Victoria Hash House Harriers Runs - 2014

The run numbers are highlighted in green if photos are available, and yellow if only a write-up exists.

Run Number	Date	Hares	Location	Comments/Photo Links
633	December 20	Whoremoan	1734 Tiffin Place (Gordon Head)	Annual 12 Stops of Christmas Run It was wet and cold, but we were warmed by lots of alcohol and good cheer ... as long as we kept moving.
632	December 6	Sir My Cocks A' Fallen and Cock-a-Leeky	Cloverdale Traditional School, off of Linwood Avenue	It was a perfect day for a run, a goldilocks day - not to cold, not to hot, no rain -, and it was perfectly predicable.  Some might say the trail was almost all arrows, and the BC was what Sir My Cocks A'Fallen has used twice in the past. The start has also been used once before, but this time the trail was more devious, if not led by the arrow.  None-the-less the effort was well appreciated as there was ample beer at the end, and all enjoyed the run, and comradery .
631	November 22	Lakey and Jonners	Arbutus Middle School, Edgelow Road	It was a cool, clear, day where cool, calm, and collective thinking was also a requirement.   We elected a new Mismanagement.
630	November 8	Deep Shit	Parking area across from Ma Miller’s Pub at 2903 Sooke Lake Road.	The 19th Annual Goldstream Hash. It was a perfect day for hashing in the woods around Goldstream Campground and Park. We had Edmonton hashers visiting us, and with the exception of Jack Off getting lost, and turning up eventually at the BC during the circle, we had no great miss-haps, and all the Albertans seemed to have survived. Blow Hole did get rename "Happyhole/Blowhole" , after first introducing herself as Happyhole during introduction - probably as a result of having just been talking to Happy Sperm. The naming came with the proviso that she can chose to call herself either Happyhole or Blowhole at any time.
629	October 25	Some Bitchy C	Hyacinth Park - parking lot	The wettest run in memory.  New trail markings imported from foreigh lands added some chaos to the rained-out local marks, not to mention some marks found rubbed out too.
628	October 11	Premature Evacuation	Horner Park Parking Lot on Palo Alto Road off Cedar Hill Cross Roads east a couple of blocks from Shelbourne Street	A Thanks Giving's "Turkey Trot" Run in and around UVic and Mystic Vale.  It rained in the morning, but was sunny and mild in the afternoon.  Just Jerry from UVic's joined us to immerse himself in hashing, and we hope we didn't drown him.   We hope we inspired him to write a great piece on the joy of hashing..
627	September 27/28	Baaaaad Boy, and  Twist n' Shit Show of Port Angeles	12:45 at the Barhop Brewing & Taproom 124 W. Railroad Avenue, Port Angeles, United States of America	The Holy Shit! What The F!@#$? H3 "Sucks Port Angeles Dry Run" Run in Port Angeles.  Our first run this fall in ... the United Stated of America.  Now, maybe we can do our next Polar Bear run in Fiji There HSWTF run was on Sunday.
626	September 13	Hoopalong Chastity, Blue Balls, and Lakey	In front of Lido Waterfront Bar and Grill (Below Wharfside Bar and Grill)	The Annual Red Dress Run An excellent warm day with a great trail - no shiggy though -, lots of stops, and no one got lost, because everyone knew we were eventually going to end-up atPhillip's Brewery.  Lots of red dresses, and Just Andy (number 2) was named "Toolbox".  On afters was at the Bard & Banker Public House.
625	August 30	Boomerang & Cock-a-Leeky	Gyro Park Parking Lot, Cadboro Bay	Boomerand's Birthday Run Rabble (a different shot can be found in the gallery) Click here for a larger image. This was Boomerang's 74th Birthday Run All Hare Raiser should use each hashers desire to celebrate their births, by promoting the idea that they set a trail in the month of that momentous occasion.  That might greatly reduce the difficulty of convincing hashers to set trails.  It was a wonderfully sunny day, starting at the Cadboro Bay Festival's sand sculptor (click her for a Saanich News artical about it), and later on there was a whiskey stop!  Its was the first run in the VH3 where most of the pack discovered its one YBF only because they were following one of the hares (Cock-a-Leaky) onto it.  This was amusingly after she blew past Boomerang who had just placed an arrow pointing in the direction of the true trail after two FRB had already found the YBF!  Boomerang's co-hare must have thought, 'That wily hare is placing an arrow there to mislead the hounds, but the pack is slow enough as is, so I will just lead them the right way.'  The pack must have thought, 'We should follow Cock-a-Leeky regardless of the arrow, because she's so nice, and a Hare, so she must know where to go.'  Oh so wrong!
624	August 16	Muck Sucker,  Cardinal Sin, and Bad to the Bone	Taylor Arm Provincincial Park, Group Campground #3, just west of Port Alberni, BC	The Annual Blueberry Hash.  Just like last year,  it rained Friday, but Saturday and Sunday were warm, sunny, and dry.  The run was a suitably length, and included a swim in the lake.  The campsite had no water, ... but we had beer!  Boomerang was made the Wanker of the Week and successfully consumed his down-down with the VH3 Sleeve on his arm.  Both "Nut Job" and "Rim Job" were named.
623	August 2	Jack the Tripper & SBC	Hollywood Park (~1600 Earle St, in Fairfield), somewhere near the Earle St entrance.	A sunny and warm day for a delightful urban if devious trail with flour hidden and disappearing into brown grass, and a sweet medicinal treat on the windswept military outlook in Walbran Park. No one remained lost for long. Just Andy is named "Hymen Manuever" for his attempts to bring order to our hash song singing.
622	July 19	Stroke Alone	Rocky Point Road crossing of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, Metchosin	The Return to The Deepest Darkest Metchosin Hash (DDMH)was a very flat, short run, and both sunny and wet - and if you can believe that I have swamp land to sell you.  The original DDHH was run 448, July 11, 2009.  After the first hill Just Susan, friend of Boomerang, and who knew the area well, escorted the mothers with small children (already tuckered) on a short-cut to the BC.  Boomerang, taking the turkey trail (the sole turkey), mistook an outbound walking trail as running trail inbound to the BC, and ended up lost back at the start.  Search parties went out, but could not find him.  He caught up as we returned from the BC, and happily received the last of 20 cans, that had been stashed in a bag of ice.
621	July 5	Ice Breaker	Ross Bay, corner of Memorial and Dallas at the curved cement bench.	A sunny long portage through the history of Victoria ... and beyond ... Short-cutting in favour of beer.  All of which were highly enjoyable ... especially the beer. Ice Breaker talked about how the voyageurs would leave Hudson’s Bay cross the Prairies, go over the Rockies and head down the Columbia to the HBC HQ at Fort Vancouver, which why we are called British Columbia.  The trail tried to recreate the portage that used the old streams from Ross Bay to the Fairfield swamp, and then the stream down to St Annes and the Inner Harbour thereby avoiding having to paddle around James Bay.  This was usually done to avoid winter storms around the James Bay peninsula.
620	June 21	Some Bitchy 'C' and Wet Taco	The Hares' place.  In Fernwood.	The summer Solstice run.  SBC's running comback since she did-in her knee.  Hotdog and veggi 'protien' dogs were grilled by Wet Taco, on a warm sunny first day of summer.
619	June 7	Digger and Pisstifferous	Lochside School Parking lot	Another sunny day run with a relatively short, but devious 4-4.5 KM trial.  Short on shiggy long on flour.
618	May 24	Testicular & Pussy Whipped Blue Buck	Francis King Park.  Meet in the parking lot at the nature house off of Munn Road	Fine sunny day to go running through the woods, and discover that G&Ts go down well on trail.  Blue Balls and Hoopalong Chastity were welcomed back from thier honeymoon as newly hitched.  Whether they are for now collectively names Mr. & Mrs.  Blue Hoopalong Chastity Balls is atogether another question.
617	May 10	Stoolie Andrews	The École Élémentaire (Quadra Elementary) School parking lot at the intersection of Fifth Street and Josette Place.	A very hilly and sunny run with a welcome return of Masterbaker.
616	April 26	Happy Sperm	Queens park on the corner of Queens and Chambers, in Fernwood	The Chocolate Bunny and Beer Abuse Atonement Run Walk, happened on a lovely sunny day full of collocate, McGuinness Glazed Donut liqueur, and Beer.  Hashers got to devour some chocolate bunnies before the run to ensure they had something to atone for, and finished off liqueur that the Easter Dog Hashers couldn't finish.  Once we did that the rabble decided they would all take the walkers' route.  That didn't really exist, so we made it up as we went along.  It was a extremely gentle hash.
615	April 12	Muck Sucker and Cardinal Sin	Springboard Road near Florence Lake. See photo. Parking is limited so team up where you can.	The Return to Skirt Mountain run, though we are not sure when the VH3 had had a run up Skirt Mountain for it to be a return to it.  Still is was a beautiful summer like day, with fantastic views from top of the mountain.  It was a short, mainly headed up hill.  The BC was 'virtual' as it was on the trail from the bottom to the top, but only revealed by the live hare on the way back down the same trail.  Root Beer Schnapps shooters were provided at the top of the mountain.
614	March 29	Cock-a-Leekie and Stoolie Andrews	End of Stewart Mountain Road	It was a perfect Highland spring run with little 3 little fairies being found at strategic points on the trail.  There were also a number of other non-fairy toys found on-trail.  A flying pig, a flashing pink love bear, a slimy water nymph, a white stuffy polar bear soon to be torn to shreds by Hoopalong's cat, and other strange beasties - batteries 'embedded' -, were all found and played with.  Just Tracy is named "Faerie Fanny".
613	March 15	Bag Liquor, Blue Balls, Pimp 'N Whore and Hoopalong Chastity	Parking lot at Johnson and Vancouver (McCall's Downtown Funeral Home Parking)	Saint Patrick's Day Run It rained!  It was a long cold trail.  Perhaps the run was cursed by mischievous leprechaun.  The walkers were given a map showing where the beer check was, and the Hares kindly had a hash-halt at The Irish Times pub - though it was unplanned -, allowing the walkers to connect up with the runners, letting them know where the beer check was.  Service at the pub wasn't fast, and the rabble was unaware that a hare was staked out at a hash-halt whisky-check waiting in the cold rain for the rabble that never showed.  In the meantime the sweeping hare lost Just Justin, who another hare found, and while looking for Justin, loss the rabble in the pub.  A good number of hashers shortcut the trail, leaving Bag Licker waiting in vain.  Blue Balls was almost hypothermic, but he's young, and survived. Hs map shows you how wet it was, or how wet he was.  All-in-all, with hasher resilience, and no injuries, the run was a great success and a memorable experience.
612	March 1	Lakey and High Beams	Uplands Campus, 3461 Henderson Road	Saint David's Day run with daffodils, and High Beams very welcome, and quickly snarfed down Welsh Cakes.  We had to huddle out of the wind to keep warm, with occasional showers of ice pellets.  Just Jennifer earned the name "Cock-a-Leeky" for carrying a leek in a baggy through the entire run.  For confusing Wales, and making the sound of whales, Just Mary Jane was named "Blow Hole".
611	February 15	Dikkus, Just Ian, and Just Fred from Ottawa  (on his virgin hash run)	1590 York Place (off Oak Bay Avenue)	It was our own mini-Olympics with white, blue, and red team, Kool-Aid and Vodka (to reflect the host country colours), and two game stops in addition to the BC.  It was a rainy cool day where the best place was out of the wind.
610	February 1	Some Bitchy 'C' and Full Service	Vic West Elementary School 750 Front St, Victoria BC	Chinese New Years Run - Cuba was warm ... that's all I can say.  Someone will have to give me the low-down on how this run went. Hong Kong Chinese New Years Fire Work filmed in 2009 by Stroke Alone.
609	January 18	Happy Sperm, Frogger - with Jack Off for cultural support	Robbie Burns statue in Beacon Hill Park	The Annual Robbie Burns' Day Run A sunny and fun day with a spectacular haggis dinner with neeps and tatties at Happy Sperm and Froggers abode. Just Tawny is named "Cheap Pickup"
608	January 4	Kitty Licker	1768 Dean Park Road	Annual Chili Hash. It was sunny and above freezing, and the Chili was delicious.
607	January 1	Muck Sucker, Cardinal Sin, & Bad to the Bones	3320 Lanai Lane, Colwood	Annual New Year's Day Hangover Polar Bear Swim Run. The Hare injured himself before the run and had to us a bike.  It was a long run, and a cold swim, followed by a hottub party and great pot luck dinner.  Richard the Turd's second generation Just Paul gets named "Rubber Buster".

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