 | Hash Trash for Ankara 25th Anniversary |
 Last weekend, 16th – 18th April, was Ankara’s 25th Anniversary. Istanbul was represented by Doormat, Plonker, F’ing Heidi, Amoeba, Dick Martin, Vacuum Cleaner, Sugar Puff, Joint Venture, Tight End and English Patient. Miss Manners also came, but as she is ex-Ankara and only just joining Istanbul, it was debatable which hash she came under!! We started the weekend with a pink (YES… PINK) pub crawl around Tunali area, ending with registration in the Beer Station.
On Saturday we boarded mini buses for a trip to the Efes Brewery (which is nearly back into Istanbul…). First we had to earn the treat though, with a run that was shortish and flat (I didn’t know Ankara had any flat land) for the walkers, and, for the runners, went from the buses to the brewery. With that goal ahead we didn’t see the runners for dust….. The tour of the brewery ended with a tasting of the newly brewed beer (which we were informed AFTER imbibing was particularly flatulent…), then a quick obeisance in the bottling plant was followed by a late lunch provided by the brewery. They even gave us a goody bag with free beer to take home!!! After a fairly brief circle (well brief as these things go…) we bussed back to Ankara to wash the dust off in preparation for the black and white dinner.
F’ing Heidi and Amoeba made a late entrance dressed as a pair of tarts (at least that is what Heidi looked like in his dress) and had to sit outside (luckily the weather was warm all weekend), and were joined by several smokers.
On Sunday a very subdued group crawled onto buses to be tortured by vertiginous slopes around Club Mirador, followed by a very long circle, with everyone having a say in the middle. Plonker finally managed to rip Doormat’s running trousers beyond repair and threw them into the bin (they wouldn’t let me throw them on the BBQ) where they were retrieved by young Mad Max and presented back to him!! We staggered onto the buses after the BBQ, when the beer finally ran out.
An excellent weekend, thank you Ankara.
For photos visit http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=161193&id=561413442&l=a729db1ac5
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