Bicycle Hash Sunday June 3d at 8 am

For the bike hash this Sunday June 3rd we will meet at Sriwan Restaurant. Starting from Big C travelling south along the super highway turn left at the first traffic light. This is highway 1020 to Thoeng. Sriwan Restaurant is about 2 km along this road on the left site. There is enough parkingplace, turn left just after the restaurant. The moment we are at Sriwan we will put our bicycles in front of the restaurant as a bike sign. The trip is approx. 27 km along quiet roads. The beginning of the route, about 25% of the route, is unpaved road. As it is still very hot during the day, we will begin the bike hash at 8 am. See you on Sunday June 3rd. Kind regards, Ben & Elly For those of little faith who truly do not believe a hash ride will take place in these days of testy weather, read the belated report of last month's ride: At first last Sunday's bicycle hash looked like it wasn't going to happen. It had rainned all night and the steady drizzle showed no sign of abating. That however was not enough to discourage Comes Twice who phoned the hare to insist that in the absence of deluge or lightening the ride should go ahead. Thus it was that eight hardy hashers showed up at the Hua Doi intersection all ready to go. These included Comes Twice, Blows Twice, her son Stephan and his girlfriend Gabrielle, Ben, Elly, Superglue and the hare who doubles here as your faithful correspondent. Five minutes into the ride Blows Twice discovers that she has a broken cable. Nothing son Stephan can do helps. Fortunately the deflault position for these gears is the lowest option so she is able to handle most hills and clay. There was a lot of both these challenges ahead. About 20% of the route was off the paved road and a goodly portion of trials had no gravel. As the wet clay soil clung to our bicycle frames we prayed that we would reach more paved road before our wheels clogged up entirely. As for the hills, these proved most challenging for Elly. However she found a novel solution. Using her finely cultivated feminine skills, she enticed a passing motorcyclist to allow her to cling to his arm as he drove upwards. Altogether we went about 33 km and it took about 3.5 hours including a coffee break at the White Temple and many cigarettes along the way. It rainned at the beginning and the end but most of the trip was pleasently cool and dry. Excessive sunshine was not a problem this time. On! On! Hash Sec Wirgin Bluce --