On a ridiculously and unusually hot day for May, 15 hashers were welcomed by hares ET and Dicken Cider to commence the latter’s first ever trail through the bush trails or Colomiers.
Following an, ironically detailed, yet vague description of the trail, ET delivered the news that there would be no beer stop! Future Hash dog Ten showed his dissatisfaction with this announcement by rolling in (what we believed to be) human shit left in the car park
The runners were soon flying off into the distance but swiftly returned back to us as they hit a barrage of false trails which involved the runners descending, ascending and finally re-descending (not sure if that’s a word) some steep hills in thick forest. As the runners again ran off into the distance markings began to be few and far between. At a crossroads, which appeared to have no circle or indication, a cheeky looking ET suddenly appeared from the forest and steered us on our way. In the distance we could hear the runners screaming the “On On” chant so we knew that we would find our way eventually
On passing over Aussonnelle river the cheeky grinned ET again appeared, like a mirage, this time accompanied by a large cool box. Alas, he managed to squeeze in a beer stop! All is forgiven!! Given the intense heat it was a long beer stop with at least the first beer acting as the refreshing water (well it has water in it) before sharing 2 or 3 more large bottles amongst us.
The rest of the trail was, happily in shade, and after a small gradient we met some of the runners at the On In which just so happened to be a bee sanctuary. Something a little different although some of us had to keep our distance obviously. Slowly the remaining runners returned to the fold and were applauded (aka humiliated) for their long/slow run/return
After a demonstration of how bees make honey, not as sexy as the birds and the bees story, we attempted the circle, firstly in the shade, then in the shade but in a farmer’s shed, and finally back where the bees were:
1. The hares were rewarded for their excellent trail, with Dicken Cider further praised for doing a good job of ‘pretending’ she didn’t know the trail. Some of us cynical ones still believe that she wasn’t pretending
2. Returners Bushman & Matilda, both sporting their new TH3 t-shirts, were welcomed back but also punished for using ‘being in Australia’ as an excuse for not cumming more often
3. Visitors Sprout & Doggy were welcomed and we discussed a future away hash in their village in the Pyrenees – more on that later
4. All of those who said they would go to Carcassonne but didn’t were brought into the circle. Hoppy Pussy was brought in as well as the only person who actually went (aside from our RA and SDU who wasn’t with us on this occasion)
5. VC was welcomed back as a returner (his last appearance was November 2025) but more importantly he was given a ‘shoey’ down-down in his shoes that were destroyed on trail
6. Finally Lap Dancer was brought into the circle to be rewarded for his stellar work in getting the t-shirts designed and made in record time – compared with Cheesy’s promises to provide it
