Hash trash - Run 193

Run : 193
When : Sunday 15th November 2015 2pm
Location : Derekoy
Hares : Culture Vulture & Virgin
Scribe : Happy

Run 193 was held at 2pm on 15th November in the village of Derekoy with 16 hashers in attendance (not a bad turn-out for this time of year)

The circle was called by  Hose Handler  and his first call was to hold a minutes silence for the victims of the Paris massacre which had taken place the night before. Our hearts go out to all !
After the usual instructions from the hares Virgin and Culture Vulture and the down down for the FRB from the previous run( Lightfoot), on on was called and we all set off up into the hills behind the village of Derekoy.

After the initial long and slow (for some !) climb the trail evened out and led us through some beautiful unspoilt countryside and was very clearly marked. Half way round the trail Virgin received a call from  late comer Noddy asking where we were. She tried her best to catch up with the walkers at least but sadly had to battle on and do most of the   of the run on her own.

So after a very enjoyable run we all arrived back at the RV ready for a well earned drink!
The circle was called and the hares were awarded a down down for setting a 'Rubbish' run ! They were then called in again for forgetting the down down mugs! The RA was then asked to take over the circle and he pointed out that because the circle was positioned on a slight incline that some of the hashers were looking 'down' on some of their fellow hashers! To remedy this the circle had to rotate after every down down which caused a little chaos and made for a welcome change. Talking of change all the songs for down downs have changed too. We each have a new song to learn and if called upon in the circle we must lead the song. A couple of new songs were tried and everyone seemed to enjoy the new experience. We even had an audience (in the middle of nowhere) of various groups of children ,women and dogs who were very curious about what we were up to!  All in all a very enjoyable afternoon was had by all and was followed by a lovely meal at the windmill restaurant Gumusluk.

OnOn Happy

Hash Trash - Run 192

HASH TRASH

Run: 192
Date : Sunday 8th November 2015
Location: Yalıkavak
Hares: Barrel, Semen & Grumbling  Bitch
Scribe: Culture Vulture

                                             The Unlucky for Some Hash

Thirteen Hashers turned up for this Unlucky for Some run.  Unlucky for whom? –For those who didn’t come.  A great run (more later), and a different and entertaining circle by RA Barrel (more of that later also).  GM Hose Handler (complete with the start of a full beard for Movember!), gave Culture Vulture the Down-Down for first home last run (yup Culture Vulture first home, but he admitted tripping up all the others!).  He then called in the hares to utter the usual falsehoods regarding the trail – nothing new to tell today.  He then called in the RA Barrel, who uttered nothing except ON-ON that way for the runners and that way for the walkers.

The runners passed the walkers after only a few minutes and then again a few minutes later after finding the first (of many) check-back.  After that there was quite a long trail with many check-backs and the runners passing the walkers a few more times (good planning).  The last couple of check-backs took the runners down to the beach and back again, with Grumbling Bitch doing a grand job as the front hare and running a fair amount of the check-backs herself.  Plenty of marks had been laid to guide the Hashers and even with the long trail (1 hour 20 minutes for first runner home), the whole pack was home within a very short time of each other.  That is how it should be done – well done hares!!

Hose Handler called the after run circle and gave the hares their down-downs after the usual accolades (not!) from the hashers.  Several returnees enjoyed the next down-downs, and then Virgin called in as the only virgin on this run.  Hose Handler called in Culture Vulture for standing in for him whilst he had been away, and then handed the circle over to RA Barrel.  

First in was Anna for her beautiful pink shoes.  Since there were nearly as many Swedish Hashers, as others, Barrel called for a Swedish Joke.  Long Willy came forward and told a tale that lasted nearly as long as most circles.  As the other Swedes hardly laughed (and Anna even cried), Long Willy was asked to translate, but the translation took much less time (what was left out we wonder?).  A well-deserved down-down for that.  Semen and Grumbling Bitch were called in to take their last down-down on the Bodrum hash for a few months and wish them happy travels.  Down-downs for Mugless Lightfoot and Noddy (also Lost Property return of mug to Noddy).  Thomas the Tank Engine was called in as it seems he had forgotten his Hash Name.  He had previously declared his Hash Name as Thomas the Tank, but was sporting an old Hash T-shirt declaring that he is Thomas the Tank Engine.

At this point Barrel declared that he was a little disappointed that the Hashers who had declared that they wanted a variety of Hash Songs were not present.  However, he had printed out several different Hash Songs and which he distributed amongst the Hashers.  Subsequent down-downs, were then accompanied by a down-down song as directed by the RA and led by the hasher who held the relevant words.  Copies of these Hash Songs are to be retained as handed out and used on subsequent hashes.  Well done Barrel, an entertaining change.

The ON-ON-ON was at the Koşede restaurant, and as successful as usual.

ON-ON

Culture Vulture