Sunday 22nd September 2013
(-plus- Saturday evening fun)

Combined AH3 Run 1838 & Pist-hashio hash

Island of Aegina

Hare: The Bookmaker

GPS: 37°44'46.24"N, 23°25'36.03"E
Trail length: 9.666 km
On-in length: 3.8 km
Starting point altitude: 1 m

 

Satellite images of the trail

 

The Garmin Etrex GPS recorded track of the trail. The blue circles are the checks.

 


The red line shows The Bookmaker's long 3.8 km On-In measured by S4S in his car after the hash.

 

The port and marina of Aegina town

 

- Photos -

SATURDAY NIGHT IN AEGINA TOWN

FOR THE PISACHIO FESTIVAL


The festival booths in the evening - giving out free samples of pistachio nuts and products

 

Leanover, Shagfest, and Doggy Style ...
heading for drinks on S4S's sailing boat "Astratos" in the marina

 



The boat does not have enough seating for all the hashers...
so many have their drinks on the floating jetty.

Christine manages to fall off the gang plank into the water...
and is heroically rescued by Self Service.

Luckily S4S has enough white towels on board for her to wrap herself in and keep warm.

 



Shagfest with Clitoria on the jetty

Good friends!

 

After the on-board drinks, the hashers with friends and family
have dinner (and more drinks) at a taverna on the beach

 

THE RUN & WALK ON SUNDAY

Hashers at the meeting point at the entrance to the port - at 12.00 noon

 

The bookmaker - the hare - describes the trail he set that morning

 

The trail leads the hashers down the narrow & rather noisy "touristy" back treets of Aegina town

 

Hats anyone?

 

Shagfest squeezes through the narrow gap between buildings

 

Another backstreet

 

The hare poses by one of his many checks

 

Shagfest outside the wall surrounding a historic ruined church

 

The sign says 'Holy Church - Our Lady of Revelations'
(and with) Catacombs

 

Shagfest climbs the wall to get a better view of the ruined church

 

Self Service poses next to a Pistachio plantation

 

Mad Dog takes a break from photographing

 

The bookmaker

 

Walled country lane

 


The sea comes in to view as we search for the trail at a check

 


The start of The Bookmaker's long 3.8 km on-in

 

The sign showing the way to the Limani (Port) and Perdika

 

On-In

 

The port in the distance

 


The port gets closer.

The end of the run and the circle was past the port on the beach directly after the archaeological site.

 

THE CIRCLE

Pist-hash-yo GM Strawberry4Skin welcomes Shaggy (from Thess)

 

View of the circle

 

Kum Kwick holding up (or pushing over) a pine tree

 

Rocket Socket seems happy to be getting a down-down

 

Coke Dealer's mum and dad

 

The Bookmaker's souvenir from the trail - a bikini found hanging in a tree

 

He "awards" it to Kum Kwik

 

Captain Sumo, The Bookmaker, and Christina

 

 

Shaggy back in the circle

 

Lunch at the Taverna

The taverna was located in the Marina


Walking to the taverna

 

Hungry hashers are ready to eat. Where's the waiter?

And who's still wearing their bikini?

 

Food at last!

 

Leaving the taverna after the meal

 


Hashers leave on the Sunday afternoon car ferry - along with droves of festival weekend visitors.

 

Enlarged view of the passenger crush. Were there any unfilled seats left in the ferry lounges?

 

Directions to the hash (just for the record)

Take a car ferry or hydrofoil from Pireaus to Aegina – meet at the entrance to the port at 12.00 noon .

Hotels:

Contact Sotiris at the Plaza hotel [central] may have some spare rooms for Saturday night

His details are: Hotel Plaza, plaza-aegina@plaza.gr,

phone 2297025600. Rooms range from €30 - 40 - 50 per night.