169th Hash was on Sunday July 16th

The Sun was out in full force along with horse flies, mad dogs and hashers. Lord of the Farts looked somehow appropriate atop an old tractor that has seen better days; anyhow the other has-beens join him for a group photo at the first check.

The beer stop was a welcome respite in the shade and light breeze among the dragons' teeth. (Concrete tank traps meant for the Germans that would have been about as good a deterrent as shiggy to hashers).

One minute after the beer check was an organic winery with tasting and cherries available. Somehow this hasher has difficulty remembering the rest of the trail home, but everybody seem to be in a jolly mood, even forgiving the hare for retroactive trail laying. This is a new tactic being introduced by the founders whereby if there is a gap in the trail the hare adds some sawdust after the runners have passed and then maintain they all missed it.

Despite this innovative strategy,

Playaway, being late again, claimed that he couldn't follow the trail and had to sit under a tree and drink beer all afternoon. This clever counter strategy garnered him yet another beer at the down-downs. The guy is a genius!
Other awards went to Bushsquatter & Lotus for racing; also Well Mounted for forgetting his wanker trophy making him wanker of the month again.
Regarding the previous mammoth hash just about everybody got a down-down for either taking a short cut or not taking it.