Hi there Hangzhou Hashers and Friends,
Well, last weekend (Sat, 19 April) we had another great time on Hangzhou Hash #137 out in the forests and tea fields around the MaoJiaBu area west of West Lake.
It was a very cloudy day, so before I started setting and marking the Hash trail I was already really worried that rain would wash away all the Hash marks along the route. Luckily, there was only a little bit of very patchy light rain during the time I way setting the trail. It was also my first time to try to set a trail as a solo hare, since Roomboy was out of town and H.E.I.D.E. had only just gotten back to Hangzhou after some time away. Note to self… ALWAYS get someone along to help carry the flour… 😉 Hence, I was a bit behind schedule setting the trail, so thanks to the Pack for waiting until 3.15pm to start so I could finish the last part of the trail and get back to the ShiWeiXian Restaurant (食为鲜酒家) start/finish venue.
Once again, it was great to see a mix of now familiar faces along with a few new Hashers (Hash Virgins) who all made the effort to come out to the MaoJiaBu area in spite of the threat of some rain.
The first amusement of the #137 Hash happened before we started when our HZH3 GM, H.E.I.D.E., gave a couple of Down Downs to the fastest Hashers from the #136 Hash, just to make sure they didn’t have too much of an advantage on this Hash. 🙂
Just as we were setting off, some light rain began and it started to look like the Hash trail markings might be washed away right from the beginning. In fact, EVERYONE missed the FIRST Check… I forgot to give everyone a Down Down in the Circle though… (Next time that happens I’ll be sure to remember!) Fortunately, even in the open areas where more rain was falling, most of the marks were still able to be seen reasonably well. I hoped the later trail marking would last for the next 90+ minutes too!!!
I designed this Hash so that the walkers separated from the runners very near the start and I also gave the walkers a couple of Checks, just to keep them on their toes! The runners headed up the road and needed just a little bit of help when they gave up on one path too soon and started heading too far along another path (that might have gotten the Hare (me) in trouble since it would have joined on to a later part of the trail…). After that, most of the Checks (for the runners at least) in the MaoJiaBu Forest went pretty smoothly as the Pack started to gain experience and work out how to work out the correct Hash trails faster.
Right when we got out of the forest we stopped for a Beer Check and to let everyone catch up and have a quick rest. See a great photo of this stop at the photo link below. We didn’t stay long as it seemed that the manager of the small restaurant had misunderstood what we planned to do (I had talked to her the day before and also in the morning, so I don’t know why she seemed to think we were going to order a 10 course meal… PS. Next time I’ll carry some paper cups too…).
After that we headed over to the huge tea field (See the photos to see the really beautiful scenery!!!) and zigged and zagged through there before finishing the Hash with another smaller section of forest.
We then enjoyed a great Circle with our GM H.E.I.D.E. and his sister’s boyfriend both trying to drink a beer with a straight arm… Very funny to watch!!! (Look at the photo link below!) You’d better practice (and take an extra shirt) though, because YOU might be next. 😉 We then had our biggest ever HZH3 Bash with almost all the Hashers staying and enjoying a great Hangzhou local cuisine dinner!
It was great to see one of the veteran Hangzhou Hashers from 3 years ago, Sheep Shagger, make his 2nd appearance at another one of our new era Hangzhou Hashes. Great stuff! We hope more of our veterans will join us on future Hashes too.
Thanks to Just “Bethany” for volunteering herself and Just “Mike” to hare the next Hash #138 on Sat, 3 May. It looks like it will start and finish at the Eudora Station Bar/Restaurant (亿多瑞站) on the middle east side of West Lake.
See all 38 (三十八个照片) of the Hangzhou Hash #137 photos here (click link).
1. More than 20 eager Hangzhou Hashers joined us for HZH3 Hash #137 even though there was some rain around. In fact, most people said the Hash was even more interesting and fun because of the rain! 🙂 虽然下小雨有20多人参加. 他们都说很好玩!
2. Natural forest trails
3. Beautiful, ancient tea field trails and scenic views
4. The Post Hash “Circle” for telling funny stories from the Hash and for drinking Down Downs! Then most people stayed at the ShiWeiXian Restaurant for the Bash (dinner).
We hope you’ll join us for more fun on and off the trails on HZH3 Hash #138 “The Euphoria at Eudora Run” on Sat, 3 May. The Hares will be Just “Bethany” and Just “Mike”.
Meet at 2.30pm at the Eudora Station Bar/Restaurant (亿多瑞站). See full location and other details soon.
On! On!
Sweet FA (HZH3 Hash Scribe)
Hangzhou Hash House Harriers (HHHH / HZH3) Mismanagement
Email: mismanagement [AT] hangzhou-hhh [DOT] org
Website: http://www.hangzhou-hhh.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2463557978/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HZH3
Get our WeChat group info when you join us on the next Hangzhou Hash! 🙂
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.