This week’s run is hared by Sir Humpalot.

As is becoming customary on our virtual hashes, the hare became quiz-master in the circle, and offered up this Richmond Park based quiz:

This week’s trail around Hampstead hared by Mouthwash and Scrumpy.

This weeks trail takes us to the countryside around far flung Shepperton, and is hared by our GM, Butt Plug.

This week’s virtual hash will be hared by Man Magnet, and will feature her traditional Azalea Run trail.

Here is Man Magnet’s quiz to accompany the video.

WLH3 20TH AZALEA RUN 7 MAY 2020

1. Which British monarch first enclosed the area known as Richmond Park by having a wall built around it?
   Charles 1 in 1637 escaping from an outbreak of the plague in London
   Henry VII changed name to Richmond Park…used to be
   known as the Manor of Sheen during Edward I 1272 – 1307
2. What is the area of Richmond Park?
   Nearly 10 sq km 2500 acres (3 times the size of New York’s Central park)
3. The white house in the video is known as the Thatched House Lodge (presumably it used to have a thatched roof). Which member of the Royal family resides here now and what is her relationship to the Monarch?
   Princess Alexandra- Cousin to the Queen (also accept Lady Ogilvy)
4. a) How many deer in Richmond Park? 630 deer
   b)What indigenous British deer species is NOT found in Richmond Park? Roe deer (they are red and fallow deer)
5. How many river crossings were there on your trail tonight?
   3 (bridge at the start, by the wooden hut & approaching the beech plantation with other humanoids coming in opposite direction)
6. In the video, I asked what building is it in the distance?
   Parish Church of St Lukes on the corner of Burton and Gibbon Roads. Will accept a block of flats on Richmond Road in Kingston
7. What is the oldest largest and most noticeable inhabitant of Richmond Park?
   Trees….there are around 1300 ancient trees, some are more than 750m years old
8. According to British folklore, this creature which inhabitants Richmond Park, summoned thunder and lightning storms, which scared the wits out of medieval peasants who also believed that they flew around with hot coals in their jaws setting fire to buildings. What are they?
   Most people would stink of stags…..they don’t realise there is another type of stag….a Stag Beetle. They have a 7 year life cycle
9. If you had done 20 push ups at each bench seat you saw in the video, how many push ups would you have done?
   100 push ups (on trail to Isabella, beeches, in Isabella, back again, view from escarpment)
10. When was Isabellla Plantation created?
    40 acres, Originally planted within a Victorian woodland by Lord Sidmouth (park deputy ranger) in 1830s for a game reserve and opened to the public as a woodland garden in 1953.The name is unclear a) wife or daughter of a member of staff b) derived not from a Queen, but more prosaically from the word Isabel meaning dingy grey/yellow colour. This would have related to the colour of the sandy clay topsoil in this area.

Photo clues/answers for quiz:

Some of the ignoramuses taking part in this quiz are depicted here:

This week’s run was hared by Mad Cow in the countryside around Pinner.

RA services supplied by Butt Plug. We welcomed returnee Bronco Buster from Washington DC to the circle.

Run hared this week by Knickers.

The circle was attended by the usual suspects, and the hare was awarded the customary down-down for what was generally acknowledged to be a very classy cultural trail around Chiswick. We were again pleased to see some familiar faces and returnees from across the pond, and hear about the deranged antics of their Commander in Chief.
Notable by their absence were Rent Boy and Ms Dunnypenny. Rumour has it that they were attending some sort of rave house party in Westminster Close. We shall expect to hear more on this at next weeks circle.

On On

This weeks run is hared by Pope.

This weeks virtual hash was hared by KMA and took us, virtually, around Richmond Park and back through the streets of Richmond to the Mitre, which was unfortunately closed.

The hare/RA cajoled the assembled virtual hashers through a mini historical quiz, featuring several of the Richmond landmarks on his trail. That was enough to get the participants sufficiently lubricated to start talking the usual load of bo****cks that constitutes hash social drinking. Good to see several returnees from the US of A and elsewhere. Truly, the West London virtual hash is turning into a global event!
Covid-19 share buying tip #3: any company involved in the production and distribution of wine boxes.

The first West London Hash Covid-19 run, hared by New Balls Please took us on a virtual tour around some of Teddington’s landmarks, featuring Bushy Park and its extensive flora and fauna.

This week’s run was hared by Casual Simon, and kicked off from Earlsfield, one of the less commonly frequented stops on the Waterloo loop line. His trail took us along the Wandle towards Wandsworth, before looping around and heading back via Wandsworth Common to the Country House pub in Earlsfield. Not a bad trail with, for the most part, very clear arrows and just the right number of checks. However a number of us were caught out by the occasional complete disappearance of any visible trail for some considerable distance (hence the strange loops on the map below.) The hare was kind enough to provide a drink stop featuring one or two bottles of Sambuca and similar spirits from the back of his drinks cabinet, which seemed to be well received.

Back in the Country House, we were pleased to find that they had at least a couple of drinkable ales on tap. Certainly enough to lubricate the circle, overseen by RA Whacker on this occasion. Deputy RA’s in training, Casting Slouch and Roadrunner, received down-downs for not taking their training seriously enough. Must try harder next time! Your scribe contributed a few bags of hash chips to go with the post-circle drinking, as he was feeling rather peckish after the 9km run. They seemed to disappear fairly rapidly.

Run hared by Moron and Martian Matron, in an area not often frequented by WLH. Your scribe has to confess to giving the hash a miss on this occasion due to the particularly shitty weather, so congratulations to all of you who did brave the elements. Trail map picture kindly supplied by Moron.

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On On !

This week’s run, ably hared by Shakesbeer, took us from Kilburn down to the canal and the scenic Paddington Basin area. At one point on the trail we paused at a regroup stop to view the blue plaque commemorating Roger Bannister, and the training ground he used in preparing for his record breaking sub-4 minute mile run. An inspiration to us all, but I suspect he would not have fitted in with the hashing ethos!

We enjoyed a well marked trail with just the right number of checks and a perfect length, so no complaints at all from the pack (q.v. last week’s run). The hare even managed to produce a drink stop from her back pack, which went down well.

Back in the Priory Tavern, the circle was administered by RA Butt Plug, and down-downs were dished out where appropriate. The beer just about lasted to the end of the evening (again, q.v. last weeks’ run), and everyone went home happy.

Hare for the evening was Stonker, who I understand is more commonly to be found on the Barnes Hash (which as we all know hashes everywhere around London except Barnes). In spite of this potential handicap, he laid a not-at-all-bad trail around the posh St Margarets area of Twickenham, taking in the renowned Tescos, and the less well known Twickenham rugby stadium, all whilst being within sniffing distance of the delightful Mogden Lane sewage works. Good marks to Stonker for perfect length (7.5 km), clear markings, and plenty of SCB short cuts.

Unencumbered by a drink stop the pack returned to St Margarets tavern to a surprisingly good selection of rugby themed beers. The pub also supplied copious amounts of free beer for the circle, with some left over for general quaffing afterwards, so thanks for that.

The circle was initially convened by RA Whacker, who had to cajole several reluctant hashers from the warmth of the tavern to the chilly outdoors of St Margarets. Our hare, Stonker, was congratulated on setting an OK trail, although of course, as with all WLH endeavours, it was deemed to be a ‘S-H-I-T-T-Y trail’. After dishing out the usual round of down-downs Whacker handed over to our new RA-in-training, Casting Slouch, who proceed to imprint her own style on managing the circle. I think we can all agree that she made a very good job of it, so hopefully we will see more of her at future hashes (so to speak).

Our hash on Thursday night did not get off to an auspicious start. Five minutes into the trail, after a series of apparently random arrows and checks (see map below) the pack found itself looping back to the Triple Crown, our startling pub! Hooray, thought some of us, the prize for the shortest trail ever goes to hare Generator. Now time for some serious drinking! But it was not to be. A chalked On-On outside the pub indicated that the trail continued into the wilds of Richmond. To be fair, from that point onward, the trail was quite well (if somewhat eccentrically) marked and most of us managed to navigate round a scenic route, encompassing the Old Deer Park, Thames towpath, and Orleans Park to end up at a riverside drink stop.

At the drink stop, in addition to a warming glass of port, the hare served up some very tasty Stilton tart and chocolate truffle cake, both of which were were well received . Then back to the Triple Crown where we were welcomed by a totally bonkers, but very friendly, landlord, who was clearly very pleased to have the extra custom on what would otherwise have been a very quiet weekday evening. RA duties were ably performed by Whacker, and down-downs duly dispensed. One lucky returnee hasher was delighted to be invited to drink his down-down from his, until then, pristine new running shoes. Apparently it didn’t taste too bad. Social drinking continued into the night and the landlord was persuaded to put on another barrel of beer, so a good outcome all round I would say.