Yes,
we are in Forres……..
And the hashers are waiting for the latecomers…… Crème de la Crème, who pats ‘Barney’ a new hasher……and pixies are up on Nikita and Tutti Fruiti, who anticipate the mists turning to rain…
The
2 hares, Tutti Fruiti and Ciderman, gave a considered introduction to the
run…….but is there some ‘Hare’ tension apparent?……….Mr Rusty
certainly looks on, bemused…………..
The scene was set against the Sanquhar Loch with it’s curtain of aerated water, backed with the smooth serene loch and resident Swans and Ducks……………
Old
Crock, fresh and freezing from a cold house, where the gas heating system
had failed, showed determination to get the calorific heat up, sprinting
past a jovial Ciderman…………
The pixies followed….with equal energy………….
Pleased
that the front runners had been led astray by Bodsa, up a back
check………………
In
recognition that the fall of Autumn leaves, Nikita completes nature’s
art by placing the vital ‘last piece’…..
Meanwhile,
Bodsa completes her energy sapping third lap around this little
detour…………
The first river crossing turned out to be a bridge and left the hash split on either side of the water………..
Old
Crock, fully ‘warmed up’, led Mr Rusty back to the right
side………………
GM, Nikita took the lead fresh from her retirement Part the night before and resplendent in her new hairdoooo………while Ciderman still smiling limbered along with Spotty close behind…….
Now to the new Hasher…Barney…where a family painlessly increased by 33.3% over the weekend…to Bodsa and MacCavity’s delight……………
And
don’t they make happy hashers…………with hound……..
In
the glen, another happy band of Pixies and Crock, make ♫
arms of music ♫…………
Before
arriving at a man made landscape ….
The
new Chapelton Flood Storage Reservoir……
And
Hash Flash tries to tame Barney………………..
Before
a survey of the £millions invested in earthmoving the Forres flood
controls…………
Already silted up with the recent flooding………..
And
admire the dam top hexi block finish ……….
Then on to the yellow flowers ………in full autumn bloom…….
Nestled
neatly, near the borage and nettles…..the makings of local Tea……
At
the domain of former Nash ………..Hashers?..........
♫ Dum, Dom…..Dee ♫
Latent
colours by the Hospital attract……….
As
the next day post box is cosseted………..
Beside the contrast of laurel fruits………..
And
the water well is checked but the tap has been vandalised…….
Across
from the fading yellows……..
The remaining roses……
And
a knobbled Pine knob face with green mossy hair which compares well with
MacCavitie’s……….well……
So
Onn Inn…. passing the Sanquhar Ducks………
To link up with Dark Horse, fresh from rail trails around European Capitals….
However,
Barney is not one for the bottles of booze………as he wonders in the
Circle now finished, where the 2 wanderers are?............with car keys
and phones…..
Mr
Rusty traces their scent and leads Elanor and Crème de la Crème back to
the fold……..
Where explanations of:……. ‘we were sitting there waiting for you to pass’,…… hang lame…….