Run #1494 - Dastardly Surprises at the Shamrock

January 11, 2010

Hares: Dastardly
Where: The Shamrock
Big Rock: Jugs of ADG for $11.25!
Attendance: 37

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In a surprise move that even the Shamrock knew nothing about, stealth hasher Dastardly set out to befuddle us all on a warm winter night. Recognising that the hash would probably whine and complain if he set a trail around his own domain in winter, he set out to cleverly re-create a Rocky Mountain trail in the urban environs around the rail yards. The CPR Alyth (Calgary) Yard is a 168-acre Class 1 railway facility located in the neighbourhood of Alyth, and the trail took in most of every acre there.

After traipsing down snowy railway tracks in the dark past delivery trucks dumping chickens at the LeeLeeDale plant, through untracked snow drifts (note to self: start wearing longer socks for winter runs), through neighbourhoods last seen on the CH3's very first run from the Portuguese Club, back through the rail yards, going on tour through the relatively upscale streets of Inglewood, back through the homey streets of Ramsey, scattering live hares at every turn, suddenly there in a darkened parking lot was - a regroup! Unfortunately most of the pack had either died of exhaustion or old age by then, leaving only a few to bravely try and finish all the beer.

In keeping with the rail theme, a train slowly made its way past, prompting questions as to whether it would be a good idea to hop on and see if we could successfully phone for help by the time we froze to death or got to Lethbridge. The only thing missing in the end was a dip in the Bow River, but that will have to wait for Dastardly's next trail.

I didn't really mean to get sidetracked by the Wikipedia description of the Alyth Yards but the following description caught my attention only because of the sheer number of 'Hump' references in the text: "At the centre of Alyth is a 48-track hump classification yard. This is an automatic hump using the Pro Yard II operating system for the hump computer. Cars humped are weighed and then allowed to run down into one of the many classification tracks, slowed by automatic retarders controlled by the hump computer." Who knew?

Humping aside, everybody made it back to the 'Rock, in time to order bowls of Won Ton soup and Salt & Pepper wings, and beer of course. RA Rubber Made brought the crowd to order and dispensed with the evening's transgressions with Dreary and Hardly crooning in the background.

Dicken's Cider left early, telling Baby she would be naked within a half hour and not to be late. Rumours swirl that there would be pickles involved.

And to end it all, Shutter Slut managed to tell an entire story that didn't contain the word Istanbul.

On-On!

Suck No Evil


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