BAY OF ISLANDS HASH 900th Monday 18th November

13 hashers was all we had that were hale and hearty enough to walk the walk. Knose was our hare and what a cunning run he laid. Back to basics, a classic set piece of all the right marks, checks,  arrows. What could go wrong? Well everything of course. Too much talking, not enough observing and Knose standing on the corners like an exasperated teacher pointing at his missed blue arrows. The run was tight, every highway and byway of Kerikeri township. many checks, lots of marking, lots of confused hashers. Blackbeard knew where to go, and disappeared into the distance, we waited for him to call on, but one of us pointed out he was still standing at the bridge. Turned out to be a water main thingee painted blue, but Blackbeard had worn green this week!! A Specsaver moment??

Robin Hood insisted he had seen blue marks by Mill Lane in the morning while dog walking. Turned out every manhole, and arrow is painted blue in Kerikeri. Lots of arrows, lots of blue marks, just not Knoses.  Another Specsaver moment!

Duncan was getting thirsty, Heavy Metal, strangely quiet had a croaky throat so the call was made to head back to base.

Rock Salt was busy for a Monday night. Luckily we had a private room.

A 10 out of 10 for Knose, the hare. A superb job of reminding us how to follow a trail. 

Heavy Metal got no sympathy for swimming in very cold water and losing his voice. 

A great run. Ebeneezer tried to make a speech, thanking all those who sent wishes to the club on this auspicious occasion. The cake was made by Blackbeard's family. Many thanks, it was delicious.