#328 - Report - 03/09/06 - Coo Chi Coo, No Good, Degenitals,

“Sweep what sweep?” came the cry from the circling pack. The cry was most heard from our overseas visitor Wayne ‘Passing through town for one day’ Morris who was left, forgotten, out on trail! While the hares were laying Pool side Pigging out on Pizza and Pilsner, Poor old Wayne was struggling to find his way out of Portsdown Road! By the time the hares were into the Pasta our neglected, abandoned visitor was crawling through Normanton Park trying to decipher the confusion of abundant arrows pointing in all directions, most of which were only relevant to the Previous days Dog Hash! A Pity that such vital information was not Passed on to the Pack?

So sad was the state of affairs that the only reason he was deemed to be missing/existing at all was that one observant driver noticed an extra bag in his boot! Thank you Paul, good to see that we have not resorted to total abandonment of our visitors.

Fortunately for all concerned ‘Poor Wayne’ finally made it back to the car park where a few ‘concerned’ hashers were still waiting. Apart from being dehydrated he was in reasonable shape after his ordeal and able to join the hares (tormentors) and the rest of the pack at the on on. Post Sunday correspondence has established that he is well and will join us again when next passing through town. Now that’s my type of hasher?

So apart from a Front Riding Sweep what did we think of the ride? Well surprisingly it was voted a Good Ride! Considering that we had spent ninety percent of the hash going up and down the old KTR railway track and the remaining ten percent waiting in the worlds longest queue so that we could have a go on a technical (suicidal some might say) downhill section there was obviously something about the combination which the pack found appealing. I am still trying to think what that appeal might be which is why it has taken me four days to write the scribe report - Pondering this difficult question?

One Point that is not in doubt is the appeal of the hash. Another huge turn out this week saw the return of a few old familiar faces. Christian Vang, a hash stalwart of old, was, after many years of working in Singapore transferred back to Europe less than a year ago. Image our surprise when he Popped up on Sunday, transferred back to Singapore! Where’s the logic in that? Big company cost cutting I don’t doubt? Whatever, it is very good to have Christian back with us. Another surprise and welcoming face was that of Patrick Escalle another long time hasher who we have not seen for over a year. Was this just a flash in the pan for this Frenchman or will we see him more often? While on the subject of welcome faces wasn’t it good to see Mike Flecker back with the pack (notice I wrote ‘back with the pack’ and not ‘at the back of the pack’ which of course is where he should have been - Sweep indeed!!). Will we see him again this year, probably not….and no not because he is sulking, well I don’t think so anyway?

With an extremely exciting and varied hareline still to come before the end of the year we now have hashers queuing up to set rides. FCB…oh doesn’t he have a lovely new bike? – still falls off it the same as he did the old one though, so nothing new there!.... and Too Easy have a secret trail set in Batam. So secret that they will not even tell us when it is? With only 115 days to go to the end of the year, of which only 17 are Sundays, of which 5 are already taken up by existing hashes you would wonder when they are going to let the secret out of the bag? Don’t leave it too long - I don’t want all my surprises in December!!

You are Probably all wondering why we have Capital P’s in Bold littered all over this report? This was Coo Chi Coos idea, you will need to refer to the “This Weeks Ride” details (emailed out on the 29th August) to get the joke….then again you might not!! I wouldn’t worry about it too much though. Me, I am getting ready for the next ride on the 24th set by the Gang of Four, our regular quartet of distinguished gentleman, what will they have in store for us I wonder?

On On

Barbarian

Grand Master