Run Details

New start time of 19:00. Brighton area - Remembrance Day run

#2387 The Dyke Tavern, Brighton - A rather drunk Nobby Chick had set the route the evening before, calling Half Moon at one point stating 'he had been walking for 20 minutes and couldn't remember if he had left any marks'! As chalk talks going, perhaps not the most inspiring to the gathered masses on this cool Remembrance Day hash. And so the pack left the Dyke Tavern, crossing the road and around Dyke Road Park and the Brighton Open Air Theatre, re-joining Dyke Rd and heading SE down to Seven Dials. A little confusion here until marks were found headed E on Buckingham Pl, turning S onto Buckingham Rd. A check at the roundabout of Buckingham Rd and Upper Gloucester Rd would see Nasty Nips, Little Swinger and Half Moon checking up Buckingham Rd and Dyke Rd; not hearing the call back, the three picked up the pace to re-join the main group, heading down Upper Gloucester Rd, S on Frederick Gdns (an easily missed turn helpfully pointed out by some locals!), continuing on Spring Gdns, E on Church St before finally catching the pack at the entrance to Pavilion Gardens. En-route, the three had spotted FH for 2 - clearly those FRBs (1E and Shoots Off Early) had NOT fishhooked properly... And so trail continued straight through Pavilion Gardens to Prince's Pl, down on North St then East St, the Avenue (the little footpath behind what was the Pavilion Tavern) and then out on the A23 / Old Steine and to the war memorial. Sip Stop here saw HM dispensing port to all and for NC to tell two stories about the war, the first about the loss of 12 family lines during WW1 as part of the pre-Somme diversionary tactics employed at the Battle of Boar's Head Hill, and the second a more personal and tragic tail about one of his friends who had served and been medically discharged as a result of injuries sustained from an IED... And so, with a toast to the fallen held, NC called On On to N out and up the E side of Pavilion Parade and a straight run back (spoiler alert: it wasn't!). Trail would continue zig-zagging through the Valley Gardens development, out the E side of St Peter's Church and to the E side of The Level (although not before most of the hash had followed the FRBs into The Level playground). Diagonally through The Level over to Ditchling Rd and down the A270 before turning N on Beaconsfield Rd, W on Ditchling Rise and then N on Preston Rd and into Preston Park. With marks lost here last week's RG at Steve Ovett's foot would be once again commented on. True trail was, though, the other side of the park behind the Rotunda and Rose Garden and around to the cafe in the middle before turning down to Preston Road and the (now inevitable) climb up South Rd / Millers Road. But wait, what's that at the junction with Highcroft Villas? Yes, the hare had done it - a FH for 16 awaited the pack mere metres from the pub... Impressive efforts up and down the hill from several hashers ultimately destined to do the FH more than once would find LS, NN and HM doing the FH more than once.

Back at the pub and with NN RAing, Nobby Chick & Half Moon were called up as hares. It was noted that (having spent most of the evening with HM) NN had heard her state several times "I'm not the hare" (waving his arms around in example of what she had been doing); DD for both to "20 Toes". Next up, it was noted (for few were aware) that at FH#1 1E and SOE had failed to return to the back properly. However, not wanting to reward poor hashing, NN had instead elected to nominate instead LS and HM (as two of those effectively left behind on trail); DDs to tune of "They're alright". Next up another FH related DD, this time for FH#2 (just outside the pub) where Pondweed had run straight through. Again, not wanting to reward this behaviour, DD was instead awarded to ML for reporting him. Joining him would be Bouncer who had turned up just before the memorial and exclaimed that he had been to the seafront (having earned himself quie an earful from assembled hashers for clearly not following the trail); DD for both to "Oh the Seagulls they fly high in Brighton town". Next up, the Numpty mug had made a reappearance - NN and ZZ Topless had both spotted it on eBay and (luckily not getting into a bidding war) it had been procured to replace that broken by Angel. And so, of course, the first recipient of the Numpty mug had to be Angel for breaking the old one; DD to "You're Stupid". With that, NN handed over to Bouncer briefly, who would present ML with a Nelson biography he had found covered in dust, inside signed 'To Mudlark Horatio Nelson'. DD had been kept to one side for this but Bouncer had other plans, with Bouncer suggesting NN take it (to which he did); Bouncer, instead, had decided to provide a DD of water to represent the sea. Of course, sea water is salty and so he added the salt (eurgh!) before DD to "A Frenchman went to the lavatory".

Next week's hash, hopefully to be held from the BN6 Bar in Hassocks would encompass the Dangleberry stile. However, 1E reported that neither Private Dancer nor Oral Hooker had actually contacted the pub and so he would confirm as a matter of urgency - keep an eye out for details. It was also noted that our very own Prince Crashpian would be appearing at The Ropetackle, Shoreham in a one-man show about Scott of the Antarctic tomorrow (12th November). CRAFT H3 was also mentioned, with Friday 6th December being the date more people preferred; this CRAFT would be Brighton-based and 'Toad' themed (an idea of Dangleberry's that sadly never came to pass). Wildbush announced that Haberdash orders would have one more week people - get those orders in... And finally 50 Shades announced the Combined London Hashes party on 7th December. With that, the evening was closed with a toast 'To The Hash'.

Like many an evening of late, a good number of hashers remained on to chat and talk. It should be noted that Rebel WHK commented on NN's 'protuberance' several times... That is, his bag was rather large. And Bouncer, talking to 50 Shades and gesticulating wildly, managed to knock a number of wine glasses (stored over the bar) straight into the bar area to a resounding CRASH. Not sure what that story was about, but it must have been smashing. Sorry, it had to be done. -NN