Athens H3 Corfu Island Weekend Trail #2

Athens H3 - Corfu Island Weekend – 26-30 May

Trail 2 on Saturday started with an hour bus ride to the other side of the island, to the lovely little seaside town of Palaiokastrites. As we exited the bus, they said this is a quick stop to grab a drink or a snack, or a swim if you wish. Thirty minutes, back on the bus. Well, 2 hours later, we finally get back on the bus headed to the start. Seems someone forgot about the crazy little reindeer games that had been arranged for us on the beach. We had three tasks, making things out of stuff we could find on the beach, but moving right along . . . chalk talk explained the marks, and then they pointed to the top of the nearby mountain, and said that is the start. The bus will take you to the top, and it will be all downhill (but hares lie, even in Greece).

We did go to the top, as far as the bus was concerned, but the trail is another story. Anyway, the roads getting to the top are typical island roads, and several spots were single lanes where we had to wait, and so narrow once we did go, that we actually scrapped the side of the bus on a wall. But overall, the driver was excellent sneaking his way through the tine lanes. Runners trail ended up being 40% up, and 60% down, with plenty of off road shiggy. Lots of scrub brush and plenty of thorns, which one harriette found out that they are vicious.

About halfway through this 8 km trail (runners), the walkers and runners came back together for a beer check, and then we all followed the same trail on down the hill the rest of the way into the finish at the beach. This is where things got a bit out of hand. As the pack was coming in, the bus driver went missing. All the beer and softies were on the bus. It would be 30 minutes before the bus driver returned, by this time just about the whole pack had made their way down the mountain, before anyone got some post trail lubrication. So, we quickly downed a couple of beers and boarded the bus for the next stop, at a sea side pub (where we held a quick circle, before sending the swimmers down to the ocean) on the way back to the hash hotel. Fly along on the runners trail . . . https://www.relive.cc/view/vZqNx5Dy5GO

It was an awesome trail, and a fantastic day of exploits on the hash. Well done to the hares and organizers.Read more