NORTHERN BEACHES HASH
RUN # 302 LONG REEF
SUNDAY, 06 SEPTEMBER, 2026
HARE : PHANTOM
AT LAST THE WEATHER SEEMS TO BE TURNING TOWARDS SUMMER. THIS MEANS THAT WE CAN RELY ON A SOLID GROUP OF MEMBERS TURNING UP. AND 16 DID JUST THAT LAST SUNDAY. THE HARE ORGANISED THE FISHERMAN'S HUT AS THE VENUE, A SECRETIVE LITTLE SHACK KNOWN ONLY TO THOSE WITH A NORTHERN BEACHES PARKING STICKER.
COME 15:00 WE WERE OFF ALONG THE WATERFRONT, BUT ONLY FOR A MOMENT. THE TRAIL LURCHED OFF INTO COLLAROY, THE PLATEAU, WHEELER HEIGHTS AND SKIRTED CROMER AND FINISHED ALONG PITTWATER RD AND GRIFFITH PARK. A GOOD TRAIL, WITH SOME TRICKY MARKING WHICH SOME OF US FAILED TO SEE, AS THE HARE DID NOT PUT ANY ARROWS ON OR NEAR CORNERS. THIS MEANT THAT THE CROSSINGS HAD TO BE FULLY CHECKED FOR CHALK.
ALL WERE IN GOOD SPIRITS BACK AT THE FISHERMAN'S HUT AND THE GM CALLED A CIRCLE. AS IT WAS FATHERS DAY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE CALLED TO ACCOUNT IN THE CIRCLE. ONLY PEE DUD DECLINED TO BE A FATHER. THE HARE WAS RECOGNISED FOR HIS EFFORTS AND PROMISED US A SELF-MADE MEAL WITH CAKE TO FOLLOW ALSO MADE BY HIM. HE SAID HIS TALENT CAME FROM A TIME SPENT RUNNING A HOSTEL IN SPAIN. WHAT, NO GARLIC?
CIRCLE OVER WE TUCKED IN TO THE GRUB. A CURRY, AND GOOD IT WAS, TOO. WORTH A SECOND HELPING. AND THEN THERE APPEARED ANOTHER 2 CAKES, ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE NOBODY WAS HUNGRY.
THE GM ALLOWED ONE JOKE FROM NOT A FATHER AND THEN WE PACKED UP WHILE THE SUN WAS STILL HIGH.
A GOOD RUN IN A VERY PLEASANT AREA.
THE NEXT HARE IS NSOM AT NORTH END OF AVALON SURF CLUB.
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