Deepcut H3 #661

It was a surprise to see there was a Wednesday morning hash run in the greater London area, and since I was headed that direction anyway, off I go. We met at 1100 this morning, and despite the grey skies and a bit of a drizzle, we still had about 25 hashers turn up. At one point, a fellow hasher pointed over to an older gentlemen and said he had been here the longest, but does not do trail anymore.

Since it is a weekday daytime hash, as you might expect, we were all retirees. Trail was a most excellent 5+ miles (10K) of shiggy trails through small forest patches, pastures, dirt tracks, and a few bits of pavement in between. At first it was less of a hare & hounds event, and more of a shepherd herding his sheep. We would run along, then the hare would make a new mark and turn us all around in a different direction. By the second half of trail things smoothed out and we were able to follow along in a more traditional fashion.

Most of the run was fine, but it started to drizzle again just as we were finishing, so we quickly put on some dry clothes and headed into the pub for lunch. No real circle, only one set of down downs all at once for a few assorted categories, and good conversation. At one point, a hasher pointed at the older gentlemen from earlier, and said he founded the first hash in Germany. I immediately perked up, and said "Is that Mountain Rescue?" He said, yes. My response . . . "WHAT?"

I made my way over to say hello. The first historical article I wrote on hashing was on the first hash in Germany, from back in 2011. In my research I eventually found my way to Richard "Mountain Rescue" McAllister . . . and summarized our conversation into this article: https://dsth3.gotothehash.net/hhhistoryinde.html

I have since expanded on his hashing history in a full article on Hashing & the Military at https://www.gotothehash.net/.../ItS-Hashing&amp… . . . so it was an unexpected, but pleasant surprise to meet him.Læs mere