Hash Trash - 22 June 2008
Cape Town Hash House Harriers
Last Sunday's run 22 June 2008
Run No.?????
My Pc and email addresses were stolen!
Started from near Fish hoek on the Clovelly side of the main rd, went up to Clovelly Cuntry Club, but since no-one had golf clubs with them, the silly bunch went mountaineering instead! On on and up they went, thinking Hilda should be called Hill-da or Hell-da! check 4 was found near the top of the hill on the Clovelly side of the mountain and check 5 on the Kalk Bay side. Not often we have a run encompassing two suburbs and both seaside resorts at that! The original Clovelly (UK) is a quaint fishing village in North Devon and Kalk Bay was name due to the vast amounts of mussel shells (black) that were available for crushing/grinding to produce limewash/chalk (white) for the tasteful decoration of the local houses.Kalk being Afrikaans for chalk! How's that for history?
Those who actually did the run went past the famous " Boomslang" (Afrikaans for tree snake) cave which actually goes right through the mountain from Clovelly to Kalk Bay! although essentially a tunnel, it does have some huge rock caverns which look like halls. the tunnel sections are not for the more rotund among us and one has the choice of either pulling one's backpack by one's feet or pushing it ahead! Don't wear you best clothes as it's rather a muddy experience and take illumination but not candles as they get extinguished by the through-draught(southeast in summer and northwest in winter).then onto Boye's drive,down Clairvaux road to the harbour and then back along the main road past the harbour and back to the start quite a gruelling run by all accounts and very imaginative for a first run by Hill-da!
The start was accompanied by some giggles provided by firstly the Grand Master - (punished for arriving) late in the usual manner and secondly a grand display of some strenuous push-ups by the US embassy pair Jarryd and Nick,all in perfect unison! It seems the Americans who put men on the moon can't count to more than 21!
Then to more serious matters - the ceremony - started at the beach where Boblet was nailed for something or other and was made to squat which niggled his wanking hand/ shoulder. Hermanus and Pussygalore2 also offended somehow! Jarryd was awarded a pair of "shorts" which would have fitted some of the larger of us!
The ceremony was continued at the home of Gutterguts and Helga (note the spelling) where Jarryd discovered (after sampling some "witblitz") (white lightning) that the shorts were not so bad after all! yours truly was renamed "mugger's delight" after a recent serious robbery - not much sympathy from HHH! Blowbeans recently had a serious hand operation - carpal tunnel or carnal tunnel? which has restricted his money-grabbing somewhat! At last we've seen that he does have opposed thumbs!
Wednesday's Run from Rascals Meyer St (off Rosmead Avenue) @ 18h30!
Next Sunday's Run At Croc & Patsy's place 3 Belinda St Kirstenhof (if lost phone 021- 7012741 landline or 072 - 4602837 mobile. There will be a bring and braai OR soup&rolls (depending on the weather)
Receding Hareline:
6 July Koeksuster
13 July Ken bypass
20 July Bone Idle
27 July Twinpeeks
Weekend Away
Sometime in September - watch this space!
Thanks for the good spread (and homemade soup) to Helga & Gutterguts
