- Jimmy/Melissa/Veronica Travel: Ardennes - the Zombie Hash expanded to a weekend event and included running through an incredible abandoned sanitarium
- Jimmy/Melissa Travel: Ardennes - attended the BMPH3 Replacement Christmas Party Weekend with fun trails and an amazing party DJed by Opee; Berlin - Cold War bunker tour; meeting up with Bjarne; Prague - great seeing hash friends from around the world for the first time during the pandemic; hike around Cesky Raj; Svijany Brewery tour; hashing across Charles Bridge in red dress; patternoster (coolest and most dangerous) elevator; rooftop terraces; Vienna - celebrating Melissa’s 58th birthday
- Jimmy Travel: London - meeting up with Brett; Borough Market; hashing near Camden
- Melissa Travel: US - two productive weeks of helping Ann after losing Dad; spending time with sisters and Dad’s best friends; afternoon with Darlene and Mike
- Veronica/Ashlynn Travel: California - cocktails with Grandma; driving lessons with Brett; seeing Auntie Eden, Auntie Leigh, Monique and Sarah; getting to know Cousin Nick; exploring San Francisco; Exeter - being together for Christmas, especially important so soon after Ashlynn’s breakup; fashion photoshoot; Dartmoor and other Devon hikes; spontaneous New Year’s celebration with Exeter neighbors; Glasgow - COP26 Green Zone; life drawing session; lockdown embroidery projects
- Veronica Travel: Arizona - staying with Rachel, a childhood friend from North Carolina, in Tempe; hiking in the mountains; California - spending time with Brett’s family in San Diego; meeting Siena, and scuba diving and tidepooling with her; seeing places Mommy and Daddy went when they lived in San Diego including hashing with San Diego H3; 4th of July on the Bay (felt very pre-COVID); amazing epic road trip with four camping trips in the Sierras; wild swimming in Alpine lakes; daytrip to Mexico; meeting Brett’s friends at Nick and Meghan’s wedding; Exeter - spending weekend at Dreda’s farm and meeting Veronica, the cow; hikes on the South West Coast Path, camping in Devon; Scotland - visiting Edinburgh and seeing Sam; hiking with David and meeting Tamsin; meeting Ashlynn’s friends
- Ashlynn Travel: Germany - Berlin and Luneburg with Soso; celebrating 21st birthday with Soso and her flatmates; Namibia - spending so much time out on the water and with Heaviside dolphins and lots of humpback whales; morning runs with Antonia; so many flamingos; witnessing a NGO detangle seals from plastic; being involved in a successful humpback stranding; most amazing hike up Spitzkoppe; rooftop tent camping with Antonia; game drives in Etosha National Park; spending time with lions at sunset; watering hole at night; UK - surprising Sophie for her 21st birthday in London; daytrips and hikes in Edinburgh with friends; Edinburgh Fringe
- VACCINES!
- Dance parties: virtual, of course, and international; being together for King’s Night; extra special because Jimmy, Ashlynn and Veronica all DJed
- Bootjuh: new floor, taking Kati out with us; discovering new canals; good social-distanced fun with friends
- Airfryer: not a waste of money after all
- Jimmy/Melissa: Christmas dinner with Sally and John; New Year’s Eve with Carlin, Kent and Mark; Beery Christmas Advent Calendar; Untapped app; transforming into beer snobs; 28th wedding anniversary dinner in Naarden with Ashlynn and Carlin; photographing Celine and Richard’s wedding; helping with demolition at Reinhardt and Inga’s new house
- Jimmy: happy to run a trail marathon with no pain; super happy to be involved with WorldStartUp / Impact City with Climate Action Center; finally found his tribe; launching Harrier Central; haring Eurohash Ballbreaker in Prague which was both the best run and worst run at different moments; best co-haring team on Eurohash Trail 11; leading half of the pack by accident onto private property
- Melissa: long walks with Terri, Carlin and Sally; awesome urban art walks in Rotterdam and Utrecht; grand opening of Art Depot; cool exhibits at Kunsthal; becoming Customer Service and Brand Manager for Harrier Central
- Jimmy/Veronica: visiting Keukenhof Gardens with limited crowds; playing with Hasselblad
- Veronica: volunteering at Floating Farm and Invisible Foods; self-portraiture; writing Coves to Cliffs blog; starting Impact Communications, a consultancy firm; not having to move back alone to the US in the middle of the pandemic; being in love and living together; scrapbooking and creating first zine (self-published magazine); learning how to make film contact prints; wild swimming; panto rehearsals
- Ashlynn: COVID-19 lockdown with Clifton House flatmates—like a family; good times with Bilge; Citron, the racing bike; running in Glasgow; Kelvingrove snow; River Kelvin; Subcity Radio community; live music gigs in Glasgow; bartending and hanging out with friends from BAaD; field trips; cool dissections; new flat with Ellie; being an adult, living an adult life; going to the pub; studying at the Learning Hub; solo hikes; Guy Fawkes Day with friends at Necropolis; nice cinema dates; getting accepted to University of Glasgow’s Thailand Expedition in June 2022; community dinners with Char; hosting Sophie for one week and Soso for two weeks; DJing the Freshers Fair
- Visitors: Steve and Tim, our only intercontinental visitors, each for two nights after Eurohash; Carlin stayed with us for close to one month while waiting for her UK visa
Happy New Year! Stay Safe!
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