Hare Airhead.
This week’s run will be from The Woodlands Tavern, 29 St John’s Road, Isleworth. TW7 6NY Map Link
The nearest station is Isleworth and there will be a P trail from there to the pub, The run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours and they usually provide somewhere for us to store our bags for its duration.
Hares: Cocaine Charlie and Cock Doctor.
Pub: The Roebuck
Station: Fulwell.
This week’s run will be from The Roebuck, 72 Hampton Rd, Teddington, Hampton TW12 1JN Map Link . The nearest station is Fulwell, on the mainline from Waterloo, and there will be a trail of chalk P arrows from there to help you find this pub. the run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours and there will be somewhere to store bags for its duration..
Hare: Kenny
This week’s run will be from The Foresters, 2 Leighton Rd., London W13 9EP Map Link. the nearest station is West Ealing, on the Elizabeth Line, and there will be a trail of chalk P arrows from there to help you find this pub, which is also accessible from Northfields Tube station. The run will start from the pub at our usual time of of 19.15 hours and they will store our bags behind the bar for its duration.
Hare – Bhopal
This weeks run will be from The Chancellors, 25 Crisp Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 9RL Map Link. There will be a P-trail from the Hammersmith & City, Piccadily and District Line Stations. The run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours . World-famous pizzas may be ordered before the run. Hashers are advised to bring torches and cups. There will be a drink stop so bring your collapsible cups, if you have one.
Hare – Sir Humpsalot
This week’s trail will be from The Royal Oak, 13 Richmond Rd, Twickenham TW1 3AB (Map Link). The nearest station is Twickenham and there will be a trail of P arrows from there to help you find this pub. The run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours and there will be bag storage for its duration, but as always, please leave valuables at home. Torches will be required, and bring your collapsible cups as well, for a drink stop!
Hare – On Your Back
This week’s run will be from The Duchess, 320 Goldhawk Rd, London W6 0XF (Map Link). The run will start at the usual time of 7:15, and the pub will store our bags (Possibly secure, but unconfirmed: as usual, please do not bring valuables) for the duration. It is unlikely that the hare will take the trail through any parks without lighting, as most will be shut due to the time of year, however torches likely still be useful. There will be a P trail from nearby Stamford Brook District Line station.
Hare – On Your Back
This week’s run will be from The Pilot, 56 Wellesley Road, Chiswick W4 4BZ Map Link . There will be a trail of chalk p-arrows from the nearest station, Gunnersbury (District Line, and Overground between Richmond and Stratford). The run will start rom the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours and the pub will store our bags for its durations.
This run number celebrates the year of the Hare’s birth. Unless we recruit some very young hashers in the very near future, this will be the last time this ever happens.
There will be a drink stop, so please bring your collapsible cups.
Loads of live music throughout the day all over Brentford, with plenty of street food stalls and a plethora of good pubs. Join the Urbane Foxes at the Six Bells from 8:30pm to round off your evening with a selection of rock and pop favourites from 60’s to the present day.
Hares – Cock Doctor and Cocaine Charlie
The run this week will be from The Pilot, 56 Wellesley Road, Map Link. The nearest station is Gunnersbury, on the Richmond branch of the District Line. Leave by the back entrance of the station (turning right after the barriers) and turn right at the exit from the station to follow the footpath to where it meets Wellesley Road, then turn right; the pub is less than 150 metres on the left. There will be a trail of chalk P arrows from the station to help you find this pub. The run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours and the pub will provide bags storage for it duration.
There will be seasonal drink stop, so you should bring your collapsible cups.
Hare – Pope
This week’s run will be from Ryan’s, 282 Northfields Avenue, W5 4UB Map Link . The nearest station is Northfields tube, on the Piccadilly Line and there will be a trail of chalk P arrows from there to help you find this pub. The run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours and the pub will store our bags for its duration.
Hare – Love Deuce
This week’s run will be from The Gregorian, 96 Jamaica Road, SE16 4SQ Map Link. There nearest station is Bermondsey tube station on the Jubilee Line and there will be a trail of P arrows from that station to help you find the pub, which is just two minutes walk away. The run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours and the Hare has booked a room for us where we can safely store bags for its duration.
Hare -KMA
This week’s run will be from the The Dukes Head, 42 The Vineyard, Richmond TW10 6AN Map Link. The nearest station is Richmond and there will be a trail of chalk P arrows from the back exit of this station, onto Lower Church Road, to help you find the pub. the run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours and the pub will store our bags for its duration. Bring a torch, and a collapsible plastic cup if you have one, because there will be a drink stop.
Hare – Kenny
This week’s run will be from the Rack and Tenter, 45 Moorfields, Moorgate, London EC2Y 9AE. Map Link. The nearest station is Moorgate, on the Circle, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan, and Northern lines. There wil be a trail of chalk P’s from the station to the pub. The run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours. There will be a drink stop so please bring a collapsible cup. Please contact the hare if you would be prepared to act as a bag sitter in the pub.
Hare – Mop
This week’s run will be from the Dukes Head, The Vineyard, Richmond, TW10 6AZ Map Link. The nearest station is Richmond, tube and mainline, and there will be a trail of chalk P arrows from the back exit from this station ,onto Lower Church Road, to help you find the pub. The run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours and the pub will provide an area for us to leave our bags for its duration. Bring a torch, it will be essential, and a collapsible cup, if you have one, because there will be a drink stop.
Hare – No Fore Play
Our last run before Christmas will be from The Candlemaker pub,136 Battersea High Street, SW11 3JR Map Link. The nearest station is Clapham Junction. When leaving the station do so via the Grant road exit, this can only be accessed using the underpass and is on the North side of the station. There will be a trail of chalk P arrows from there to help you find this pub. The run will start from the pub at our usual 19.15 hours. The pub will provide bag storage. There will be a drink stop on trail.
On On and a Merry Christmas to you all.
P.F.
Hare – Rambo
This run will be from Ryan’s 282 Northfield Avenue W5 4UB Map Link. The nearest station is Northfields Tube on the Piccadilly line and there will be a trail of chalk P arrows from there to help you find this pub. The run will start from the pub at our usual time of 19.15 hours and the pub will store our bags for its duration. The run will end back at the pub, the Hare having decided that it is too cold for an A to B. Rambo’s trails tend to be “adventurous” so bring a torch, also a cup as there will be a drink stop.
Hares – Smart Arse & Charlatan
The run will be from The Eagle, 250 Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5LP map link. The nearest station is Ladbroke Grove Tube on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines and there will be trail of chalk P arrows from there to help you find this pub. Buses 23, 52, 70, 228 and 295 stop at St. Charles Square very close to the pub. The run will start from the pub at our usual 19.15 Hours. The Hares have arranged bag storage at the pub and a reserved area for the Hash to enjoy the selection of three real ales that the manager has promised will be available, and there will be a drink stop towards the end of the trail. Bring a torch as some of the trail will be off road.
With the lifting of many Covid restrictions registration for West London runs is no longer mandatory but is still encouraged as it gives the Hare an indicative pack size in advance to advise the pub and registration has been useful to the Hash Cash as an aid to keeping stats and collecting subs so if you plan to come on this run please register by clicking on This Link.
Hare – Ryde
Registration is required for all participants in West London runs during the current pandemic. If you plan to come on this run please register ASAP by using This link
This week’s run will start from The Forester, 2 Leighton Road, Ealing, London W13 9EP map link. The nearest station is Northfields Tube on the Piccadilly Line and there will be a trail of chalk P arrows from that station to help you find the pub. It will be a staggered start, runners should start between 18.45 and 19.00 hours, walkers can start any time after 18.30. Runners starting after 18.50 should mark through checks when they are called. The Pub will provide bag storage, speak to the staff about this if the Hare is not available. Please do not start any earlier than the above times as the Hare will be setting the trail alone and it would put her under undue pressure.
There will be drink stop on trail which will not be open before 19.30 hours and the Hare has booked tables for at least 24 Hashers in the public bar of the Foresters for after run drinks. Hashers who would prefer to drink in the open air are free to make their own arrangements with the pub to book a table in their Garden.
Hare – Dunny Penny
Registration is required for all participants in West London runs during the current pandemic. If you plan to come on this run please register ASAP by using This Link.
The trail will start from Teddington Lock, near The Anglers pub, Map Link and there will be a trail of chalk P arrows from Teddington station to guide you to the start point. Start on trail any time after 18.30 hours, the faster you run the later you should start. The trail will be 9 km long with shortcuts. Duration: 50 – 60 mins for runners and about the same for SCBs. There will be a drink stop on trail which will be open from 19:20 hours. The Hare has booked a large number of tables for us in the garden of the Anglers from 20:00 hours, this will be about 5 mins walk from the drink drink stop. Entry to the pub will be via top secret password to be revealed in confidence at the drink stop.
Tips from the Hare: The trail uses a small area, and is will be very tightly marked to take us through some great terrain. There will be few checks to keep you on the best bits of the area. FOLLOW THE TRAIL MARKINGS – especially important in the first 5km / 30 minutes, if you try to be clever and/or use local knowledge to jump across to runners you see in the distance you will not only miss out on some lovely territory but could end up getting very confused and running round in ever decreasing circle until you disappear up your own bum.
The drink stop is not the main event, please support our local hospitality industry by attending the pub after the run. The Hare may need to adjust our booking according to how many register, so please register ASAP using the above link, we have re-introduced the field on the registration form to indicate whether or not you plan to come to the pub after the run, please use this.
The Hare will be available on the WLH3 runners on trail Whatsapp group from 18:30 to 20:30 to help out the challenged.
Our hare for the evening will be KMA.
Those of you who have not already installed the Zoom app on your device may wish to Install Zoom in advance, not strictly necessary but might save time on the night. Please observe the following points of etiquette for our Zoom circles.Run nr 1713 – Coach & Horses, 27 Barnes High Street, London, SW13 9LW
A bagsitter may be needed
Hare: Roll Back
P-trail from Barnes Bridge Station (National Rail)
Here is a map showing locations of some of the WLH runs during 2016. Clicking on a run location will allow you to view the trail for that run.
Hopefully this will be helpful if you are a hare trying to decide where to set your next trail.
Run Nr 1536 – Ship, 10 Thames Bank, London SW14 7QR.
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Hare: Hobo
P-trail from Mortlake national rail station
Hared by Butt Plug
Write up By Pickled Fart
Hampton Wick is one of the best kept secrets of the Western London suburbs, buffered by parkland this charming village of congenial pubs and cosy restaurants lies less than a mile from Kingston Town centre but, separated from it, and, thankfully, the chavaratti it attracts, by the Thames.
In common with much of the local architecture, although probably Victorian built, the Swan is a mock-Tudor timber framed building in sympathy with the nearby Hampton Court Palace, complete with jettied upper floor and herringbone brickwork in the style of the period it emulates.
Our Hare, Butt Plug, is famous, not only for his prowess in laying interesting off-road trails, but also for his legendary drink stops. As the heat of this warm July day subsided to a comfortable running temperature a sizeable pack assembled, including our lovely GM, back from a month in her native Australia, where she displayed an exceptional prowess in the Iron Man competition that is belied by her vivacious charm and elfin good looks.
So we have our GM back, a great Hare, a fine evening, a great location and a large pack, so what could possibly go wrong?
I shall give you a clue;
It’s lonesome away from your kindred and all,
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call,
But there’s nothing so lonesome, so dull or so drear…
Yes, I think you have got it, the pub had no beer. Well nothing any self-respecting Hasher would call a beer, their three real ale taps were as dry as the proverbial witch’s tit, leaving just a selection of bottles and lager. The landlord, new to this establishment, pleaded that he had underestimated the additional demand generated by the Hampton Court flower show which was taking place at the time.
As an aside, on Googling the above song to get the words, I stumbled upon the information that it had been rated, by the Australasian performing rights society, as that countries fifth most popular and successful song (it did not say where that Rolf Harris classic, “Two Little Boys”, came in the ratings). It was even translated into other languages, there was a Dutch version released called “Café zonder bier”. And a German version called “Ich steh an der Bar und ich habe kein Geld”. It requires only a smattering of that language to realize that the title, and chorus, line has been changed to “I am standing at the bar and I have no money” in the German version, presumably because the sheer incompetence entailed in a pub running out of beer is something that would be unimaginably to the Teutonic mind and certainly not be considered an appropriate subject for humour.
Anyway, I digress from the task in hand, writing up this run. The trail took us to the river and in a loop around the Home Park and, with the use of some cunning live haring, exiting it again by means of the same gate before crossing the road to Bushy Park where skittish young deer started from our feet as we weaved our way through the bracken.
At a certain point, a table appeared, in the middle of Bush Park, groaning under the weight of cheeses, pitta bread, charcuterie, quails eggs and a selection of red and white wines with which to wash it all down. The humble drink stop of the past is consigned to history, this was a full blown buffet that would do credit to a top hotel. By what black art the hare conjured this all up in the middle of a deer park no one could guess but that did not them descending on it with the customary lack of restraint displayed by hasher when they encounter food and alcohol.
Back at the Swan Whacker presided over a lively circle where a handful of visitors were welcomed, including an attractive young Jordanian Harriette and her partner, I did try to make a mental note of the visitors’ Hash names for this account, and even enquired as to her name, in response to which she thrust her shapely bosom into my face to reveal it stitched across the chest of her T shirt, but for some reason I not take it in. The circle concluded with the Hare getting a well-deserved pint of lager and then we all decamped to the Foresters across the road which had more real ale taps than you could shake a stick at and without the badge reversed on a single one.
On On
P.F.
Run nr 1588 – White Hart, 1 High Street, Hampton Wick KT1 4DA
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Hare: Butt Plug
P-trail from Hampton Wick National Rail Station
Run nr 1587 – Duchess Battersea London, 101 Battersea Park Road, London SW8 4DS.
Map
Bring money on the run for a Battersea home-brew drink stop.
Hare: Creme Brulée
P-trail from Battersea Park National Rail Station
Run nr 1586 – Duke of Kent, Scotch Common, London W13 8DL.
Map
This is a Rambo run. It will be mainly off-road and is likely to be wet and muddy. Bring a torch and a change of shoes/clothes.
Hare: Rambo
P-trail from Ealing Broadway Station (National Rail & Central & Disrict u/g lines)
N.B. Unless you want a 15 minute plus uphill walk to the pub, take the E2 or E9 bus from Ealing Broadway Station to Kent Gardens/Scotch Common.
Run nr 1585 – Metropolitan, 60 Great Western Road, London W11 1AB
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Hare: It’s Fine Bos
P-trail from Westbourne Park Station (Hammersmith & City line)
Run nr 1584 – Fox & Goose, Hanger Lane, London W5 1DP.
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Register at this web site the day before, and get a free drink http://www.foxandgoosehotel.co.uk/
Hare: Shakes Beer
P-trail from Hanger Lane u/g station (Central Line)
Run nr 1583 – Union Jack, 225 Union Street, London SE1 0LR.
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Aussie Day Run – Union Jack on the Aussie flag theme – a chance to dress inappropriately!
Hares: Man Magnet & Dingo
P-trails from Southwark u/g station (Jubilee line)
Run nr 1582 – Packhorse & Talbot, 145 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 2DT
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Hare: Sir Humpalot
P-trail from Turnham Green u/g station (District line & Piccadilly line after 10 pm)
Run nr 1581 – Walkers of St James, 32a, Duke St, London, SW1Y 6DF
Map
Skylark’s Birthday Run
Hare: Skylark
P-trail from Green Park u/g station (Jubilee, Piccadily & Victoria lines)
Run nr ? – Location & venue to be confirmed.
Knickers’ birthday run.
Hare: Knickers.
