After a wonderful 1.5hr taxi ride
from the Southern Ring Road where the driver decided to cross the river to
the other side, I showed up 30 minutes late. Thus, my account misses much of
the run. Apologies to Jingles.
The run began on concrete and quickly turned off onto small paths. The wrong
fucking way, of course. Lest we forget Cengiz’ unique haring style (i.e. a
non-stop combination of false trails and backchecks), within a few hundred
meters he tosses us several reminders. Down the wrong trails I went, left
and right, being yelled at by local landowners already pissed off by the
pack trying to run through their yards. Thanks for that.
At some point the trail turned off into the green and the run got quite
pretty. Cengiz took us through orchards and hidden paths and villages. Those
of us running alone and without aid of a pack also got a chance to fend of
rabid dogs alone as their “owners” smiled and laughed and explained that the
dogs were harmless. What a treat! Still, on the trail went through beautiful
green scenery, winding around and around until I popped out into the parking
lot where the run started from. A brilliant ending to a fine run, in spite
of Cengiz’ efforts to ruin it!
The GM called the circle together with his usual aplomb. “YEAH OKAY TIME FOR
CIRCLE.” The hashers gathered and charges were handed out. The GM berated
various people in his lovable and tender manner after which The Tinkler and
Ajarn Kee Niao put everyone to sleep with their usual litany of trivia
questions and the weekly reading of the dead in which they list the name of
every dead person in the entire world and a bell is rung once after each
name. The circle came to a close with the GM irritatingly changing the time
for this week’s run to 5:30 without consulting the fucking hare. In short a
good time was had by all!
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On Monday 23 February we had 26
Harriers, 10 Harriettes, 1 new boot and 3 visitors, total = 40. Returners
included Jennifer Sloan, Bob Thomas, KC Marshment, Nannette Bourne, and
Faisal Mookerdum. Welcome to new boot Pailin.
