R*n 418: Melling

Sunday 8th April 2012 at 11:00am Daytime

It being Easter Sunday, all good hashers had to pray together at the outdoor shrine of Melling, a lot closer to home than the threatened excursion to Longridge – a fate to be endured the next time Twit and Twot set a run.

After the delights of Troutbeck who could provide a better venue? (Advert!)

To stave off our boredom Twot handed out Easter Eggs to all runners with firm instructions to return them home intact or face a down down. These eggs were not chocolate but the raw uncooked chicken variety and were issued to each hasher in an already cracked condition. Or that is my excuse!

There was ample opportunity for cheating as the trail passed numerous henhouses and chicken runs which would enable anyone clever enough to gain an unlimited supply of fresh eggs. That is the only reason identifiable for the surprisingly high success rate at the end of the trail.

The trail was long and hard and that was the Wimps route. I have no knowledge of the Rambos route, but Chemical Alley tells me it was even longer.

Shiggy came in all types and sizes including a recently ploughed field which slowed us all down just before the beer stop.

It came in so many varieties that a degree course in Shiggy has been set up at Lancaster University and one of its students was duly christened Shiggy Pop after her third run.

Further down downs were given to hares, failed chicken egg keepers and trail fowlers in the usual manner.

Then we all returned to The Black Bull in Brookhouse for a slap up meal, there being no pubs in Melling of course.

On On to the next one

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Write up by Highway — 27th April 2012 at 5:11am

Who ran 418?

Hash Handle Hare Hound Total
41 198 239
20 226 246
B
Bitter
29 138 167
9 19 28
47 187 234
H
Highway Scribe
15 161 176
L
Lurch
45 229 274
MT
Major Twit Hare
16 137 153
MT
Minor Twat Hare
17 120 137
41 217 258
0 1 1
R
Rabbi
0 4 4
SP
Shiggy Pop Named
0 3 3
29 148 177
22 277 299

Turn out: 15

Location

R*n 418 started from layby in front of Melling Primary School, Melling. and the On Inn was Black Bull, Brookhouse.

On Inn - Black Bull, Brookhouse

Black Bull

This was our 25th visit. We also visited on...

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  • Run 373 - Sunday 13th March 2011
  • Run 353 - Sunday 22nd August 2010
  • Run 331 - Sunday 24th January 2010
  • Run 301 - Saturday 9th May 2009
  • Run 293 - Monday 9th February 2009
  • Run 289 - Sunday 28th December 2008
  • Run 285 - Sunday 23rd November 2008
  • Run 247 - Sunday 23rd December 2007
  • Run 221 - Wednesday 2nd May 2007
  • Run 192 - Wednesday 9th August 2006
  • Run 171 - Sunday 15th January 2006
  • Run 162 - Sunday 13th November 2005
  • Run 155 - Sunday 28th August 2005
  • Run 141 - Sunday 24th April 2005
  • Run 125 - Sunday 14th November 2004
  • Run 124 - Thursday 28th October 2004
  • Run 123 - Sunday 24th October 2004
  • Run 121 - Tuesday 28th September 2004
  • Run 118 - Monday 30th August 2004
  • Run 114 - Friday 2nd July 2004
  • Run 111 - Saturday 12th June 2004
  • Run 110 - Friday 11th June 2004
  • Run 59 - Saturday 18th January 2003