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RIDE DATE PLACE TIME SCOUT(S)
231 Sat 10th May Audley End stn. 11.00am RasherBasher
232 Fri 30th May TBA 7.00pm Volunteer Please!!
233 Sat 14th June Ice House or beyond? 11.00am Volunteer Please!!
234 Fri 28th June TBA 7.00pm Volunteer Please!!
235 Sat 12th July TBA 11.00am Volunteer Please!!

Scouts should note that the Spokesman will get very angry if he's not in the pub for his lunch by 1 o'clock, and if his mileometer registers anything with a '3' at the front at the end of the day!

Notwithstanding the helpfulness of other Bashers, riders are responsible for their own punctures, and should ensure that they carry a pump, a spare tube and a puncture kit.

E-mail notification of 4th-cumming trails is available at the click of a mouse. Just e-mail your e-mail address to the ScoutMaster, Schoolboy'sDream:

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Questions? -- call the ScoutMasters, using a telephone on 01223 245899 or 01763 243516.

How big a cock-up was the last ride? Click here to read about it . . . Cycling Weakly

Click here to read about . . . Other Bash/Hash events

In 1938 a small group of ex-pats living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, started running a Monday evening 'paper chase' as an excuse for working off their regular weekend hangovers - they called themselves the Hash House Harriers after their favourite watering hole. After the War other Hash packs were formed, so that today there are 1000's throughout the world . . .

In recent years several Bike Hashes have sprung up with similar objectives: to follow a flour trail of 20 miles or so, over all kinds of terrain (we dislike tarmac and use byways, bridleways and the occasional footpath), and then to socialise in the pub with your fellow Bashers. The trail is laid with checkpoints to allow the slower ones to keep in touch and to minimise the risk of getting lost; back-up maps and clever shortcuts also help. It is completely non-competitive (take it at your own pace), and open to all ages and sexes. We follow a scenic route away from hustle and bustle, approximately 15 miles to a lunchtime regroup, usually a fine pub unknown to the masses. The return route is short, just enough to stimulate a need for more liquid ingestion and an interest in the 'circle', convened to investigate the errors and misdemeanors of the day. The post-Bash socialising and ritual are at least as important as the ride itself, and will ensure that you waste the whole of your Saturday - well it beats washing the lawn or mowing the cat!. Rides are normally on the second Saturday of each month starting at 11.00am (often from a rail station near Cambridge), but don't complain if that should change from time to time - we are after all 'randomly active'. There are additional Friday evening bashes during British Summer Time.

CRABs HHH Mismanagement

This list of misfits deny all responsibility for mismanaging the affairs of CRABs H3

Big Wheel:

Evan (BusReplacementService) Hunter

An honorary position bestowed on a hard-core Basher, whose job it is to preserve the spirit of the Bash, and to be the life and soul of the circle (whether they like it or not!)
Tandem:

Andrew (PissPot) Ede

Jonathon (RasherBasher)

Deputies to the Big Wheel and to lay trails in an emergency (i.e. if the ScoutMasters decree it)
Spokesman:

Roger (Crabbo) Crabb

Responsible for Bash ritual, ceremony and the punishment of sinners.
Scout Masters:

Peter (Doghouse) Bradley

Sally (Schoolboy'sDream) Haiselden

The ones who hassle you to lay trail occasionally.
Bash Cash & HandleBar:

Mike (Umplebore) Umpleby

Treasurer and bar steward.
WheelWrite:

A veritable wizard with words, in charge of all Bash correspondence, contacts with other Bashes, and the production of a newsletter.
BabyMinder:

Ruth (UpperClassTart) Crabb

A recently created position to ensure a plentiful supply of witchetty grubs on the trail, and to look after new riders.

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