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LOWLAND GAMES Camping and Fun Weekend July 2011 Please let BOF know if you do not want pictures of you or your children to appear on the Hardy's H3 website. Please click here for other Hardy's H3 Albums and here for Hardy's H3 Home Page. A large group of Hardy's Hashers, friends and family gathered at Thorney Campsite for a weekend of fun and frolics Three teams had entered for the Raft Race on the Sunday. Three rafts were assembled at the campsite to represent our group.
This one relied on buoyancy floats inside the raft which meant that it floated low in the water and was almost a submarine.
This raft relied on buoyancy underneath the raft - a totally different concept which, whilst possibly less stable at least kept the paddlers mostly out of the water. Rosie became trapped beneath a raft but nobody could hear his cries for help. Would he be discovered before the raft was launched into the river?
"Someone under there? Nah!
Bookends uses a Birmingham Screwdriver to fix the bell.
The third raft was late in being assembled. Raft building had to stop mid-morning on Saturday for Shirtlifter's Grand Cycle Pub Crawl.
Ready for the mass start.
We welcomed Flash Git back to Hardy's after a long absence. At a pub stop we loosened up with a few rounds of the 'Bend Forward, Bend Backwards' game.
On the cycle ride was a strange contraption - an electric bike. The power is generated by trapping bodily emissions through a hole in the saddle and the Methane is burned to drive a small generator which, in turn drives the front wheel.
MSB says that after a Madras curry and twelve pints of lager, Shirtlifter can get this machine up to 50 miles per hour up the Ridgeway hill. Calculator Kid looks on clearly thinking that if he were to try it on a Friday evening down town he might well get it airborne!
MSB offers to give a demonstration and starts with a powerful lager to get it warmed up.
Calculator Kid just can't resist going through MSB's pannier bag.
Here she downs her ninth lager ready for a quick getaway.
They do say that owners grow like their dogs - better keep and eye on Sarah. It could get interesting!
The notice is shown below. Poor dog!
On the Saturday afternoon a break from raft building allowed everyone to join in some games.
In the next two pictures the ball has been obscured. See if you can Spot The Ball! The undoctored pictures come later.
In the evening we celebrated Rachel being awarded a First Class degree.
Calculator Kid opens a bottle of celebratory fizzy in splendid style - the cork narrowly misses Rachel and goes into orbit where is collided with the International Space Station.
It's not easy trying to photograph our star student when Calculator Kid just keeps waving his arms around!
A Down! Down! to the Hasher most resembling his deckchair.
It's all too much for ABO. OK! Here is where the balls were in the pictures above.
On the Sunday morning, we had a good breakfast to prepare ourselves for the long and gruelling day ahead at The Lowland games..
Our three youngest Hashers set a Hangover Hash which cunningly took in a Maize Maze. We wove in and out of paths full of bars and T-bars until emerging - somewhat panicky - back to open fields and a final loop. Brilliant - well done you three!
The Down! Downs! followed.
On! On! To the Lowland games and the first event which was the Raft Race.
A battle started between two Hardy's Hash rafts.
The third raft runs under Gnome Power and is fast and stable. It towed a plastic duck which a dog jumped in the river and attacked. With the dog pulling the duck backwards the raft was making very little progress.
Eventually the fun has to end and the rafts are hauled out of the river and taken in a sad state on a low loader back to base.
ON! ON! To the River "It's a Knockout" competition.
In case you can't read that girl's T-shirt it's shown below.
Kids - Let me explain. The young lady is a farmer and cereal crops have to be harvested when the humidity (moisture) in the crop is just right. Too moist and it may rot after cutting and require huge amounts of fuel oil to dry it out. Too dry and it won't be at its peak quality for selling. Hence, farmers sometimes harvest their crops all through the night to ensure that it is at peak quality and moisture - hence the message on the T-shirt. Adults - KY Jelly works.
Ouch! That stretch must have hurt!
The second Hardy's-inspired team sets off.
Next we had the Mud Wrestling where Annie was defending her title as Women's Champion. She won her first round tussle.
Calculator Kid just insisted on buying rounds for everyone - what a great Religious Advisor he is!
Alice then wrestled a lady wearing lurid tights - and won.
BOF had his camera ready as a lady in a rather insubstantial bikini stepped into the pool of mud. Alas! The bikini top stayed in place - but only just! The commentator had to remind her to hitch her right cup up a notch - the spoilsport!
Annie was then matched against Alice whom she beat putting her into the Final.
And then - disaster. A lady dislocated her shoulder in the pool and the competition had to be called off whilst she was made comfortable in the mud until an ambulance arrived. So, is Annie still Ladies Champion or was the whole contest void?
The excitement was all too much for the GM.
And so ON! ON! to the last evening where we chilled out and BOF tried taking some artistic pictures of the fire.
The GM tries some fire walking by standing in the fire pit.
Note Bumblebee's sandal on the fire. ON! ON! To next year!
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