavershot, Stick Insect, Yardstick, R2D2, Ork Dork, Sex Sprinter, Super Pig, Palm Job, Swings and Roundabouts, Meals on Wheels, and Jack Colburn and the hare was Flash Git from URH3 who also turned out in the region of 15 runners,all of whom did either the long or short runs. The Full Moon run was 5.4k and took a little under an hour including the two beer stops. As well as the conservative 3 checks and 3 F's recorded above, it also featured the first ever river crossing in a plastic boat. The SH3-URH3 joint run on Saturday was 7.4k and took about an hour and a half with an extended beer stop midway at the commencement of the 3.3k short run.
Creditable mentions also for the Happy Land bar on Thursday night, when Softcock's stag night was celebrated even though he wasn't there to enjoy it, but not on Saturday night when it failed to live up to its advanced billing; to the N-Joy Bar which provided the venue and snacks for the On-On on Saturday as well as some great food later for those craving solid grub after all that lab and som tum. Less honorable mentions for the Wrong Way bar which proved to be the wrong place on both visits made to it and to the Long Beach massage parlor, beloved of the late Pol Pot, but unless anyone sneaked off when we weren't looking, got the cold shoulder from us.
A great weekend by any standards and one which hopefully will encourage us to think seriously about more regular visits outside of the comfortable confinement of the South. Chiang Rai and the Indochina Mekong Hash ( http://www.mekong-indochina-hhh-2014.com/website/) in October?