Bad company

As much as we're going to miss Khii Ling, maybe it's best that she's leaving us next week. She's clearly fallen in with the wrong crowd.

A Hashy New Year

Just when you were worried about where your next party was coming from, Softcock and Temporary Relief have sprung to the rescue with a gathering at their place In Benjaporn tomorrow evening (Tuesday 31st December until late).
Map below just in case.

Hatyai H3 today

A classic run - in the sense that every so often someone feels the need to set it and afterwards we all stand around and praise the countryside. This time around the bulldozer had reduced the possibilities to the point that the only way to slow down the FRB's was a spurious F and a following 360 where the paper was far enough ahead on the main trail that the pack was forced to go through the motions.
Otherwise a fairly predictable if scenic 7.5k which Sex Printer ate in 1 hr 19 mins. Maximum height was 240m with a total ascent of around 380m. The short run at 5.2k was generous but at least caused the short run pack to get a little lost, returning via the road instead of the in trail.
Just a hint of dissatisfaction with the location, with 2 or 3 regulars not appearing, so that the after run party was just a tad subdued.
On on to 2014!

Twisted Beaver

This is yesterday's long run and I think you'll agree that it's a pretty strange twisted track. So how could just one guy go off and immediately find paper at almost every check, so far ahead of everyone else that it was as if there were no checks at all? Anyhow Sex Sprinter made it back in 1:04, with most of the rest following about five minutes later. It was almost exactly 8km long with a modest total ascent of 272m. The short run (not shown, but basically just a loop around the upper right) was 4.5km. The circle concluded as dusk fell and the festivities continued at the Coffee in Love Bar, featuring -- god, not again -- a kathoei show "direct from Pattaya!". Send them back, I say.

Preface to the alternative routes

Sunday's macro-map above. Hares should read Khai Jiew (Jeow?) and Kii Long - be warned!

Alternative routes

Astute readers may have noticed a subtle change in the location of this week's SH3 runsite which is unlikely to cause any confusion since the effect is to move it slightly closer to Poonakan in order to avoid some nasty potholes in the final track caused by recent inclement weather. For the record, the change has been highlighted in red below.
An early morning inspection of the route to Sunday's runsite has detected some similarly unpleasant road conditions on the final 100 meters of the track leading to Hatyai H3's runsite on Sunday - nothing to cause any problems to drivers of real men's vehicles but owners of vehicles with low ground clearance my feel automotively challenged. Therefore above is a suggested alternative route (marked in yellow) which avoids the worst of the problems. Anyone in a pick up or with reasonable ground clearance should follow the standard route (in red).

Festive Fare

Sandwiched between Christmas and New Year, the final weekend of the year will feature runs by Beaver and Egghead as well as a party on Saturday night at Coffee in Love in case anyone needs to top up their alcohol level between festivals.
Saturday's run is:
Songkhla Hash House Harriers' run #1697, Saturday 28th December 2013, 4:00 p.m.
Hare: Beavershot
Misdirections: From the Ko Yo intersection take the old Hatyai road for 4.7k and turn left for 8k then right (at Wat Keow Kloy into Th. Poonakan) for about 1.2k then turn left for about 200 meters to the run site.
Sunday's (December 29th, 4:00 p.m.) HH3 run will be from the football field behind Ban Sai Kao (From the Kao Saeng intersection take the old Yala road for 16k and turn right before Wat Kun Thong. Go 3.5k to the big tree and turn left, then go straight ahead as the road bends round to the right after 200 meters for about 500 meters to the run site). The hares will likely be Kai Jeow and Kii Long.
The Coffee in Love party on Saturday night promises free food, fireworks and fu... a special show as well as live music and a lucky draw. The battered remnants of the Hash will probably get there sometime after eight.

Stats update

So here are the figures for visitors to this site by country for the first three weeks of December. We seem to have a lot of fans in the U.S. What are all you guys, ex-Songkhla hashers? Also a surprising number of visits from Russia, which suggests either anonymous hacking attempts or a very bored Conebrain in the snows of Siberia. Anyhow, don't just read us, comment once in a while, OK?

Hare and hound

Tired and emotional

At the on-after at Bak Toy's house this evening:
Solving the problems of the world, one beer at a time.