With a monotony, reminiscent of the four yearly build up to disappointment of the Australian winter Olympic campaign, the hash embarks upon an annual pilgrimage to conduct what is known as the “Cotter” run.

SCARLETT carefully pours an imperial gallon of motor spirit into his 1922 Datsun Insult and sets out three days before the event from Olde Canberra towne to set the run.

The trail this year has been set on chalk and flour and takes in a bit of the old and a bit of the new. The pack (mostly) enjoys the run despite the fact that we are all as sore as buggery the next day.

INFALLABLE has been asked to conduct the run report. With a mindset of benchmarking all hash runs against the infamous Xmas run of “99”, he inevitable gives it a minus 273 Kelvin.

BUNS is more generous and weaves many stories of brushes with nature into the walk report. A score of 9/10 is the result.

The hare song is sung and WEATHERMAN misses his que for a verse. He has lost his touch. It’s the beginning of the end. The doomsday clock is advanced another minute forward.

SUNBEAM has charged for being in a seedy XXX theatrette on Sunday evening in Queanbeyan wearing only a Macintosh

QUEEN LATRINE, the envy of all hashers is charged for rock hopping. (Read: for being young) WEATHERMAN was also seen to be “Hovering” across the Cotter river.

CRASH and BURN is charged for suggesting that the Westpac helicopter doesn’t have the capability to lift CENTREFOLD out of the Cotter river. (It’s the weight of his waterlogged shirt probably)

GERBILS “The lazy fuck” actually drove his car 40mts to go to the toilet

SCARLETT was charged for deliberately lighting fires to confuse the trail

POOSHOOTER kidnapped JR

QL was charged for enticing WEATHERMAN into doing chores with the promise of a swim at the end of the day. And then emptied the pool.

GREASE NIPPLE was charged with destroying a serene atmosphere by blowing the hash horn.

GERBILS compared CENTREFOLD to the big round rock at the start of the first Indiana jones movie

SCARLETT was charged for making the Cotter river rocks slippery

Awards: FRB to WEATHERMAN for shortcutting his way to the drink stop

Birthdays: JR, FISHFINGER and WEATHERMAN

Runiversaries: CENTREFOLD 450, CRASH and BURN 100, GERBILS 601

Cracker of the week went to SCARLETT, CENTREFOLD and SUNBEAM