Lost Trails, Live Hares & a New Name for Luke

Run No: 2492

At: Saber St Reserve, Woollahra

On Inn: Mill Hotel, Bondi Junction

Hare: BeJesus

RUN REPORT by Bejesus

With the weather forecast, it was always going to be a challenge. I have planned to set the run on Monday evening, then deferred to Tuesday morning, then Tuesday lunchtime and then 3 o’clock but again was thwarted by more rain. At 5 pm, I made another attempt but could only mark part of the trail which was announced before the start with resultant protest and groans of disappointment from the 20 or so assembled hashers.

As it happened, the rain miraculously held off for both the run and the circle. The trail took the runners into the eastern end of Cooper Park and then into the heights of Bellevue Park. From there, the trail markings had not been placed so it was time for the live hare to lead Starboard, Swifty, Red Delicious, Lost in Fourskin and Luke towards Bondi Beach which we nearly reached due to the hare getting lost briefly. However, we managed to get back on trail and eventually joined up with the walkers into the floodlit Waverly Park.

Fetchit acting as trail master was lagging behind and also managed to get a bit lost and ended up doing his own run. At the circle, Afterbirth opened with a newspaper quote from Monty Python on the recent photographs of Trump acting as God – “He is not the Messiah – he’s just a naughty boy.”

After a few down downs, it was time for a naming ceremony for Luke – now known as Paralytic-in relation to his paralegal profession. The OnOn was again The Mill with a good turn out and Fetchit was pleased to know that his photograph was not behind the bar as a persona non grata after his last visit.

On On

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