NORTHERN BEACHES HASH RUN # 301
CASTLE COVE - 02 AUGUST, 2026.
HARES PEE DUD AND BUDGIE
15 HASHERS TURNED UP FOR THE PROMISE OF A RELAXING RUN/WALK IN THE CASTLE COVE AREA.
THE PRESENCE OF MILITARY VEHICLES WAS NOTED AT THE HARE'S HOUSE AND AT 15;00 HRS WE WERE SUDDENLY FORCED INTO THE BACK OF ONE OF THE VEHICLES AND TOLD TO CRUSH IN AND KEEP QUIET.
WINDOWS WERE BLACKED OUT AND THE REAR COVER WAS PULLED DOWN. ONLY CANDLESTICKS GOT TO RIDE IN THE FRONT AFTER OFFERING SOME CRINGING EXCUSE ABOUT HIS KNEES.
THE DRIVER, WHO DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ARMED, DROVE A LONG WAY TO A PLACE WE DID NOT KNOW, BUT NEAR EXPLOSIVES RESERVE, WHERE WE WERE ALL ORDERED OUT AND TOLD TO FIND OUR WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING. THIS APPEARED TO BE SOME FORM OF TEST, WHERE PRISONERS ARE LET LOOSE ON A SURVIVAL COURSE.
FOLLOWING ORDERS, WE SOON FORMED UP AND REGAINED OUR CONFIDENCE, AS IT SEEMED WE WOULD SURVIVE. AT LEAST UNTIL WE RETURNED TO CASTLE COVE.
THE TRAIL WOUND THROUGH THE BUSH FROM CASTLECRAG, MIDDLE COVE AND AROUND THE WATER LINE PAST ROSEVILLE MARINA AND UP ON TO BOUNDARY GATE ST. AT LAST, ON OUR WAY TO FREEDOM, BUT NO, IT WAS BACK INTO THE BUSH, WHERE BUDGIE JOINED US TO MAKE SURE WE WERE MARCHING IN TIME. FINALLY BACK TO THE ROAD AND A FINAL 3 KM MARCH HOME.
WE WERE HERDED INTO THE UNDERGROUND GARAGE AND THE DOOR WAS PULLED DOWN TIGHT. NO ESCAPE.
A SIT DOWN CIRCLE WAS FORMED, THE HARES WERE THANKED ( WE WEREN'T GOING TO CAUSE TROUBLE AT THIS STAGE ) AND A TABLE OF FOOD WAS PRESENTED. ALCOHOL WAS ALLOWED ( IT KEEPS THE TROOPS QUIET ), CRUM WAS TOASTED FOR ALMOST REACHING 80 ( 3 DAYS TO GO ) KITTY CLAIMED A BIRTHDAY 3 WEEKS EARLY, CANDLESTICKS WAS CHARGED WITH TALKING AND NOT LISTENING TO PROCEEDINGS. I SUGGESTED A FIRING SQUAD, BUT HE WAS WEARING HIS NEW 300 RUN T-SHIRT.
WE WERE RELEASED AT 18:00 HRS AND THANKED OUR CAPTORS FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
NEXT RUN PHANTOM ON SEPTEMBER 6TH IS FROM FISHERMAN'S COTTAGE, END OF ANZAC AVE, LONG REEF.
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