Hares: Hump the Shark
Location: Bobby’s Place Pub Legacy SE
47 Legacy View S E #2150, Calgary, AB T2X 4A7
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RA: On In and Snevil
Attendance: 25
You can see Calgary from here!
The Beginning
In the celebration of Robbie (Rabbie) Burns, the Scottish poet and lyricist , lived from 25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide.
Hump the Shark volunteered to set trail for the Robbie Burns tribute run. All things Scottish was the theme. The location was in the deep south community of Legacy, which is most of the way to Okotoks. Bobby’s Place Pub is a Scottish themed eatery which had Haggis on the menu.
With succinct GPS coordinates, finding the place only took more time than you could have imagined. Those coming from the north could have been most of the way to Banff if they were heading west. Nevertheless, the venue offered a view into a new section of town and distant views of downtown from top of the river bank!
The weather was good with above freezing temperatures. Perfect for high quality ice and slippery conditions. Hashers arrived to the pub and began their preparations for the evening trail.
The pack was instructed to head outside for the circle.
PMS called the circle to order and we went through the introductions. New boots, archives and a good turn out for such a southern location.
Hump the Shark was called into the circle to describe the marks.
There was flagging described as well as mention of a walkers trail. The hash was released into the neighbourhood to find the marks.
The Trail
Off we go in all directions. Plenty of ice to navigate and much confusion. Tiny marks widely spaced. Eventually, we found the beginning of the trail and the pack as off.
Parks were present, so playing was a thing. Shiny new playground equipment offered some new play experiences.
From the top of the river bank, there were some great views of downtown, which was very far away.
More urban exploring uncovered evidence of a civilization that must have existed in Legacy prior to the redevelopment. There is some chance that this is fake.
Apparently there is some unique wildlife on the pathways . No camels or elephants were spotted and we heard no one speaking to their dogs.
More wilderness, pathways, parks and sidewalks lead us to the regroup.
After what seemed to be a long time, the regroup was discovered and all was put right.
Off to the pub to conduct the down down’s
The Down Down’s
We presented a large group to the pub and they were able to accommodate us. They had haggis on the menu which was popular with the Scottish aligned crowd.
We gathered and figured out where to sit and what to order prior to the commencement of the down down cerimonies.
On In and Snevil got to work to start the down down’s. On In looked after the Scottish piece and Snevil did the rest.
A choir of King Shit and Tighty Whitey was selected and we were ready to go.
With the Robbie Burns theme, On In educated us on all things Scottish, and provided a tribute to the haggis. In spite of the lack of simultaneous translation, the delivery was excellent.
More crimes and punishments were handed out by Snevil.
More offences came forward. Something to do with clothing redistribution on trail.
Hard to keep track of the multiple offences, but here are the people that were honoured.
During the festivities, a beer was sacrificed and created quite a mess and a workplace hazard. A quick response from the spill response team made everything right again.
Recovering from the beer mishap, more hashers were called up to received down down’s.
With all crimes disclosed and worked with, we were declared “on the piss”, and a down down was given to the RA’s.
Scribed by Skewbic Hair.
Trail Summary
A fine trail of some 7 km’s was enjoyed by all that ran with the pack this evening. Great terrain and extremely high quality ice. Strap On crampons are a must for this type of weather.
