Tag: Standard Deviant

  • Run no 2052-24 July 2025 -Isleworth

    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.

  • Run no 2045-5 June 2025 -Fulwell

    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..

  • Run no 2038 -17 April 2025 -West Ealing

    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.

  • Run 2032 – 06 March 2025 – Hammersmith

    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.

  • Run 2024 – 09 January 2025 – Twickenham

    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!

  • Run 2017 – 21 November 2024 – Stamford Brook

    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.

  • Run 2003 – 15 August 2024 – Gunnersbury/Chiswick

    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.

  • Urbane Foxes at the Brentford Canal Festival

    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.

  • Run 1947, 10 August 2023 – Chiswick

    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.

  • Run 1928 – 30 March 2023 – Northfields

    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.

  • Run 1922 – Thursday 16 February 2023 – Bermondsey

    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.

  • Run 1921 – Thursday 9 February – Richmond

    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.

  • Run 1918 – Thursday 19 January – Kenny

    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.

  • Run 1917 – Thursday 12 January – Richmond

    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.

  • Run 1914 – 22 December – Clapham Junction (Battersea)

    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.

  • Run 1913 – Thursday 15 December – Northfields

    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.

  • Run 1847 – Thursday Sept 16th ~ Ladbroke Grove

    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.

  • Run 1837 – Thursday 8th July ~ Northfields

    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.

  • Run 1831 – Thursday 27th May ~ Teddington

    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.

  • Thursday 9 April

    We cannot of course hold any real Hash runs at the moment, but we will hold another virtual circle this Thursday evening at 20.30 hours . Click on This Link to join in the circle. The meeting will be open from 20.15 hours.

    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.
    • Keep your microphone muted until you wish to speak, otherwise the call will be drowned out by a mush of background noise.
    • If an RA is in evidence, please wait until you are called on to respond before unmuting your mic.
    • If you wish to attract the RA’s attention use the ‘raise hand’ button in Zoom to indicate that you want to speak  (similar to placing your glass on your head in the Circle).
    • If you wish to make a particular point of order to the RA, use the chat feature in Zoom.
    • Seek permission from the RA or session administrator before sharing your screen with the group.
  • 12 July 2018 – Barnes Bridge

    Run nr 1713 – Coach & Horses, 27 Barnes High Street, London, SW13 9LW

    Map

    A bagsitter may be needed

    Hare: Roll Back

    P-trail from Barnes Bridge Station (National Rail)

  • WLH Run Hashtory 2016

    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.

  • 26 February 2015 – Mortlake

    Run Nr 1536 – Ship, 10 Thames Bank, London SW14 7QR.
    Map
    Hare: Hobo

    P-trail from Mortlake national rail station

  • CLaWS XMAS PARTY 2013 – SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER – Tickets on sale now!!!

    CLaWS Flyer

    The annual CLaWS xmas party will take place at Ye Olde Cock Tavern, 22 Fleet St, EC4Y 1AA

    Time: 7pm onwards

    Theme: Kids TV

    Ticket cost (including live music and food):

    £15 before December

    £20 in December

    £30 on the night

    Contact Love Deuce to get your ticket.

     

     

  • 19th September – Sloane Square

    Thursday 19th September and the pack were assembled in Chelsea, the home of football.  The Rose and Crown, a great hash friendly pub, the hare All Fours, a couple of returning ex-vir9ins from the suffragette run expecting men in underwear, it promised to be a spectacular evening.  Only one event of the week should have been a warning of what was to follow, the previous evening Chelsea had lost their first home game in European competitions in 10 years.
    Just before kick off Bophal arrived clutching a small cool box……. Great….. We were all secretly thinking….. A drinks stop!!!  Dingo introduced the hare and there was much talk of Thai food and massage.  The evening was getting better and better.  The pack set off and began to follow a winding but well marked trail.  60 minutes later and we were still heading in the direction of Clapham Junction, All Fours clearly wanted to take in all the best West London sights.  Finally the turn for home…. Battersea Park…. Experienced hounds knew what was surely coming….. Bandstand…. Cold beers….. River view…….paradise….. {sigh}
    Sure enough, arrived at the bandstand, upon which we were greeted with……. SAUSAGES.  Really?  Yes readers, there was no cold refreshing beer, no vodka jelly, it was West London’s first sausage stop!!!   This hare had thought of everything!!!   Sausage rations were tight, so one had to find a sausage partner with which to divide said porker.  The sight of a sweaty hasher proffering a half nibbled sausage was simply too much for even the most seasoned of harriettes.
    Returning to the pub and the circle was assembled.   It fell due to Whacker call the sinners to account. The hare was called in and given a down down for her contribution to what will know be known in the annals of West London hhh as “sausage gate”.   Dingo was charged with not knowing her pack as she extorted double run fees from Drain Oil. Stayover was charged with having 3/4 of a chipolata (allegedly…….), I was was charged with pushing up the average beer consumption at the Bridge every week (and that was coming from our RA…hmmm…. pot and kettle, Whacker), One of our visitors from Stuttgart wanted the run to be longer…… (Why not try City, Tintin?), and the pack said collective thanks to our visitor from Atlanta who saved our asses in WWII….. !@#*??  Kiss my ass was charged with using extreme alcohol consumption to avoid running a 1/2 marathon at Bacchus, and Dingo asked anyone who DID make it to Bacchus to please return her sports bra.  All that remained was for All Fours to have her happy ending, and normal service was resumed at the Bridge on Saturday with a 2-0 thumping of Fulham, a happy ending for all!
    On-on, Rollback
  • 12th September – Thames Ditton

    Scribe – KC

    This was truly a forest run, much of it in the dark, through trees, bushes, and shrubs, and more shrubs, bushes, and trees, in this green and pleasant little known Surrey village. For a few anxious moments, at 19.26 hrs to be precise, the four or five hashers who had turned up at the George and Dragon were beginning to wonder whether this was to be a village too far for most. With ‘W’ absent from the postcode might those who thought about getting a life have cause to do just that? For a week at least? “But it’s quality, not quantity” roared/ howled/ rationalised Dingo, the sixth to arrive, in snazzy bike apparel and hard hat to boot, though minus other bits of essential sports gear (but more about that later). All fears were however soon allayed, as 19.38 hrs approaches, and trip by trop, the hotly brewed dribbled in, on two, four or more heels (as some Eastenders would say). It was a respectable pack for a run site few had ever heard of.

    Ditton in fact comes from the Saxon word dictune, meaning a village situated on a dike or trench of water. The G&D stood guard at a high spot, ensuring weary travellers, city brokers and hashers find it easily in the dark, to receive succour and sustenance after the long, arduous journey from different parts of the Greater London empire. On-outing  from the G&D, the run meandered through the aforementioned trees, bushes and shrubs, first in the light, then half light and then no light, treading softly (not so much on mosturised dreams as on shiggy and early autumn leaf fall), except when the trail traverses tarmac,  mostly ‘C’ and ‘D’ country roads/lanes, and also a busy ‘B’ road on which a forlorn Red Cafe stood.

    When all at once, the pack came upon – a fallen tree trunk. This spanned a deep chasm filled with fetid water and forest gunge. The hare (Skylark) had presented the pack with a mother of a dike (which begged the question: Did or Ditton? Aye), inhabited by creatures large and small, including leeches and other nasties like the Leptospira bacterium. The last of these causes the usually fatal Weils disease, which affects the membranes within brain, liver and heart, and is transmitted by animals (rats, voles, foxes, wild dogs) leaving body fluids in the water.

    The less intrepid hashers inched their way to the opposite bank, either at great sacrifice to their bottoms, or by reverting to type and adopting the doggy position (for which down downs were later rendered). The more intrepid (Rambo, Impossible? one might add), braved the leeches and Leptos, wetting themselves in the process. We’ll know if anyone had caught the nasties as the Weil’s incubation period can be between one to three weeks (so look out on future WLH3 runs for anyone howling at street lighting or drinking from the toilet bowl). All these brave acts were in fact quite unnecessary as, had anyone bothered to check, only a few yards on, shrouded in evening mist, was to be found a National Trust bridge which any child could have crossed blind-folded.

    Forest runs in the dark do strange things to some hashers, like turning into werewolves. Stayover developed a penchant in the bushes for human flesh, devouring a savoury rambo-burger and a somewhat soggy Impossible Pissa, before sweet-toothing on M&M. Others had to make do with the chips and leftover pub grub which the landlord generously laid on back at the G&D (apart from Gaylick who splashed out for  a prime house sir-loin). An early circle ensued (dictated by the train times), with DDs awarded to: Dingo (who else but) and Love D (Forty-All) for coming in joint first in the legless afterwards category of the Bacchus half-marathon; a number of old gits for going on Saga holidays; three doggy position ditch-likkers (with Hobo in the rear); SF and his blonde visitor from Madrid (for just being there, I think); etc etc.

    All in all – other than for need of more strategically placed Chalk Circles and FT indexes to permit the more laid back play catch-up –  a fairly decent run at a pretty neck of the woods.

    Epilogue: One well deserved DD was somehow overlooked. Dingo, despite appearances to the contrary, was not as well kitted out for the run as she would normally have liked. You see, she has only one sports bra. After doing a fine job of keeping the balance at the Bacchus half-marathon, it somehow went AWOL. “I slumped into bed fully clothed (and legless) on Saturday nite, but it wasn’t on me in the morning; looked under the bed and every nook and corner of my usually tidy flat, yet it seems to have just vanished in thin air”, so whispered Dingo to another hasher before the run. But midway through the dike event, she suddenly remembered. “Of course, it was in the washing machine all along  – along with my dirty socks and mickers, but I had forgotten to turn the damn thing on”. Three days of sweaty stuff in an enclosed space? There’s a good chance it would have turned as green as the water in the Ditton trench, hopefully minus the Leptos. No worries, its about time for some new sports gear anyway, I reckon.

  • 5th September – Popes Birthday Run – Northfields

    So last Thursday 5th September the WLH3 descended on Duffy’s in Northfields for Run 1455, and did we remember it was Pope’s birthday? Yes, we did! as a crown and tinsel topped antennae were on offer to the birthday “youth”, to flaunt as he hared us round his trail. Pope opted for the antennae, possibly so he could live up to his name and communicate with the powers above. Visitors and “v*rgin” visitors were duly welcomed, the hash always on the look out for a v*rgin, but this one, with no hash handle, had run in the Caribbean, though not on a Virgin Island. Stayover was spotted immediately moving in to check her out!

    So off we set, fairly much on time, most hashers already well oiled with Betty Stoggs and other fine ales on tap, (although the Ruddles was deemed to be raddled). There was a sense of deja vu at the start as I have distinct memories of a fairly recentish run from said pub, during which a disgruntled Pope had been particularly vociferous in proclaiming his disdain for that hare, due to the lack of “green stuff”, until we had reached Elthorpe Park. where, ( for those who are geographically challenged,) there were flood lights and tennis courts… So, in justification of his previous belligerence, Pope on this occasion blazed a magnificent scenic trail that was both very green and exceedingly watery. The pack followed a meandering route that took us through every park, every Boston Manoresque nature trail, along the intertwining Grand Union Canal (occasionally not so grand, but stagnant) and flowing River Brent, over Gallow’s Bridge, (no ghosts of highwaymen) and Osterley Lock…through Elthorpe Park with footballers this time, and eventually down a dubious back lane into the green green grassy garden of the Pope. His family had obviously heeded his warning not to eat or drink his Birthday treat to us all, as a buffet of alcoholic beverages, cream crackers and cheeses; pasties and sausages; nuts and crisps awaited us; and if that was not all, trays of sweetly cut birthday cake were circulated. And even though Pope had ‘ad a go at the suffragettes for their pink unidentifiable sweet drinks in St James last week, well, he of course provided a few bottles of rose vino pinko just to live up to his reputation, what reputation? Dusk was drawing in, and the trail led us forth to the, by now, close at hand pub.

    Now for deja vu two ! All of a sudden, my relaxed dream like state was interrupted by Man Magnet, confessing , not that she had lost the money bags, but that she had failed to find a scribe…So would I oblige? Great ! to be told after the run was over, but at least I was informed before the circle. Why deja vu? because the last time I was scribe, I was asked in the same place, in the same pub, with same make of beer in glass, same situation after the run was well over, only difference was the then GM Stayover had failed to designate a scribe at the start. On on on ..

    Eventually the serenity of the pub garden, (where a few of us were sitting, drinking and chatting) was invaded by an explosion of hashers ready for the circle, called by ButPlugg. Lots of cheers for the birthday hare” fine figure of a man young Pope”, accused of “using all the flour in the cake” instead of on the trail; and “Nazi storm troopering Pope…DZat’s Pope” and other songs were sung….general bedlam; Ozzy visitor, and 69 and 1/2 from Dubai; the “Brazilian, (“show us your Brazilian” pleaded Mad Cow); the Bahamas harriette were called; various “reprobates”, Kiss my Ar8e & Hareem sank their down downs; there was general heckling re: the suffragette run and B Wacker had been observed taking his lady’s underwear home, shock horror; “Daisy, Daisy …” was the down down song for the S African who arrived by bike, and Rambo had to drink out of his shoe for being a sneak … it appears our very kind pub hosts had donated beer; and copious hash chips were available for consumption…a usual good hashy birthday time was had by all and the weather had been fine too…on on on…. Generator

     

  • Fun Run & Real Ales – Saturday 28th September – Putney

    The Bricklayers Arms in Putney are having a 4 mile fun run followed by free pint, sausage roll and sandwich. And some fine quality real ales specially for the weekend. The pub are very h3 friendly and have been very generous – it would be good to support Becky the landlady with this charitable cause. It’s a great pub with great beers.
    See Stayover for details.
    10am Start, 9.30am to register – 32 Waterman Street, Putney, London SW15 1DD Details –
    * Putney Pier to Hammersmith Bridge and back, (approximately 4 miles)
    * Participants preferring to walk the course rather than run are equally welcome
    * £5 entrance fee – all proceeds to Headway South-West London
    * Then back to The Bricklayer’s Arms for a free pint, sausage roll and sandwich.
    Why?
    Headway South-West London is a local charity that supports victims of brain injury, their carers and families. They receive no government funding and are totally reliant on private donations. Please raise as much in sponsorship money as possible!
    All enquiries to Becky Newman on 020 8789 0222 or becky@bricklayers-arm.
  • Roller Disco – Friday 20 September

    80’s fancy dress rollerboot disco at The Renaissance Rooms in Vauxhall

    Ticket prices (incl skate hire):

    8pm to 2am – £10 between 8pm and 9pm, £12.50 thereafter.

    ‘Whip out your spandex and leg warmers for one of the most friendly and fun-packed nights in London.

    Complete with the best seventies hits, funky house music and rare soul grooves. With its musically and visually kitsch-cool atmosphere and retro appeal, Roller Disco is THE hotspot for clubbing on wheels.
    So whether you’re a pro skater or an absolute beginner, or simply looking to put a different spin on a good time head down to Vauxhall for an unforgettable night of disco inferno! 
    Contact Love Deuce for a ticket or buy your own using the link below:

    http://www.rollerdisco.com/showevents/3/eventdetail

    Interested in joining us?

    Meet us at the Riverside pub in Vauxhall at 7pm to head to the disco at 8pm.

    http://www.riversidelondon.com/

  • 29th August St James Park – The Inaugural ‘West London Suffragettes’ Run

    Every principle of liberty enunciated in any civilized country on earth, with very few exceptions, was intended entirely for men, and when women tried to force the putting into practice of these principles, for women, then they discovered they had come into a very, very unpleasant situation indeed.Emmeline Pankhurst
    If we are to be totally honest with ourselves, it has to be admitted the Hash has not always been at the forefront in the battle against sexism and a run to celebrate the emancipation of women is an appropriate theme for Dingo’s first trail as GM. It goes some way to redress the balance and, hopefully, may also go some way towards remolding the attitude of certain male hashers on these issues to something that is more appropriate for the twenty first century. Let us hope that this run marks an end to sexism on the West London and the beginning of an enlightened new era.

    The run was hosted from the Adam and Eve (Google Genesis 3 16 if you not see the irony in this) and on arrival at this pub I was greeted by the sight of numerous male hashers in bras and various other items of female attire and a number of harriettes bearing whips and various other instruments of corporal punishment. What this all had to do with the suffragette movement I am not too sure, perhaps our new GM had got the wrong end of the stick and got it into her pretty little blonde head that its leader had actually been called Emmeline Spankhurst. Most the whips and things were fun imitations, but the one Man Magnet was carrying was a real leather bull whip, straight out of Indiana Jones. It does make you wonder what she gets up to in her private life that she should even possess such a thing. Later in the evening I had an opportunity to test it with a dexterous crack across Dingo’s pert little Lycra clad bottom and the satisfying squeal of pain it evoked was testimony to it its authenticity!

    The pack was cajoled out of the pub for the start of the run and the bra wearing hashers had their humiliation compounded with the addition of water filled balloons, a sort of poor man’s silicone implant, and we were promised no less than three drink stops. The trail weaved round St James Park and Buckingham palace to the bemusement of tourists and, as if we were not attracting enough attention as it were, we were soon accompanied by Boy Blunder wearing a long blonde wig and riding a bicycle behind which he towed a trailer bearing a PA system that blared out appalling pop music. This was later explained that this had been “girl power” music, though I am not sure what girl power is, perhaps it is a bit like horse power, but applied to washing machines and vacuum cleaners instead of cars and motor cycles. The other items on Blunder’s trailer were the materials for the drink stops, the first of which took place in St James Park. I do not know what the drink was, I have never seen or tasted anything like it before and hope never to do so again, it was an unnatural looking purple colour and tasted of pure saccharin, but we were assured that it contained alcohol so drunk it anyway. The second drink stop was even more sweet and sickly than the first; Love Deuce told me that these were the sort of drink that Harriettes liked, I was tempted to point out that we men do not share their metabolic need for sugar rushes to avert a hypoglycemic strop every five minutes but experience has taught me that logic and facts are both redundant in any discussion with the ladies so I kept a diplomatic silence and merely gave an understanding nod. For the final drink stop we ran across the front of the House of Commons, still a hive of activity and television crews for the historic debate on military intervention in Syria, which culminated in David Cameron becoming the first Prime Minister since Lord North to lose a vote on matter of war, to end up before the statue of Emmeline Pankhurst herself for the final drink stop in Victoria Tower Gardens behind the houses of Parliament. This drink stop was accompanied by chocolate brownies made by Dingo’s own fair hand which we tried to share with a charming young Community Support Officer stationed at the adjacent exit to the Common’s car park but she declined with that classic phrase “not when I am on duty”.

    Back at the pub, as they prepared for the circle, I noticed a large plastic box filled with ice. Ha! I thought, this is what happens when you let the girlies run things, drinks with ice in them for down downs. They will be having little umbrellas in them next! Anyway, you can imagine my consternation when I ended up sitting in this box full of ice, clad in a mankini, for the most of the duration of the circle! My crime? Apparently I had, allegedly, commented once or twice, in passing, and by way of constructive criticism, on what a complete dog’s breakfast the web site had become since my self-defenestration from the committee. I have noticed in the past that the fairer sex do not always take kindly to criticism, however well intentioned, for example I have always believed that you should criticize women’s’ driving when appropriate, otherwise they will never improve, but it is surprising how ungrateful they can be in return.

    The balloon implants soon become water bombs as the circle progressed and became more boisterous with the pub remaining surprisingly tolerant of our antics, down downs were awarded to various miscreants visitors and a vir*in, who when asked how she had enjoyed her first hash, replied that she had found it “all a bit weird”. What could she mean?

    Things did not calm  down much after the circle was concluded, Tango appeared in dominatrix costume  wielding a spanking paddle; the combination of whips and alcohol was bound to  get some Hashers over excited, one of whom slapped On All Four’s bottom once too  often and she responded by giving him a swinging smack across the face that sent  him spinning like a top across the pub, but I will not embarrass the Hasher  further by naming him. All right, I will then, it was Sky Lark (not Eric for a  change).

    In all one of the livelier Thursday evenings, so, now that we have expunged all trace of sexism from WLH3 what next? How about a wet T shirt run before the weather gets too cold?

    On On, PF