Run 2010, 4 July 2022
Location: Ramindra, Chatu Chot 10
Hare: Gringo

The trailmaster had screwed up and put Rawhide down as the hare for the 4th July not realising that he does not read his emails. Rawhide, now consumed with his BH3 GM duties and documenting the location of all public toilets in Thailand, finally said he could not be the hare, and with so much going on with the Nong Khai outstation run, leaving little time for our fellow US Hashers to recce and arrange a suitable run site for the 4th July US Independence Day. Many Hashers who attended Tinker and Manboobs outstation advised that they were too exhausted to come on the BMH3 run after a 11Km run, a 4Km hangover run, Irish Stew, beer Lao, the bus ride and the flights/rail. A bunch of wimps! Virginia Slim and done his best to recce a run site – then into the rescue galloped Gringo, hooves thundering, dust clouds and flying hair, sombrero held high, you could hear the bugle ‘charge’ – "here come those filthy Eeenglish"! Yes an English Hasher Steve ‘Gringo’ set the trail for the 4th July.

We were back at Uncle Chu’s restaurant up the Ramindra expressway. Just 11 Hashers turned out: Gringo, Tickler, Booby, Horney, Wee Chat, Todd, Grannies Tits, Checkless, Captain Eric, No No and Brenda. The weather kept its cool. In the GM’s absence our JM Checkless called on on after Gringo gave some basic guidance for a 7ish Km trail: No No was shackled to Captain Eric to make sure he returned and did not run away home, as he often does. Boob a loob started to show his fear of having to go along THE WALL right from the start. You could hear him muttering every 5 minutes "I’m not going along that wall, I’ll walk another 5Km to avoid it". With such a small pack Horney was asked if he could slow down a bit and mark the trail, "F**k that" he said and ran off!

The trail took the northly circuit around the lake and into a check inside Wat Khok Cha La. Thinking the trail would follow the usual route KC headed off the wrong way. The trail led to a new route/wrinkle in this popular running area. Through the Wat and further east across some horizontal lamp posts, some scrappy roads then back into the village. Gringo had set a loop which KC and Wee Chat followed but the rest took the chance to short cut and get ahead of KC. Then into the first of the long grass. A good back check had held up Horney and the pack, now back together, apart from KC who had got it wrong again thinking to go via the black pig, such was his fear of THE WALL!. Now into rice fields with a long loop back where we had come from, then out into the cow fields and shiggy. Todd lost his rag/cool at this point complaining about ankle deep water. Horney complained that he could have just continued along the rice field. Grannies Tits went into a trance looking at derelict buildings which left him far behind! So many wimps!

All back after 7.8Km (or Horney with 10). And we still had No No with us! Our JM Grannies Tits took over as apprentice RA and lots of charges and beers handed out. The three US Hashers were invited in to the circle and asked who would volunteer as POTW. After we dragged them out of the long grass Tickler started to point at the other 2 – AHA – yes Tickler got POTW; representing all Yankee Doodle Hashers. Tickler handed out some US craft beer to celebrate the 4th Juky. On On On into Uncle Chu’s for a tasty supper and beer. Thanks to Gringo for stepping up and setting a great trail.