To where?

News just in from the space between Buzz Lightyear's ears:
Songkhla Hash House Harriers' run # 1735, Saturday, September 13th 2014, 4:30 p.m.
Hare: Buzz "Gan Yao" Lightyear
Misdirections (and we quote): From the Koh Yor intersection take the Old Hat Yai Road for 4.7Km. Go 10.6Km (passing Wat Khao Kloy on the right at 7.8KM).
Turn left at 10.6KM. Go 3.4KM to the runsite (blacktop road ends at 2.3KM). Park along track side.
Note; If its raining heavily the road may be tricky to those in regular cars and wimpy Ford 4WDs, any problem park & call me on 081-8989427 and I’ll come and get you.

Sunday's HH3 run is from the other football field in Poonakan, i.e. the original one on the left about 4k down Poonakan from Wat Khao Kloy. Hares are Sex Si and Sex of the Man.

FM 112: Tough but fair

A good turnout for the first independent FM run for about 3 months split about equally between the long and short runs. The short run took an hour probably due to some sparseness in the paper department. The long run seemed to be going well until the 5th F in the valley between Kao Lam and Kao Wong, which took about 10 minutes to break despite the helpful presence of the hare, who was just as confused as the hounds, eventually finding the paper about 200 meters beyond where everyone was looking. The result was that Stick Insect who had become parted from his glasses and Yardstick who stuck around to rescue him, got dropped off the back of the pack, but they still managed to more or less catch up by the end. Sex Sprinter timed it at 1hr 14mins. Overall length 6.8k or 6.2k for those who did not experience the checks.
The super moon smiled benignly on the apres run which wrapped up at just about same time as the rain, which had threatened all day, started to fall. Thanks to everyone who contributed food and to Kee Ling for the mini-eskie full of beer, all of which was consumed. Thanks to OaY for the tequila which seemed for the most part to just sit threateningly on the ground being ignored. Maybe we are learning!

Full Moon 112

...will happen tomorrow night, Tuesday September 9,  2014 at 7:00 p.m. The hares are Khai Jeow, and Moo Sahb if she feels like it. The misdirections are: From the Ko Yo intersection take the old Hatyai road for 4k and turn left for about 7k to the run site on the left (this is slightly different from the run site intimated below, as the area round the water tower at Napong is "unsuitable" i.e. we haven't been there for a while and nature has taken it over). Bring a hand/head light if you intend to run and some food if you feel like it. Beer will be on sale as usual but if you want to bring your own to share with your mates you're welcome to do so.

From this...

to this...

A monster lay in the morning of over 11k turned into yesterday's R2D2/Ork Dork run which seems to have been about 7.5k. Full marks for execution and artistic impression; 2/10 for planning as the hill section proved just how much damage can be done to trails in a few months.
But the end result was widely agree to have been hugely enjoyable.

Changes, changes!

This week's birthday girl getting younger by the day.

After stepping neatly into the breach last weekend, Kee Ling's professional engagements have necessitated that she step out of it again. But happily R2D2 has pulled some strings and Ork Dork will now fill the role of co-hare. And wouldn't you just know it, one change begets another as the relentless march of one-wayism has reached Ban Dan so that the familiar directions to Saturday's runsite have had to be changed and now read:
Songkhla Hash House Harriers' run #1734, Saturday September 6th, 4:30 p.m.
Hares: R2D2 and Ork Dork
Misdirections: From the Kao Seng intersection, take the old Yala road for 8.1k and make a U turn at the far end of Ban Dan School. Come back Northwards 100 meters and turn left at the other end of the school then go 1.5 meters (about 100 meters beyond the rubber tappers' sala) to the runsite on the left.

HH3 on Sunday will be set by Robocop and Sex Racing and will be from the other football field in Th. Poonakan, i.e. the one near the ITV station, about 7k from Wat Keow Kloy on the right.

Meanwhile there is a significant birthday this week as Crackwurst hits 21 again. The party starts at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, 4th September in Songkhla at Bai Meang in Th. Sadao.

Also on the agenda is a Full Moon H3 run next Tuesday, September 9th, when Kai Jeow and possibly Moo Sahb will entertain HFMH3 at the water tower in Napong. There'll be another announcement about that one early next week, just in case your memory fails you, but put it into your personal organizer!

Not the 1000th!

The race is on...

...to see...

...who will publish the...

It could be YOU!

1111 - an appreciation

It would be easy to dismiss Saturday's run as the demented product of a deranged mind with sadistic tendencies, so let's take the easy way out and say that Saturday's run was the demented product of a deranged mind with sadistic tendencies. Not that there weren't some excellent trails and great views, but as we slid down the backside of the hill near the Chinese temple that "Why the **** am I doing this?" question raised it's ugly head just for a second or two. By that time half the pack had become detached from the Hatyai tendency, largely because they had attempted to short-cut up the hill avoiding the false trail that should have sent them down into the jungle again, before ascending the hill by a different route, thereby ending up going down the hill before meeting Conebrain coming up the hill by the correct route (got that?). Then just as things seemed to be back under control, it all seemed to fall apart at the end as the paper, which had rarely been better than patchy, became less and less prolific and finally seemed to disappear completely just as it hit the short run which by all accounts had been erratic, and didn't actually lead back to the run site. The upshot was that just about everybody ended up on the road and Conebrain, whose disappearance was greatly exaggerated, took the sensible decision to miss out the runsite altogether and head directly to the restaurant.
From that point everything got better and better. The end of the circle (always a good sign) coincided with the beginning of the rain and more or less with the serving of the food. The kids disappeared into the karaoke room and shut the sound-proof doors which didn't quite stifle the sounds of pitiful agony emanating from within. The beer kept mysteriously appearing even after the generously donated Leo had expired, and casks and flagons of wine of various hues and flavors did the rounds. Eventually at about 10 o'clock it was decided to move the party to Softy and Temp's house where it teetered on until about 2:00 p.m. accompanied by champagne, Elton John and Bruno Mars. Remarkably some of the party animals made it to HH3 the following day (see below) many didn't!
Thanks to Stick Insect for a memorable afternoon and evening and for his generosity in sponsoring the T-shirts commemorating his achievement as well as the wonderful food at Tung Jaeng. Thanks also to those who sponsored the beer, notably, Sex Sprinter, Porn Star and Ru Man Kap, and the wine, particularly Softy and Temp and whoever produced the champagne later which helped keep the party afloat.