Chinese New Year - Sau Kong Run
Venue: Ulu Yam (Before Chicken Farm)
Hare: Woon Then Yew
Co-Hares: Jenny Leong
Scribe: Michael Chow
Comic: Mike Rickard
Directions:
Travel whichever way to Rawang.
Go through Rawang and head up old Ipoh Road passing Serendah, the big Golf Ball and Antara Gapi.
400 meters after the "IPOH 160km" milestone (approx 16km from Rawang), turn LEFT at 'ELF' sign.
Then go right and then left.
Drive on the pebble road for 300 meters and park in uncompleted factory.
Note that if you pass a Supermarket on you right on the main road you have gone 200 meters too far.
A nice quick run so the Chinese can come along and still get home in time for their big CNY dinners!
Venue: Tasik Kesuma, past Semenyih
Hare: John Castleman
Co-Hare: Jo Yoong
Scribe: Woon Then Yew
Comic: Clancie Liew
GPS coordinates: Latitude: 2°54'18.81"N, Longitude:101°51'13.58"E
Find your way to Seminyih.
From KL, SILK expressway from Seremban Highway, or Cheras-Kajang highway from Cheras is good.
Turn off at Junction 2101A for Semenyih and Rinching, and go into/through Semenyih town.
Reset your trip-meter as you pass through the traffic lights in Semenyih town with Mosque on right.
Go straight through next sets of lights at 0.5km and 0.9 km.
At 2.5 km stay in centre lane to go straight through lights past Pelangi Seminyih and TESCO on left.
At 5.2 note Bandar Tasik Kesuma sign on left and Seremban 29 KM marker on right.
Look out for Pusat Kemahiran shops and large car park on right at 5.9 km.
Turn right at the traffic lights and sign to Pusat Kemahiran and MARA.
Go to end of road (6.7km) and turn right.
Turn left at 7.3 km and left again at 8km.
Proceed to about 8.5 km past blue factory and park near Hare’s car (Silver Hash Harrier).
On this map it's the green arrow (no idea why bloody Google Maps also wants to highlight Beranang with a red marker):
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ON ON is at Restaurant Zuan Kee in the Kajang Industrial Estate. (Back all the way through Semenyih, straight under the highway bridge, then left soon after Billion supermarket, and left again near end of shops to restaurant on corner after first block of shops.
Venue: Genting Valley, between Ulu Yam and Batang Kali
Hare: Ilona Russell
Co-Hares: various Russell's
Scribe: Woon Then Yew
Comic: Don Cheang
slight change in directions - we now drive a little further in
For GPS-onauts try this :- N3 27.891 E101 40.947
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For the techno-illiterati, try this:-
From KL Proceed to either Batang Kali via North-South highway & Rawang
(hare's advice is not to use the Batu Dam road).
From Batang Kali follow signs for Genting Highlands. At the famous "Old Lucky Light" cross-roads approx half way between Ulu Yam Baru and Batang Kali set-trip meter and turn left towards Genting Highlands.
Proceed towards Genting from X-roads. @2km take first left at major junction sign-posted "Genting Valley". (This road also takes you back to the Ulu Rening junction & Batang Kali).
Follow HHH signs and proceed along winding back road for @2km passing sand quarry on right and oil palms on left and right. @ approx 2.5 kms turn into abandoned Genting Valley Housing Development.
Cross bridge and look for abandoned blue-roofed building on left hand side - this is the run-site.
Enter carefully over slightly bumpy track.
A scenic run with all the usual ingredients. Not too long, and no killer hills, so stay on paper and don't short-cut!
ON-ON will be at the old “Lucky Light” at the Ulu Yam / Batang Kali X-roads. Usual gweilo fare
Venue: Ostrich Farm, Semenyih
Hare: Guinness (Khoo CC)
Co-Hares: Anon
Scribe: Ilona Russell
Comic: Mike Hawkins
Directions:
Take Cheras Highway head for Semenyih. At traffic lights before the Semenyih Police Station turn left into Jalan Lalang as if heading for the Nirvana Cemetery. Drive about 6 kms, tripping the meter to zero while turning right into Kg. Pasir for the Ostrich Farm (which is sign posted)—first hash sign will be planted here. This turn off is about 500 metres after a new housing taman on the right.
Proceed as follows, allowing eight minutes of careful driving:
Kms Remarks
0.5 Cross cement bridge
0.9 Go past the Ostrich Farm on the right, and later a factory on the left
1.5 Turn left at T-junction (Landmark: Opposite is the Solid Waste Resource Recovery Centre; second and last hash sign planted here) and keep on driving along the main tarred road
1.6 Keep left at Y-junction
2.6 Veer left at Pusat Khidmat Negara, still following the tarred road
3.6 Park at near Brightmark Sdn Bhd beside hare's car.
Warning: There will only be only one hash sign. So, bring along this hash direction for reference!
On-on: Zuan Kee. (Kajang Industrial estate - straight back through Semenyih, straight towards Kajang, turn left after Billion supermarket)