Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.  The hare has form at this place!  Of course every cockup is unintentional, but some people are less fortunate than others.  On a previous occasion when setting a trail for Barnes in the dark he blameed his new iPad for leading him back to the flour that he had laid earlier, so we ended up with a short keyhole trail.  More time for drinking.  Today our inestimable hare decided to try something different, highly innovotive and probably never tried before!  Rather than take a short trail off the main trail after a reasonable distance, our hare decided to lead the short cutters like the Pied Piper to join the main trail so that they could walk the second half of the runners’ trail.  All very good in theory. However, you can never underestimate the ability of the pack to frustrate your plans!  Having announced the plan, our hero ended up with a large gaggle of “walkers” (some were just being plain lazy) and they became rather strung out.  Now, this is where his brain departed from his senses, for the hare decided to lay flour to help them, not realising of course that at the T – junction adjoining the main trail, the front runners would follow this trail and wonder why they ended up back at the car park so soon!  There was much consulting of maps and comments such as, “Well we were on flour the whole time, so we must have missed a loop somewhere.”

  Our Hash Cash had shown me a picture on his ‘phone of the RA warming up with yoga exercises before the trail and I was seriously impressed at his flexibility and strength.

  Upon closer inspection of a copy it was clear that he was supported by a bench!

  The GM, having been unable to complete the trail as a result of chassis issues, used his crystal ball to inform him of what had gone on, and it was surprisingly accurate!

  The RA did a fine turn on his first official appearance, so his limbering up exercises must have worked well.

  Sorry to those who had trouble in paying for their parking (really bad mobile signals).  It’s interesting to note that there aren’t any signs saying “Penalties apply”, so perhaps payment is encouraged but not mandatory.

  Monday 14 April was actually the Surrey Hash House Harriers’ 50th anniversary.  The first run was also on  a Monday: 14 April 1975  and you can find the first Hash Notice here.

  On On, Petal