Thursday, November 20, 2014

A good map is worth a thousand words

This week, our master cartographer, Sex Sprinter, who coincidentally is not one of the hares for either of this weekend's runs, has produced not one, but two superbly detailed images to ensure that NO ONE (ok, that doesn't include Perky) could possibly get lost on the way to either of this weekend's fabulous runs. Above is a period piece; vintage 2010. The map's legend has been lovingly updated to reflect the run details, but the sheer magnificence of the complete lack of scale and perspective demands that this classic piece of misrepresentation should once again see the light of day.

For the tragically literal who cannot immediately relate this fabulous piece of artistic license to the mundane reality in which we are all forced to exist, the run details are:

Songkhla Hash House Harriers run # 1744, Saturday 22 November 2014, 4:00 p.m.
Hares: Yardo and The Botty Boy
Misdirections: From the Kao Seng intersection, take the old Yala road for 16k and turn right at Wat Khun Tong, then follow the road for 3.5k past the big tree and turn immediately left. In 200m bear right with the road and follow paper, signs, your instincts to reach the runsite after a further 1k, located on the concrete road behind Sai Kao village.

Our social responsibility correspondent comments
: It has been raining this week and the earth under the rubber trees will likely be wet and liable to be churned up by car wheels. Therefore, please do not leave the concrete road in your vehicle. Leave it on the road and thus prevent the embarrassment of the local villagers attacking us with back hoes and other implements of religious vengeance.

Sunday's (23rd November 2014:4:00 p.m.) HH3 run will be from a completely new run site in a completely new Ampur, where we have absolutely definitely never run before, so don't miss this once in a lifetime event. The occasion for this piece of innovation is the funeral of Sexy Cop's father who passed away this week and is currently lying at Wat Tha Phru just North of Na Thawee as advised earlier in the week. The funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. and after the ceremony, Robocop, Sexy Cop and their family will be setting the HH3 run from the vicinity of the temple.

Another classic Sex Printer map below which has been amended from Wednesday's slightly misleading version. Directions for thee of little faith are:

From The Kao Seng intersection take the 408 South until it joins the 43
 coming from Hatyai at Khuan Mit (about 23k). After 6k, leave the 43 at the turn off right onto the 408, and go 21k then turn left about 2k after a PTT station on the right, near Wat Pradoo Moo, (the turning will be marked with a hash sign) for about 2k then turn left at a T junction to the wat as shown on the map below.














Finally, In case you have forgotten, next weekend the Batu H3 25th anniversary run takes place and a small but significant portion of SH3 will be travelling to KL for the event. A decision needs to be taken whether to run on Saturday 29th and if so which public spirited hasher will hare it in the knowledge that it may be a little under-run. Over to you R2D2!

1 comment:

  1. ". . . this classic piece of misrepresentation . . . "

    And this coming from Egghead! I'm speechless.

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