Run Details

New start time of 19:00.

#2406 - The Coaching Halt, Crawley - With several regular hashers away (Bouncer and Angel still / Ride It Baby, Keeps It Up and Wildbush again) or injured (Oral H), a case of Crawley-itis for Hash Gomi, and a hash some distance from our usual routes, Little Swinger did well to take 3 walkers and 13 r*nners on the lesser-spotted side of Crawley. With significant rain overnight, she now just had to hope all her marks hadn't washed away... As so, the hash set off out of pub, over the crossing, and left (S) along B2036 until the footpath just before the M23 crossing; footpath would be followed all the way down to Harper Dr (straight over on footpath), Matthews Dr (again, straight over) and then over the train line. A left (S) turn here would find the first encountered fishhook at the golf course (I say 'encountered' as apparently a prior one had been missed and another had been washed away). Hash continued S around the golf course to the east side of Silt Lake and the second fishhook of the evening. Trail then continued N along the E side of Tilgate Lake, turning off back into the woods at the NE corner. Continuing on in a NE / N direction into Furnace Green (Rosamund Rd) and then into Furnace Green Park, a quick regroup at Furnace Green Park would offer hashers the chance to enjoy the play park before heading off again out of the NE corner of the park. Trail would continue under the trainline and the footpath followed over Billinton Dr and the third fishhook just before Banks Rd. Trail then continued E along the Worth Way, with Private Dancer, Sticky Balls and myself taking the more obvious (but likely to be wrong) long and fast straight-on route to Balcombe Rd; but of course it was wrong, and true trail was at the check and a turn-off to the right (SE) up to Maidenbower Dr, then turning S. Several FRBs (Mudlark and myself included) would then cross the road to turn back into the pub, before promptly realising it was the Frogshole Farm - the wrong pub! But the Coaching Halt would lie not far beyond, taking a turn-off W just after Evans Cl which would find hashers greeted with 'On Inn' marks and a short and quick run the last few hundred metres (and to the correct pub this time).

With a small group and a later than usual circle (sorry - I got chatting to On On Don!), and depleted with pre-circle departures, those of us who remained provided our feedback to LS (it had been noted that PD had commented that there were too many tree roots!) before LS was passed her DD to the usual tune of "Here's to the hare", commenting after "that's a big one"! Next up, Tripsy Daisy for being heard to discuss sharing her 'wand' (a euphemism for something else? Do women share them? Apparently even Mudlark has! Nominated LS as driving. Joining her would be Whose Shout, for having to drop out of last week's hash (and as co-hare too) after pulling something and ending up a nice shade of purple, red and yellow all up his thigh and buttocks; thankfully, these were just words and no pictures! DDs to "Why were they born so beautiful?".

Details for next week's hash were announced - a Bathe It Daily super-low-tide special from The Selden Arms. Be prepared to run around Worthing Pier. And finally, it was noted that next week will also be Bonking Queen's 100th hash! And so another wonderful evening was closed out with a toast to the hash. - Nasty Nips