Full moon outstation #20
Ambitious is not used very often in hashing but our intrepid hares, had decided to move the Full Moon 100km south for and extravagant weekend of hashing joining Hua Hin Hash House harriers in Prachuap.
We had surveyed the trail for 20 or so minutes a while ago so no problems there!
hugmannygoat like an expecting mother was all flustered with the ever increasing numbers! would the hotel have to build more rooms! 3 in a bed! but a job well done as per normal most hashers decide to do things on the spur of the moment!
Thursday seen a stack of letters in pennys email box, yes I can go, no I can't!
Any accountants out there can you explain how to count MAYBE'S
Friday morning arrived and the hares arrived early morning, to set the trail, as prachuap is a clean tidy town, we decided no paper! chalk arrows only! both sides of the road, the locals look bemused and shocked as big arrows went in front of the shops and houses.
usual false trails and checks for this unknown part of town.
The hares arrived back before lunch with various stages of sunburn and red noses, hotter than you think for January. as the co hare "aunties Bitch" and "hot chilli" had decided to enjoy themselves and go for a massage! cheers guys!
a quick dash to the local wholesaler to relieve them of beer and water.
Moonies arrived in dribs and drabs proudly announcing they had seen the arrows!
25, 35, 40 plus what would be the lucky figure!
eventually 38 turned up good number for the 1st of many outstations!
meeting time was confused as people never read emails,
but we hoped moonies realize we run at 6pm. with moonies normally arriving at 5.59pm.
a fluster of activity as visitors bought our world famous hats and badges! something to leave your grandchildren!
A good mix of moonies, visitors and virgins to the full moon which would make it interesting.
6pm the pack left along the seawall with a left turn up ahead, but with enthusiasm they shot past the 1st turn and had to be called back.
penny lame shot of in his Stevenson's rocket, to do the beer stop.
then the fun started missed line and messenger and phone calls, had a war started?
a frantic hot chilli on the line "at train station, people everywhere, which way do we go?"
"arrows in the car park" penny announced, 1st time we had introduced back checks to the moonies, at least we bunched them all up. across the railway line and more false trails and checks to get them to 7/11. they looked like they had done marathons rather than the 3.5 km to the beer stop. panic as Easy off had lost her husband bite mark who had past the check and was heading towards hua Hin.
some injured moonies had been told a shortcut and other headed towards darker country lanes.
circle on the seawall where a couple managed to fall down the slipway!
plenty of charges by Knockout Neptune and Eau natural who had withdrawal symptoms and was eager to set charges!
some real and false, and a 2nd FREE beer was given to moonies who had excelled themselves, one unnamed hasher had the audacity to complain on why he only got Chang beer!
250 baht included water, soft drinks a beer stop and 2 cans of beer at the circle,
a shared set meal of 5 dishes and beer on the table,
Anyone who can beat that can have my Job!
Food appeared quickly and hot, beer and chat continued into the evening with die hard moonies ending up in Timber Hut again for midnight cocktails! 1 hasher was missing was "dimwit" as he is well known for leading penny lame astray and decided saturdays trail would not be finished if he partaked in Fridays full moon with Penny! a bold move but he did not escape Saturday but that's another story!
Thanks to all that helped and to Hua Hin Hash for letting us set the Friday Trail, Beach Hotel and Timber Hut for their Excellent Hospitality, hope to see you again soon
on on
Penny Lame