Run 2032, 5 December 2022
Location: Kanchanapisek, Klang Na (Homestay)
Hare: Gringo

The designated a-site at the homestay just outside of the west outer-ring road brought back some very fond memories from the distant past and also some less than desirable recollections from the recent past. Those memories from recent Hashes were revived on the journey to the a-site. The road leading to the homestay has further degraded. Better roads exist in the Ukraine after a fresh Russian bombing raid. Luckily I was being transported in a 4x4 pickup with good ground clearance that only bottomed out 2 times. Upon arrival the only item that remained the same was the restaurant itself! Gone were all of the "homestay" bungalows. Gone was the 10 meter diameter "chicken-wire" rotating cage used to recycle plastic bags. This was a very grim scene!

The hare, Gringo, gathered the pack with instructions on what to expect along the trail. Shredded paper, chalk arrows, very easy checks and a grumpy old man on a dirt road. Also to accommodate a pack with varying skill levels there would be a long and a short trail. As the long and short runners were sent off in opposite directions, the aggressive FRB's Always Cums Last, Eetan, Checkless and Codpiece bolted down the road and were soon out of sight. This left the lazy amblers to be given a much easier trail out of the backside of the restaurant along the klong. This group had its own FRB's including City Girl, Maverick, Senator and Bullit who made good use of their limited skills to excel in this handicapped pack!

About 500 meters into the trail, Crash and Eat Me grind to a halt and exclaim, "that's enough,let's go back"! What? Dead people do more than that! Another 1km along the path we encounter a check. This is where the runners and walkers converge. This was complicated and hounds were scattered everywhere. With 4 different choices to check, it took more than 6 minutes to solve and the real trail was the one that Boob-a-lube checked and claimed there was not any paper on it! This is not the 1st time he falsely has done that! This is where Captain Erik packed it in and headed back! This path looked very familiar and quite enjoyable until we crossed another 2-lane road and onto a klong pathway with an unbroken check. This is where I got stuffed! I looked forward 200m, back 200m, left 200m and no paper! Apparently the trail was on the other side of klong! With limited options and in the dark I decided to navigate back before all of the beer was gone!

In approximately 30 minutes I was back at the A-site that coincided with the arrival of the running hounds. These overachievers Eetan, Codpiece and others claimed 11+ kilometers of what was supposed to be a 9km trail. GM Always Cums Last assembled the circle and asked for opinions as to the quality of the trail(s) and the overwhelming comments were that the hare did a great job in an area that is very much challenged in recent times. The Grumpy Old man on the dirt road was joined by a grumpy old lady that managed to up their anger by throwing a chair at visitor Sloppy 33rd's and rocks at virgin Tarek from Mexico.

Some people just love to dominate the circle and tonight was no exception. Sex Pistol (American) insisted on making charges despite being shut down by the GM on several occasions. His perseverance earned him the prick-of-the-week which he enjoyed immensely! Next run and other announcements concluded the circle and it was then off to the on-after!

Talk did not stop there as the visitor Tijl (Belgian) claimed to be expert on many subjects, one of which was "cryptocurrency". 4x2 rightfully challenged his vocal claims but the guy never shut-up and only amplified his opinions!

At some point our GM looked quite scared realising that she had invested in this crypto shit. The shouty stuff continued in the car when our poor hare Gringo gave him a lift back into Bangkok and had to put up with the never ending bullshit!. Oh what joy!