Location: The Old Stone Mine at Koyunbaba
Date: Sunday, 8 September 2013
Hares: Vacuum
Cleaner, Sugar Puff & Little Bunny
Scribe: King
Crapper
1. The Gather-Round
The sun was shining and, despite the wind and
it being late afternoon, it was warm. The
shadow of the cliffs in one corner of the old stone mine provided welcomed
shade as the faithful thirty assembled for BH3 Run 132. GM Pisser
called the circle, but no, not in the shade by the cars, out in the center
of the concert area where RA and chief hare Vacuum
Cleaner wanted to ‘strut his stuff’.
GM Pisser
welcomed all and introduced Picture,
a visitor from Zurich with a name from a previous life, as a candidate for
renaming. The Naming Hat was donned, and
her hostess Doggy Style was also called
in to provide the low-down. Very little
was revealed, but two potential names were announced.
I Love Clocks was then called out and, (for
being good on a previous hash?) was presented with a pretty little rosette to wear
for the duration of the run.
The Hares were then introduced, and Vacuum Cleaner and Little Bunny provided clarification of the marks that would be met
on the trail. The circle was handed to
the RA for the inevitable warm-up; seemingly endless stretching, bouncing,
pulling, etc, that had the assembled wondering if the trail had been replaced
by an afternoon of aerobics for OAP’s.
2. The Run
On-on was finally called and indicated
towards the sea. Semen immediately found a trail to the right but was called back by
Vacuum Cleaner, and the pack was directed
to a road with a sparsely marked trail, down to the sea and along the
waterfront. Imagination and hare-guidance
were required as the trail led along the pebbly foreshore, between the sun
loungers and umbrellas, and eventually up a long gravel road to check 1 by the
Gum-San Koyunbaba Mosque. The FRB’s
spread out, false trails were run, and the real trail was eventually located
and run to check 2, a short distance past MM Migros along the coast road
towards Gumusluk. Luvjoy checked up the overland road to Gumusluk and was halted by a
back-check. Other FRB’s checked further south
along the coast road. Eventually the
real trail was found uphill and then to the left, leading into hill-top
residential.
Further checks were then found in quick
succession, and included the promised ‘beer & water’ stop where the FRB’s
were able to pause, enjoy the view, and watch the struggling back-markers
below. We were joined by a dog which
faithfully followed the rest of the trail and later participated in the
circle. The hill climb may have been
steep, but the views from the high residential streets were impressive. When the trail finally descended, the
back-markers had been able to keep in touch with the pack by walking along the
coast road.
The trail then continued north on the coast
road, past the Crystal Hotel, and past the turnoff that had been used to access
the RV. As with most of this Hash, this
trail had been laid on the right-hand side of the road thus exposing the Hashers
to traffic from behind. This is fine for
ease of trail-laying from a car, scooter, or cycle, but no so good for pedestrian
road safety. The trail was laid by experienced
Hashers, and there was no mention of this unhealthy practice made during the Circle,
so can one assume that this is now acceptable on BH3 runs?
Finally the trail turned left and down towards
the sea and the RV, allowing the back-markers a shorter route home via the RV
access road.
In summary, it was an interesting coastal hill
run of about 7km, and about 50 minutes duration for the FRB’s. The excellent
views were appreciated, as was the option of a shorter route home for the
walkers.
3. The Circle
GM Pisser
called the circle adjacent to the parked cars.
First in, the hares Vacuum Cleaner, Sugar Puff
and Little Bunny were rewarded for
setting the hash. Vacuum Cleaner was then asked to remain for an additional drink
after saying something to the affect that he didn’t know the location of marks on
trail 1 as it had been set by Little
Bunny.
The GM then welcomed 3 virgins; Rosie, Natalie and Nathan, to the Hash. The rules of the RA/GM drinking game were
explained. The virgins were followed by
the returnees; Old Peculiar, Knockers,
Picture, and Shitter. I Loves Clocks, recipient of the pretty little
rosette, was also called in for a drink.
The circle was then handed to RA Vacuum Cleaner, with the GM assisting.
GM Pisser
and then Shitter were awarded drinks
– sorry, this scribe can’t remember why.
Next, the Cappadocia six; Pisser,
Flasher, Tea Leaf, Doggy Style, Run Fat Boy Run, and Luvjoy were given a drink in recognition of their representation of
the BH3 at the previous weekends Istanbul Cappadocia Hash.
The virgins were again invited in to the
circle, this time joined by a 4th, Ian. They were interrogated as to their origins,
and occupations past and present. In
summary it seemed that they were all from the UK, were not currently doing much
(retired or students), and hadn’t done much in the past. The members around the circle were in turn
given the opportunity to introduce themselves to the virgins.
The down-downs continued with a drink awarded
to Helmet Polisher – sorry, again
can’t remember why. Thereafter, Pisser and Flasher were
congratulated on the birth of their second grandchild.
Renaming candidate Picture was called in and, as a result of some previous occurrence
involving a male friend, was renamed Rampant
Rabbit. She was given her drink on
the naming mat, and then coated with flour by the RA. It was noted by some members that this flour
could have been put to better use on the trail.
Fishy
Fingers was then honoured, and was
followed by Run Fat Boy Run and Tea Leaf
who had been late to arrive at the Hash.
Next in were members guilty of miscellaneous offences such as wearing
pink, new shoes, running at the front of the pack (yes really!), etc. They included Luvjoy, Little Bunny,
Knockers, Ian, Rampant Rabbit, King Crapper,
and Cradle Snatcher. And almost finally, Shitter was honoured for reportedly attempting to spend the night in
the woman’s ward of a hospital so he could enjoy the attention of nurses.
The RA, or was it the GM, then attempted to
close the circle but no, Semen
remembered that the miss-namers hadn’t been called in for a drink. Rampant
Rabbit, Knockers, Janice, Semen,
Stalker, Hose Handler and Pussy
Galore were all identified and rewarded.
The circle was finally closed and the
On-On-On BBQ, kindly laid on by Stalker
and I Love Clocks, commenced.
EoD
