Run

Run 2376 – Night Hare before Christmas Run

Hares:   Camshaft, Mmmmmm Lady Fingers and the debut of Bacchanal

Location: Moose’s Beanery and Bar

779 Northmount Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2L 0A1

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RA:  Hump the Shark

Attendance: 22

Lights On!

The Beginning

It is closing in on that Christmas thing. A fine run was set to acknowledge that seasonal event when the days are short, but the Christmas lights are on!

Camshaft volunteered to hare the run with support from Mmmmm Lady Fingers and Bacchanal (debut hare).

The group assembled at Moose’s Beanery and Bar in the North West. Icy conditions meant that cleats were necessary. Christmas costume was encouraged.

Hashers arrived at the pub and congregated in the big room at the back.

Insane Bolt announced that it was time to go outside at form the circle.

Hump the Shark and Snevil
Blue Balls and Booty Camp
King Shit with a vintage costume
Liquor Lots lighting it up
Camshaft and Dastardly
Snow Blower
Hardly and Twisty
Cocktail and Not Too Deep
Lazy Cummer and Insane Bolt
Slow Clap
Bacchanal and Karate Klit
Snevil and PMS
The return of Krusty

Insane Bolt went through the formalities and we welcomed Krusty to the group as he has been absent for some time. The three hares were called in to describe the marks they had made for the trail.

Insane Bolt does the circle
Hares – Camshaft, Mmmmm Lady Fingers and Bacchanal

Impossible to show true marks with the icy conditions, so they told us what the marks would look like if they were in chalk.

Hares
On is an “H”
There is a regroup!

With the instructions complete, the pack was released to find the trail.

The Trail

The pack muddled around to not find the marks at the beginning. Eventually, true trail was discovered and we were off on a Christmas light adventure with extremely icy conditions.

Confusion corner
Not this way
More lights!
Hashers running somewhere
Snowman

Decorations
Birdhouse
Pathway
Hashers lighting up the pathway
Tunnel with some artwork graffiti

As then there was the Christmas light display that the City hosts.

Elaborate display
Lights in the trees
Hashers taking a selfie
A line of lights
A bear in a tree
No electricity spared for this elaborate display

The trail continued through the Confederation golf course until the regroup was discovered.

Regroup with hot chocolate and other suitable beverages

Back to the pub to get warmed up and ready for the down down’s

The Down Down’s

Hashers assembled at the long tables to get their beer and decide what kind of snacks to order. Happy hour all day makes all happy!

Chattering
Happy hashers
The kids table
Scoobie with his vintage sweatshirt
$5:00 pints!

Hump the Shark jumped in to do the Religious Advisor duties, and selected a choir of Insane Bolt and Hardly.

Ready, and set
Now GO!
The choir singing to themselves

Hump the Shark delivered his program with authority and confidence. Many offences were observed or imagined resulting in a lot of down down’s.

Hares – Mmmm Lady Fingers, Bacchanal and Camshaft
Slow Clap with a tale of automotive misfortune
Archive Krusty
Lazy Cummer
PMS
KK and Dastardly
Bacchanal
Not Too Deep
Hares again!
Snevil with her dog’s hat
Lazy Cummer for equipment malfunction
KK trying out for the Sumo team
On the piss!

The closing ceremonies now complete, we were declared “on the piss” by Hump the Shark, and proceeded to enjoy the balance of our evening.

Scribed by Skewbic Hair

Trail Summary

Eventually, we ended up with some 8 km though a variety of established neighbourhoods and observed Christmas lights galore!

Additional Material

Apparently the walkers had a great time as well, as shown by these pictures!