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 A piper at the Queens Birthday celebrations |
A reception was held on Saturday at the Residency to celebrate the Queen's Birthday. TRISTAN APPEALDuring the reception Tim Mortimer and Colin Menage, presented a cheque, on behalf of Serco and the RAF to the Administrator for £1,000 towards the Tristan da Cunha Fund. |
 Tim Mortimer and Colin Menage presenting the Administrator with a cheque for £1,000 |
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Dear Friends,
I have always lived within a mile or two of the sea. I grew up in Felixstowe in Suffolk, my father worked in the flour mill at the docks. Today the port is one of the busiest in Europe, and may well be the largest in the UK in terms of cargo handled.
When I was a small boy the dock was a very sleepy affair; barges still brought grain to the mill but not much else happened; but there was a steam ferry. An ex tug that would take passengers all of the twenty minute trip across the estuary of the river Orwell to Harwich.
When my mother was fed up she would scrape together the fare and off we would
go to the docks, across the river, and then walk what seemed like a hundred
miles to Dovercourt, an up-market sea-side town with a fine beach, and there
we would have our picnic.
Pleasant memories.
Except that twenty minute river crossing.
I only had to look at the steps down to the boat to feel my stomach churn, and
once on board that awful feeling as my face turned green and breakfast came……….well,
you know the rest, I'll spare you the details.So I have always had a healthy
respect 'for those in peril on the sea.
' This week in our Ascension Island Cycle of Prayer we are praying for the Supply Vessels and their Crews. For the RMS as it visits us again; the MOD ships making their regular calls en route to the Falklands, the Ascension plying between us and the United States. And of course the familiar sight of the Gannet watching silently over us and keeping things moving.
Of course we moan when the mail is delayed, or the shop runs out of something, the passenger schedule goes adrift through breakdown or when that cargo we had been waiting for has been left on the quay-side. So this week we put our grumbles aside.
We thank God for the men and women who brave the seas to visit us, who often spend long weeks away from home and loved ones, who endure all the difficulties of life cramped together - as well as the pleasures too of 'life on the ocean wave', travel, comradeship and so on.
They - and the aircraft crews as well of course - make life on Ascension possible.
O Trinity of love and power, our sailors shield in danger's hour
Protect them whereso'ere they go
And ever let there rise to thee glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
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God Bless you and keep you, Fr Keith & Ginny. |
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LETTERS
| From the Editors:- Adam
& Julia Henshaw
Dear Islanders and web readers We hope that you all enoyed your long weeked, and pretty packed it was too, the Queens Birthday Celebrations were held at the Residency on Saturday and judging from the photos a good time was had by all. At a coffee shop chit chat morning it was reported that the pipers kilt was made of an amazing 5 meters worth of fabric, but my Belgium source could not (or would not) confirm if undies were worn. TBS Sports Day on Sunday, it was a scorcher and a big round of applause to the kids and all the helpers - they gave us a great day and worked very hard. It was also Fathers Day on Sunday, we hope that you all had a fun filled day (did any Mummies forget - no I don't suppose so, we women don't forget things like that do we!) Still more big fish are being caught, congrats to Danny Thomas on his 230 pounder on Monday. Jubi if you are reading this - always read the ingredients before eating ! Many of our fellow editors are or will be on leave shortly so you will be hearing from us on a more regular basis for the next two months. And finally, on a more serious note, it's good to see the Island giving generously to help our fellow Islanders on Tristan. Adam & Julia
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MOBILEFor better or for worst, changes on Ascension are inevitable, the price of essentials continues to increase out of control and there is the tax issue. But the hope must be that nothing will diminish the generosity and caring spirit of Ascension's community. There is a shortage of wheelchairs in St Helena. Some of our elderly and disabled St Helenians are in need of an essential piece of equipment that will help improve their quality of life. Funds are needed to purchase wheelchairs and help correct the rooted situation these people are often in. Hopefully a portion of the community's charity contribution for this
year will go towards MOBILE the Chairs on Wheels Fund. Thank you to Darrin and Sharon (and Jasper) for starting the fundraising off with huge hearts and a generous donation. Blue Dust, one of our hugely talented local musical groups, have kindly agreed to stage some entertainment in October 2001 in support of the Fund. There will also be the opportunity for others to perform on the night. If you have a talent and you feel it could well compliment a Blue Dust programme, simply contact me soon-the young and the not-so-young; solo or group. Don't miss this opportunity: Use your talents and help make a difference! C Leo |
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the Editor can be sent to editors@the-islander.org.ac |
ASCENSION ISLAND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (AICS)This company has been formed in order to dispose of those commercial interests on Ascension Island that were formerly parts of AIS. There are a number of Business Units offered for sale to private sector investors, they are listed below and are offered either as discrete units or could be packaged into retail, accommodation and services:
The forthcoming changes to the Ascension Island constitution will present unique opportunities for prospective purchasers to stake their claim and lead the way in privatisation. Any interested individuals, groups or companies are requested to contact me in the first instance, my contact details are: Office Telephone +247 6583 (Voicemail in my absence) The target date for completion of the sale of all businesses is 31st March 2002. I need to gather expressions of interest as soon as possible and I may also be able to assist with enquiries about other concerns on Ascension Island that are not listed above. Once expressions of interest have been received I am ready to meet with interested parties both on Ascension and elsewhere if necessary. My schedule over the next two months is as follows, however I need to know the levels of interest before travelling. Now until 11th July in Ascension on the above numbers. 13th July until 28th July in St Helena, staying in Jamestown at The Coach House. Dates in August yet to be determined for visits to the Falkland Islands and/or the UK as necessary. John Cavana |
The Met Office Weather Report |
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Statistics for the week ending Monday 18th June 2001.
| Max (deg C) | Min (deg C) | Rainfall (mm) | |
| AIRHEAD | 29.0 | 23.9 | Trace |
| TRAVELLERS | 27.0 | 21.0 | 1.3 |
| RESIDENCY | 27.8 | 17.5 | 3.1 |
| GEORGETOWN | Public Holiday | ||
| ST. HELENA | Public Holiday | ||
| FALKLANDS | 6.3 | -2.0 | 1.4 |
| BRIZE NORTON | 20.9 | 4.9 | 13.2 |
ASCENSION SEA SWELL FORECAST:
Swell will be at it's peak for this week on Wednesday at just over 1.5m, dying
down to 0.5 - 1m into Friday.
Sea temperature around Ascension Island:
27.0ºC.
ASCENSION ISLAND:
It's been a gusty week with a few light showers around, mainly on the mountain
but some spots of rain recorded at the Airhead. As usual though, plenty of
sunshine too.
ST.HELENA
On holiday, the lucky devils!
UK:
A mainly dry and settled week with light winds gave way to a thundery weekend
bringing cool northerly air to much of the UK by Sunday
FALKLAND ISLANDS:
It was a quiet start to the week here too, staying dry with light winds although
a brisk south-westerly with some light rain built up through the weekend becoming
a gale force westerly to round off the week on Sunday evening.
A quieter week than of late with only a few instances of late night revelry to report - sadly. However the 60's and 70's night in the mess proved a good party with Mystic Met and I representing the office. The idea of dressing up in 60's and 70's clobber was taken up by a few and we had an Elvis Costello punk look alike, a disco diva dancing queen and Judith as a tie dyed trippy hippy. The best I could manage was an outfit that was probably worn by an extra in Sat Night Fever.
I believe the Sue Ryder shop did a brisk trade on Friday with quite a few people searching out an old 70's outfit from the second hand garments on offer, but the Met Office only needed to go as far as their wardrobes - how sad is that ?!! The notes that are given out before coming to Ascension gave a list of clothes to bring, and as well as the recommend 6 pairs of Y-fronts (yes only six, one per month obviously and no concession given to female staff members), lightweight tropical jackets and Panama hats were mentioned too. I should have realised before leaving the UK that these notes hadn't been updated since they were written in the early eighties, so if you spot an 80's fashion victim wandering the island, it is probably one of us. Obviously we got a real slagging for actually bringing these clothes with us and quite right too, but 5 rounds later all was forgotten. 10 rounds later we had forgotten who we were and my camera, which was passed round will definitely have some interesting self portraits.
Part way through the evening a Mick Jagger look-a-like contest was announced. No one really looked like Mick Jagger (in fact second prize went to a lady!) and Don broke out into a passable John Travolta, winning the runners up prize of a glass of water. The first prize though (a free drink - what else?) went to the guy who got his kit off - hmm, there's a lesson in there somewhere.
Another rather startling sight this week was the presence of a full length, woollen winter coat on sale in the Georgetown shop. More use for our friends in the Falklands than here unless someone knows something we don't about climate change!
Saturday saw the Met team braving the slopes of Green Mountain for the Queens birthday reception at the Residency. A very nice do it was too, with excellent views from the garden, good food, champagne and all the casualties from the night before managed to put in an appearance with Don even managing his customary position of a glass of alcohol in each hand. (congrats to Rudy on his C in C although he hasn't worked out what he did to deserve it yet!).
In the gym on Sunday the Taekwondo class were having their belt grading session, myself included, spending all morning and a good part of the afternoon being grilled by Paul the instructor. Congratulations to everyone who took part, especially those who did better than they expected to. After all that exertion and a session in the swimming pool afterwards yours truly was too tired to go to the karaoke at Two Boats in the evening. I did however get a taster of what it might have been like when Nick started singing next door with his headphones on - lets just say the folks at Two Boats didn't miss a lot!
Nick was also torturing Peter this week in their quest to do all the letterbox walks. They set off to do Crater Cliff, walk round the coast to Crystal bay and then back up via the not so hard route. It wasn't until they reached the first letterbox and saw the stamp that they realised they had taken the wrong ravine and were actually at Crystal Bay. This meant walking round to Crater Cliff and then a very long, very steep climb back up to the road in the heat of the afternoon. Nick, being a sporty type kept getting ahead, then stopping and waiting just long enough for peter to struggle up to him before setting off again, so for Peter it was like a never ending uphill hell although he claims to have enjoyed the day.
And finally, it was happy birthday to the Highlander on Sunday although he's keeping very quiet about his age. Unfortunately he was on the night shift that night and had to put up not only with work, but also with possibly the worst birthday card in the world from the very limited selection available on the island. He'll be making up for it on Wednesday though with a meal at Reflections followed by a disco, so if you're down at the MVC that night watch out!
Mystic Met / Ascension Highlander
Last Friday saw the second S. Club camp at Garden cottage including 4 new faces since the last one. The evening was a lovely cool one so after supper the boys decided to show-off their wide game from the Scout's camp while some of the girls practised their hair braiding and others played with their Barbie dolls. Before bedtime, tea and coconut fingers were served and at 11 p.m. the lights were out in the bedrooms. Having such a great fear of cockroaches I slept in my tent outside on the lovely freshly cut green grass but took with me the youngest (Chae) member to sleep with me, while Robert slept in Bedroom 3 having Ryan for company!!! Bessie slept in Bedroom 1 with Kirsty, Chelsea, Anisa and Raquel for warmth. In Bedroom 2 were Kaylee and Tara who had their room set up as if they weren't leaving! On the bunk beds were Stephen, Andreas, Shane, Chad and Corey. This was not a good idea having the boys altogether, as Bessie and Robert realised a few moments later because they were woken up right past 1 a.m. due to their noise and running up and down the house. Not exactly all of them as Chad slept through the whole of the commotion and snored to his hearts content.
When I entered the room at 7 a.m. there they sat like little angels all in their briefs and covering themselves with their sleeping bags watching TV and looking so innocent. Then that's when I heard their report on the night before. They all had long faces after the 'court case' but brightened up and almost laughed their heads off a few minutes later when I was told the water I had just finished washing in and brushing my teeth with was as stink as effluent water. When told this by Shane and the rest of them I shouted that this could not have been true, as I had just used it. Uurrggfg! As many of you know I DO NOT have any smell sense whatsoever so someone in my position could not have known any better!!. Yes, after a lot of smelling the water supply was really, really smelly in the bathroom. Everyone had to wash in the kitchen, as this was the only water we had not smelling.
While at the QBP Bessie had to supervise them in a football match, cricket and a painting competition on their views of Green Mountain. They were not allowed to write their name on their paper, as I had to judge them. Chad won for the boys and Tara S for the girls although they all ended up with a small prize for doing so well and for being on their best behaviour in my absence. Our walk to Dew Pond was called off due to our smelly water and also no water was in any taps at all by tea time! Not knowing where to get any water supplies from we decided to play a game of Rounders instead and had our BBQ at 6:00 p.m. During this time we found that clean water was outside the Red Lion so we all set off and brought water back in a bucket, a pot and mugs.
The sweet smelling bath-time came next, but with a difference! They all had a 'bucket-bath' by Yours Truly. In case one has not experience this the method is:- Put two to three dirty children in a bath at a time, next wash all faces with their own flannel, soap each flannel and wash all their bodies thoroughly, with the remaining water throw over each child. Hey presto - clean children once again. Oh! Please wear earplugs from all their squealing. Easy or what?
The evening was spent very quietly playing miming games in Bedroom 3. Before bedtime Tea and Chocolate sandwich cake was served then lights were out by 10 p.m. By 7 a.m. on Sunday all were waken to the smell of bacon, eggs and toast. With all their bags packed before breakfast, and the vacuuming and cleaning all done together we were able to leave on time at 9:00 a.m. With camp over for another year we made our way down the Mountain to the Football Field in readiness for their School Sports.
I do hope you all thoroughly enjoyed yourselves children, as we sure did! - Here's to the next camp!!!
DANNY GETS IN ON THE ACT
After a relatively quiet week on the fishing front, following the recent abundance of Tuna, Danny Thomas shows that the big ones are still out there with this 230lb Yellow Fin Tuna.
Caught on Monday morning, Danny took just under an hour to land the fish into his boat.
Ian "Dog" Thomas is still leading the biggest fish of the year competition with a 265lb Tuna, but there's still six months of the year left to go.
Stephen Fowler and Caroline Yon get their teeth into some Ascension Island issues.
It was really no shock at all to receive news that yet another light has been snuffed out on Ascension Island last week - namely access to the American mail system.
In the St. Helena News of the 6th of April 2001, Mike Olsson interviewed Governor Hollamby in St. Helena and printed the following quote;
"To ensure that customs duties will bring in the necessary amount of money, arrangements will be sought with the Americans in order to stop the supply of duty-free goods from the Base and their employees."
When the axe finally fell last week, some 2 months after that original statement, it was no surprise to anyone; if it was not the culmination of a process initiated by our absentee landlords, then it was heartily approved by them. We are caught in a system where those who would impose restrictions on us, are not subject to those restrictions themselves.
Of course we are grateful to our American guests for allowing us to use their
mail system for the past 30 or so years. It was very disappointing to have the
courtesy withdrawn, especially as many people had come to depend on it to compensate
for the lack of goods and high prices in the local shop, and the inferior alternative
mail service. Ascension is not an easy island to live on for (some) families,
and this privilege made life a lot more tolerable, was highly valued, and will
be sorely missed.
IT'LL ALL END IN TIERS....
The rule-makers need to be aware of the fact that, in a small mixed community,
where different sections of the working population have access to varying levels
of privilege, the main by-products are;
1. Resentment.
2. A black market.
3. People will get dissatisfied and leave.
S. Fowler
It is no secret that the majority of Ascensionites have no desire to allow St Helena Government any level of control over life on the island. In fact, if there is any St Helenian out there who has any faith in the ability of SHG or has any good words at all to say about them then Steve and I would love to hear from you. Please call us on 4622 and tell us why you think they would be good for Ascension. Those already employed by SHG are not eligible to take place in this 'phone vote.
There are already signs that the new system of supervision in the Health and Education Departments is less than perfect. Apparently the reason for handing over management in these areas to SHG was to do with the National Audit people in the UK. This information was relayed by the Governor to the Forum Committee. Two points immediately spring to mind;
i) the St Helena News is always reporting on the shortage of quality nurses and teachers on their island. Not a confidence boost for their ability to do any better here.
ii) St Helena could be liable for a UK audit as DFiD pour money into the island but it has already been made clear to us that Ascension will stand or fall without any financial aid at all. So why should we be liable to a UK audit?
Two major criticisms of SHG are their secrecy and inflexibility and just recently we have had proof of both and how allowing "absentee landlords" (to coin a phrase used by Mr Fowler) to run the island is detrimental to the quality of life for the majority of us.
Anyone passing through Brize Norton recently will have been stumped by the drastic restrictions on passengers flying to Ascension Island. You may have thought that this is a military policy or a UK government policy but this cannot be the case as the same restrictions do not apply to passengers travelling on the same plane to the Falkland Islands. It would appear that the ANRD (a department of SHG) on St Helena decided that European Union measures to prevent the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) would be applicable to the South Atlantic. Whilst it is commendable that they wish to keep St Helena FMD free, the manner in which they have chosen to achieve this is undesirable. Firstly they bypassed Ascension completely by not seeking to inform or obtain agreement from our own Administrator. Until last week, Mr Fairhurst seemed unsure as to the extent of the restrictions or from where they originated. Secondly, they didn't bother to discover or care what impact these restrictions could have on the populace here. Unlike the other European Union Countries and indeed St Helena, we on Ascension do not produce any fresh goods at all. So whilst St Helena is still tucking into fresh eggs and fresh meat we have been watching our friends and family having such goods confiscated at Brize. Oh and by the way it would have been nice for passengers to know about the restrictions prior to actually arriving at the airport.
If we had been asked to help then I am sure pierhead checks could have been instituted and notices published requesting RMS passengers not to take certain goods to St Helena. A far more flexible and sensible approach as I am sure most people will agree. I did ask a couple of qualified veterinary surgeons as to the validity of the restrictions and you will be pleased to know that a lump of Cheddar from Sainsbury's is not generally considered lethal and the storing of footwear in a plastic bag for the duration of the flight without any disinfecting procedure is considered to be verging on the ridiculous. Eggs will only be considered dangerous if John Prescott is in the near vicinity!
So come on AIG, we were promised openness and the freedom to choose how the island would be governed. We know mistakes will be made, as with any new venture, but let's strive to correct them as early as possible and to get things right from the start. It is clear to everyone on this island that no-one wants SHG in any way involved with any decision making on any level. Let's not implement systems or hand out positions that will be nigh on impossible to reverse in the future.
A few weeks ago I interviewed the Administrator for the Islander Newspaper and asked him if he could give the people of Ascension anything to be optimistic about. The question still stands
C.Yon
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 Danielle first across the finish line |
 Year 1 in the 50m dash |
 Starter for the day - Nick (RAF PTI) |
 Some fun games |
 The Wheel Barrow race |
 Huxley House Cheerleaders |
 Tug of War contest |
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Dr. Norman Ratcliffe and his team returned to our headquarters at the famous Lodge, Sandy, Beds last week, carrying with them the tapes which will soon make up a BBC radio programme.
Norm's trip was very successful in that he was able to iron out a lot of the health and safety issues surrounding sea-bird monitoring on Boastswainbird Island. He was also able to put electronic tags on quite a few frigatebirds which had laid 238 eggs so far. When he returns in July, Norm expects to find that the birds have laid quite a few more eggs.
On Monday, Jim Stevenson arrived from the Lodge, accompanied by Dr. and Mrs. Don Merton from New Zealand. Don and Jim have both been involved with trying to save the Seychelles Magpie Robin, a species that is inching back from the brink of extinction. The world population just reached 100 last week.
Jim's job is to represent the bird conservation interests of all the UK Overseas Territories and he is the manager of the Foreign Office funded £0.5M project to begin restoration of the seabird colonies here.
The restoration project has three phases. This first phase, which will take 2 years, will involve:
· the work of Norman Ratcliffe and others in monitoring the seabirds
· the work of Rachel Sharpe in promoting conservation education · the appointment of two conservation officers to increase and co-ordinate conservation activity on the ground
· the removal of the last of the island`s feral cats
· the improved management of the island's livestock, probably by enclosing them in a fenced and gated area.
· Preparation for phase 2
The second phase, which does not yet have funding, will be to permanently eradicate rats from Ascension and the third will be to eradicate Mexican Thorn, although, it may not be the RSPB that leads on this component.
At the end of the week, Jim will be joined Alistair Gammell who is the International Director of RSPB, and Dieter Hoffmann who is the head of Global Programmes with the intention of meeting people and planning the details of the programme for the next two years.
Jim said, " We are trying to stretch the government grant to get as much real conservation work done as possible. It will be fantastic to keep coming back here to see the seabirds recolonise the main island, but this will only happen if we can keep it predator-free. To do this will require everyone's cooperation and some changes in procedures such as the way cargo is handled.
" Jim is on the island until Saturday night and hopes to meet as many people as possible with an interest in the project.
To find out more about RSPB visit www.rspb.org.uk
To contact Jim Stevenson in the UK, e-mail jim.stevenson@rspb.org.uk
A PROFILE: DON MERTONDon Merton and wife Margaret are from New Zealand where Don is part of the Department of Conservation's Biodiversity Recovery Unit. Throughout his 40 year career Don has specialised in the rescue and recovery of endangered animals: Many New Zealand birds, reptiles and invertebrates have undergone massive declines in numbers and range - or become extinct - since rats, cats and other alien mammals have been introduced. For instance, by 1980 the Chatham Islands black robin had been reduced to just 5 birds including only one viable pair! Through removal of sheep and cats, and cross-fostering of black robin eggs and chicks to the nests of other free-living birds to boost productivity the black robin recovered and now numbers almost 300 birds. Since 1974 Don has played a leading role in the rescue and recovery of the world's largest parrot, the flightless, nocturnal kakapo. As a result of predation by cats and rats, kakapo numbers declined to ~52 birds in the mid 1980's. Through transferring all remaining birds to predator-free islands the species has been saved from extinction - and numbers increased…there are now 62 birds in the world and survival of adults and chicks has dramatically improved. Don is a pioneer in the ecological restoration of islands and in the early 1960's was instrumental in eradicating rats from four small New Zealand islands in order to save breeding seabirds. These were the first islands in New Zealand (and probably the world) from which rats were eradicated. Since this time eradication techniques and capability have advanced enormously - rats have been eradicated from ~40 islands of up to 3,000 ha in area. Don has played a leading role in more than twenty island eradications involving eight alien mammal species. When in 1964, rats reached Big South Cape Island off southern New Zealand, Don and colleague Brian Bell tried to rescue native wildlife confined in range to that island and whose existence was threatened by the rats. Big South Cape was the final refuge for several birds and a large bat. Don and Brian were successful in saving one bird - the saddleback - by transferring some to other islands, but were too late to save the last populations of the NZ bush wren, Stewart Island bush snipe, the greater short-tailed bat and an unknown number of invertebrate species - all of which became globally extinct. This was a timely lesson for Don and colleagues who vowed never to let this happen again… but it very nearly did! In 1995 rats reached Fregate Island in the Seychelles, tropical Indian Ocean. Until that time Fregate had been the last rat-free island of more than 200 ha in the Seychelles, and an important refuge for many native animals - including the critically-endangered Seychelles magpie robin. Last year Don and a team from NZ eradicated the rats from Fregate and two other islands …their efforts were in time for although some species were in steep decline, no extinctions occurred. Don and Margaret are visiting Ascension with Jim Stevenson of RSPB, to assist in planning the restoration of Ascension's world-renown seabird breeding colonies - including eradication of rats. Jim, Don and Margaret are due to depart on Saturday 23 June. |
Hash number:857
16th June 01
Hash Hare: Skipper and Colgate
Hounds: Frank-n-Furter, Twin Peaks, Thunderthighs, Crystal Tips, Island Boy, Ivor the Engine, Yeti, Chuck
With all assembled at Mars Block the on-on was over the back wall (remember the wall Major) across the road, through the school and in the direction of dampiers, o check and a rocky one up found Ivor the Engine and fellow hashers with minor injuries. A couple of coolers were waiting our arrival, so far after a few soothers and some shoe repairing by F-n-F, it was all go again some very rocky parts found us with more cuts and bruises. More slippery rocks and yes I have mention that I too fell pray to some loose ones. One does start to worry slightly when all you do is go in the opposite direction from home. Along the power cable (and a very nice one at that) back towards TB found us at our final destination where we all enjoyed the hospitality from our hares.
With special thanks to our hares for a marvellous spread, you did yourself proud boys. It was nice to see HKP again and the Major popped in for a few! Sadly The Major will not be participating in hash for a few weeks due to knee injury (in other words he is resting his old bones) and finally happy hols Morticia. A little note to all our hashing friends - if you are unable to make a has or have to work on Saturday you are always welcome to the bashes after, please don't feel that as you haven't hashed you don't deserve to be there especially when we have our cook ups. And finally don't wait to be asked, if you fancy have a go the venue is always in the Islander so just turn up and if we don't like you we'll send you on a false trail. Anyone welcome.
Next Weeks Hash: The Major from A3 Ivor the Engines house
Week 23rd June Hash: Fugitive and Ivor the Engine (followed by cook up at
Pan Am)
Hash Scribe: TP
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