Run: #2241- Reaching the dizzy heights on the stairway to heaven…

Date: Monday 1/5/23

Location: Sunshine Beach

Hares: Chanter & Clairvoyant

Here we are back at Ed Webb Park so soon, but don’t worry as it’s not what you think as promised by the hare! A sizeable group of hashers appeared this week as there was no rain, just a little cooler – after all we are approaching WINTER!

We all headed off parallel to the Coastal Track to the Noosa National Park which soon separated the walkers and runners. There was the stairway to heaven as we went up the Seaview Terrace climb, along Sunshine to Abay and then the Nudie Escape – the Alexander Bay Track. Weak As lead the way but when we approached the bifurcation on Alexander Bay Track we didn’t see any arrows, so he told Next Week and All Fours to take the left fork. No wonder Chanter came along for the run, obviously not trusting the runners for taking shortcuts, hence only Nafa and he did the real full trail.

Fortunately, the runners found flour blobs again as we saw Lech and Licker, the fast walkers join the trail. It was starting to get dark but near the end of the National Park was Clairvoyant with a ‘lemonade’ drink stop. We were soon back onto the streets and downhill on Belmore Terrace heading home!

The runners trail was 5.74km with an elevation gain of 178m. The run report by given by Ride On who was a little traumatised by so many arrows and gave a brown noser score of 9.999 for such a well marked trail. This was somewhat different to a fortnight ago when Ride On’s trail was washed out by rain, however Blameless said he saw an old arrow from his run (I think Blameless should’ve gone to Spec Savers!).

Digit Digester bought along a virgin – Daryl. She insisted he was too slow and then went too fast only to lead him in the wrong direction! A few hashers who have been absent for a while were Treadie (a lot of hashing in NZ), Shazza (just because, no excuse), Dun Rootin’ (been away but did win the Iron Woman!). Reverse Thrust was not only late but was wasting good cold beer by pouring it down All Fours’ leg – not quite the same as a warm wet feeling down the leg! Blameless was having a good old whinge about starting much earlier as it getting too cold and  for all those wimpy hashers. We soon shut him up when he won the raffle but that didn’t stop everyone from knicking his chocolate bars! Possum sung at least 2 songs with ‘arseholes’ – she must know that there are a lot of arseholes in the hash!

Thanks for scenic tour in Sunshine Beach – Chanter and Clairvoyant! On on to another beach next week…

On On,
All Fours