Canals dont have Hills ! Jailbait and Wasabi Peanuts

It wasnt until we had finished this Monday night Hash run with the Guildford Hash House Harriers http://www.guildfordh3.org.uk/ that Scrum Muffin (Claire) realised why we had enjoyed this hash so much.......no hills.

The 'No Hill' Wey Navigation Canal by the Onslow Arms Pub in Loxwood

After so much running on the Greensand Way it was a genuine pleasure to run around the Arun and Wey Navigation around Loxwood and not spend large chunks of time 'digging in' to get to the top of a freezing windy snowy hill.

12.5 miles of 'No Hills' Guaranteed !on the Arun and Wey Canal in Loxwood

We started off as always at a pub, this time the Onslow Arms. We set off following the trail promptly at 7.30pm and ran along the canal which is clearly unused as we got further along it.

Whenever we got to a circle of flour (which means the route could go in any of a nu,ber of directions and the right path would have to be found) Scrum Muffin did some excellent Beyonce ' if you liked it ya shoulda putta ring on it' dancing.

'Beyonce dancing' at a flour ring

There was the usual chaos as the run progressed. At one stage following a flour trail I could clearly see runners lights on all 4 sides of a massive  field. Proud of my new hashing name 'Little Pecker' I am trying to learn a few hashers names each week. This week we kept seeing 'Jailbait' come crashing out of the woods perpendicular to the route (he had run out a lot of false trails and taken 'short cuts' to get back on flour') His hashing name derives from helping some young D of E kids who were lost once when he has hashing.

'On Inn' every Hashers dream

Lightbite (sporting an amazing black eye) managed to be a 'tumbling tosser' (fell over) and so I found out another hashing name. He was honourable enough to volunteer himself in the sinners circle at the end . I always qualify for the sinners circle and this week I get free extra beer for talking with Scrum Muffin all the way through the run and wearing our Greensand Way Training Rucksack for the hash.

Scrum Muffins Sports Drink

We got back to the Pub after about 4.5 miles and an hour. The Onslow Arms had a good selection of real ales and Scrum Muffin , Loose Article (father of Scrum Muffin) and I made sure we tried them all. I also had Wasabi Peanuts for the first time which are AMAZING and I MUST get them for a running snack.

Loose Article and Little Pecker rehydrate with Sports Drink

We also had the startings of an idea......what if we led a hash in Guildford that started and finished at the Royal Oak pub on a Ukejam night?.......

HASHJAM ?


watch this space........


on on

Little Pecker