LAST WORDS FROM KILTMAN

It is with regret that I have decided to resign as blogmaster for the Vilnius HHH. Over the last year I have been discouraged by the lack of support from members of VHHH. Numbers attending HHH activities have fallen & the number of actual Hashes held has dropped.

It has been said often enough on this blog and elsewhere that the Hash cannot expect the same two or three people to do everything. Lots of people come up with ideas about how to improve the Hash numbers.... but no one is prepared to back thier ideas with action.

Kiltman has decided enough is enough.... time for others to take thier share.

So long and thanks for all the fish:)

HASH 320 - SUNDAY 27th

Next Sunday's Hash is an active hash!

Not one where you sit on your butt piling on the calories, but where
you move it and work off a few, if we have anything to do with it
(before going in and ....)!

So be there!

Meeting time: 11.15 for an 11.30 sharp start
Cars pick up at the bottom of Pilies at 11 sharp (if you miss them,
you can still manage to run to the meeting point)
Cost: a flat 10 LT for drinks, regardless of how much or little you
drink, 5lt for children

Meeting point:
It's the bridge in Zverynas that goes over to Vingio parkas; it's in
Birutes g.. Plenty of car parking spaces. You go on the main route
into Zverynas, and you turn (right or left, depending which direction
you come from) at Moniuszko, or Pusu or Treniotos or Traidenio gatve
and go as far as you can, and you'll see the suspension bridge (if you
don't know what is a suspension bridge think Golden Gate bridge). If
instead you see the Parliament and two bridges you have turned the
wrong way, but Zverynas is not big.


Fiona and Beate

Beate
tel +370 6 8627702

HASH 319 - Sunday 13th January

SQUEAKY & YK have agreed to act as Hares for Hash 319 this Sunday. Not sure exactly where yet but DeepShag will send an email out before the weekend.... so check your 'inbox'.

JANUARY HASH PROGRAMME

HAPPY NEW YEAR.......

We plan to run hashes in January as below.... but we need hares so someone needs to volunteer:)

Hash 319 - January 13th
Hash 320 - January 27th

HASH Irish Breakfast - Dubliner January 20th at 11:00 am

HASH Bowling Evening - Akropolis Tuesday January 29th at 19:00 pm

NEW YEAR DAY HASH - JAN 1st 2008

Merry Christmas to you all...

VHHH New Year Hash will happen.... January 1st... 14:00 start... Vingis Park.... down by the singing concert stadium:)

Kiltman is hare.

CHRISTMAS 2007

A very Merry Christmas 2007 to all Hashers where ever you may be during the holiday season :) Let's hope the snow forecast for today in Vilnius comes & that at least there is some 'whiteness' over Vilnius on December 25th.

Perhaps now is not the correct time or place to comment but Kiltman would just like to add a few lines about what's missing in the VHHH this Christmas:

1. We had no Christmas Party
2. We have no Boxing Day Hash

Why.....???? No one came forward to volunteering to host, help, plan, encourage or in anyway get involved in arrangements for any of these events.... indeed it seems an ongoing situation through 2007 & on into 2008!!!

There will be a New Year's Hash on Jan 1st at 14:00 in Vingis Park [Kiltman as hare] but beyond that & into 2008 we have nothing.

We want to arrange bowling nights and other things... but if no one comes to the Hash then we have no income.... and if no one volunteers to hare then we have no hash!!!

IT IS YOUR HASH - MAKE IT YOUR RESOLUTION IN 2008 TO CONTRIBUTE, TO PUT SOMETHING BACK & NOT JUST TAKE!!!!

VILNIUS MARATHON 2008

OK.... so VHHH is a 'drinking club with a running problem' or 'a running club with a drinking problem' or neither of those... :) Whatever your description of VHHH the Vilnius Marathon or Vilnius half Marathon makes a great target for 2008. Being held on September 13th 2008 the course winds its merry way round scenic Vilnius....

9 months is plenty of time to prepare for either full or half marathon... decide to enter NOW :)

Details:

http://www.maratonas.lt/en/

BREAKFAST AT THE DUBLINER - SUNDAY 16th DEC

With the Christmas Season (Festive Season if you are being politically correct) coming & many Hashers going away for the holidays then we thought it's time to start the Hash Breakfast!!

Join us at the DUBLINER at 11:00 on Sunday to enjoy a traditional Irish Breakfast.... eggs, bacon, sausages, beans, hash browns, tea and orange juice.... costs about 30lts all together:)

Highly recommended... a great 'fry up'

Kiltman

PS - Dubliner opens at 11:00 so don't be too early:)

BURNS NIGHT JANUARY 26th

More info slowly appearing on Burn's Night. The floor plan above shows the tables on the main floor. We have reserved tables 9 & 10 - so 24 places in total.

The dancing etc takes place on the balcony (up the stairs near our tables).

Contact Barbara as soon as possible if interested. No exact details on the cost of tickets yet... except there is an increase on last years price (2007) but I can't remember how much they were:)

HASH 317 - SUNDAY DEC 9th

Details arrived from NEEDLES (Sunday's Hare).... look's like an Old Town Hash... or it could go out along the river... only way to find out is to come along:)

Our next hash will be this Sunday, December 9, 2007. It will start at the corner of Subacius g. and Boksto g.,at the fort. 11:30 start running/walking.

See you on Sunday,

On on!

Guess there's no need for a carpool for this one!!!

Usual cost - 10lts per adult to cover cost of drinks etc etc.

NEXT HASH 317

Well VH3 Hash 317 is meant to be this weekend (December 3rd) if my calculations are correct - but not heard anything about it so I guess it's not happening:)

Latest rumours are that NEEDLES has volunteered to be hare for a HASH on December 7th... further details as available:)

Kiltman suggest we have our 1st monthly breakfast meeting on Sunday December 14th at 11:00 at the Dubliner. A full traditional breakfast with fresh orange & black tea is around 30 lts. Watch this Space.....

Not sure about our traditional Boxing Day hash.... we need a volunteer to act as hare.

About New Year's Day Hash.... Kiltman will volunteer to act as hare... 14:00 start time in Vingis Park

WE NEED HARES FOR 2008 - NO HARES , NO HASH

BURN's NIGHT

Ok - it's getting close to that time of next year..... Burn's Night... January 25th or 26th... not sure. Location is at New York we are led to believe.... (OK... checked, it's Saturday 26th January).

Keep your diary free:)

FULL MOON HASH (White Sticky Stuff)

Saturday's Full Moon Hash was well attended by VH3 standards - with around 10 people braving the elements:) It was a horrible wet night & the hardy hashers found it hard to leave the warmth & comfort of Amatininku for the streets of The Old Town.... but being brave fellows we soon entered into the spirit of things & hashed our way past one of our old hunting grounds (Austukai) which looks as though it will soon re-open as a psuedo wine bar (seats don't look as comfortable & there are no obvious barrels for Kiltman to dance on).

On, on we went for our short little hash to pass our drinks stop at a new wine bar on Traku... BoBo... there must be at least 500 bottles of wine on display... but only 1 version of house by the glass... but Czech Budvar & lots of bottled beer:)

From there onto that Irish hotspot called the Dubliner for a bite to eat.... IceHole made an appearance being allowed out from Belerus & Andy & Lena were welcome newcomers to the VH3.... no circle because it was late & we were inside....

PS - forgot to mention the title..... it could either be Kiltman thinking about his breakfast date with ***** from ******** or the fact that flour turns to glue when wet & cheap flour is in very thin bags that disintigrate a first sign of rain:)

BREAKFAST @ THE DUBLINER

An early morning run for 55mins round the forests of Sepagine followed by the reason.... traditional Irish / Scottish / English breakfast at The Dubliner - perfect! Where do they get the bacon from ?

2 fried eggs, 2 sausages, 2 big juicy rashers of bacon, fried tomato, mushrooms & beans.... fresh orange juice and black tea with milk... perfect...

Kiltman suggests it should become a regular once a month Hash meeting... thoughts???

FULL MOON HASH 317 SATURDAY 24th NOVEMBER

Saturday is a Full Moon so time for a gentle Hash.... not a run, not a pub crawl but something in between in and around the Old Town of Vilnius:)

Starting at Amatininku at 19:00 and ending up at the Dubliner for dinner at around 20:30. We'll manage a quick drink stop on the route:)

Hare is Kiltman.... phone +370 653 10009 if you need to find the pack.

There might or might not be the usual charge of 10 lts for drinks etc - we'll decide on the night:)

ON, ON....

HASH 316 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18th

So this Sundays’ hash will be at Verkiu Malunas. Regular start at 11:30. Let’s meet at the parking lot by the restaurant in the old mill called Vandens Malunas, the exact address is Verkiu g. 100.

This will be our starting point and also a place for lunch after the hash J and there will be a special down down for a birthday hasher!

As normal there will be a car pool from the Cathederal end of Pilies. Please be there by 10:59 as the cars will go at 11:00 :)

Cost is 10 lts for adults... covers cost of drinks etc etc. Kids free

Winter rules:)

ON, ON

HASH 315 NOVEMBER 4th ONON

Hare Kiltman hash 'decided' that Sunday's ON, ON will take place in the Old Town - at

Artistai PUB

Šv. Kazimiero 3

If you don't come to the Hash (which you should) then at least you can join the ON, ON. It's only a short drive from the HASH venue (see posting below) to the Old Town & the bar. For non-hashers I guess we'll be there around 13:30 to 14:00 for lunch & beer:)

BOWLING CANCELLED

The Bowling Evening booked for this Wednesday (Oct 24th) is CANCELLED. Only 1 person indicated they were coming!!

SUNDAY HASH NOVEMBER 4th

An early warning.... our next weekend VHHH hash is scheduled for Sunday November 4th. It'll happen in the forest up behind the Lithuanian Military Academy. Start time 11:30.

An early warning.... our next weekend VHHH hash is scheduled for Sunday November 4th. It'll happen in the forest up behind the Lithuanian Military Academy. Start time 11:30.

There has been a lot of work done in this park over the last couple of years and there is now a very good surfaced path network which is easily suitable for kids & walkers etc. There are a few sets of steps up & down some of the steeper hills but in general the entire trail is quite flat.... for the walkers:) Kiltman promises that the runners will know they have thighs at the end of the trail as one or two or even three steep hills will creep into the run:)

Plan at the moment is for a reasonably long trail... but if the weather is bad it'll be shortened:)

MARINE CORPS BALL

Yes it's the time of year when the Colonials celebrate the birthday of their fighting forces!! The Marine Corps Ball. It being held at the Lithuanian Military Academy on November 10th. Major Pain will be organising tables for those interested in going - email with statement of interest:)

Come one, come all! MSG Detachment Vilnius, Lithuania proudly announces their Marine Corps Ball to be held on the 10th of November, 2007.

Please see the flyer for other important information!

This is a formal occasion and your 100 LT ticket gets you in to Hors D'euvers, a before dinner aperitif, the Ball Ceremony - to include Marine Corps Birthday Cake Ceremony - a full sit down dinner with Avocado and shrimp or dried ham salad, Fillet of Beef, Chicken Breast Rolls with Ham Stuffing, or Salmon and Turton in Filo Pastries (please place order at time of ticket purchase), cake, coffee, tea, wine, juice, mineral water, a Cash Bar and Dancing the Night Away!!

Special nutritional concerns need to be addressed at ticket purchase in order for us to be able to accommodate those with restrictions/allergies, etc.

SEATING WILL BE DECIDED AT TICKET PURCHASE, SO BUY EARLY!! TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE IN THE GUNNY'S OFFICE FROM 1100-1300 EACH WEEK DAY.