Run-site: NamBee estate, near Rasa
Travel Time: allow 60 – 80 minutes, depending on where you start from
Date: Sunday 1st October, 2023
Hares/Co-Hares: Isaac & Amelia Milliner
Registration: 1:00 onwards
Run Starts at: 2:00 pm

We’re back at a great running area, by the river running through the old Nambee Estate.
It’s not such a great driving area, but we can do a shuttle over the last 1-2 kilometres, for anyone who wants to park before the road gets scary.

There will be hotdogs and cold drinks, as usual, so it’s going to be a fun afternoon for the whole family – remember to bring some pocket money and a change of clothes.

A section of the run will be in the river (mostly 30 – 60cm deep), which is great fun and nice & cool, but it should be possible to bypass that if you have a very small child and don’t want to carry them – ask before the run starts.

PLEASE remember to register BEFORE the run, at our registration desk. Members just mark the registration sheet, and guests must fill in kids’ details (plus a phone number) on the guest sheet, and pay the guest fees of RM10 per kid.

EVERYONE (members and guests) must also sign out AFTER the run, so we know that nobody is lost.

Directions

The parking is near a small Hindu temple, set among the buildings of an abandoned palm oil estate, close to a river.
So we park at the top, and then you can walk forward and then follow the track left down to a river crossing, where we may set up our hotdog stall and do the circle.

As with most run-sites, it’s easy to get there if you let Waze or Google Maps help you navigate.

The last 3.5km of the driving route has some muddy/bumpy bits and also some nice flat bits.
Everyone needs to take care, and low-slung cars may need to take extra care – don’t rush it!

If you click one of these icons, it will direct you all the way to the run-site:

But check the proposed route carefully – we think that Waze is educated now and will no longer suggest that you drive 6km along a very rough track from Batang Kali, which is no longer passable. To prevent that, simply make sure that you go via Rasa Chinese Cemetary, which is here:

If you follow these instructions, you should find it easily, but we’ll have paper signs as you get close.
After you turn off the main road, the quality of the track varies a lot – some of it is very good, but there are a couple of places where you need to take it slowly.

For traditionalists, you could follow the directions below (there are also good alternatives, e.g. past Batu Caves and up the new Rawang bypass, or via the N-S highway to Bukit Beruntung):

From KL Head North on NKVE and Exit 117 for Sungei Buaya / Serendah.
Reset Trip Meter at Toll

• 350m Turn left onto Route 1208
• Go straight (winding road) for just over 2km until you reach traffic lights
• Turn right at the lights, towards Serendah/Rawang
• Drive straight for about 3km, passing the Perodua factory, and keep in the left lane as you approach the old highway 1 at Sungei Choh.
• Approx 7km: turn left at traffic lights onto route 1, towards Serendah / KKB / Ipoh
• 26km (just after bridge and road sign to Rasa on left) Turn Right, following hash signs onto gravel road at cemetery.

Follow Hash signs for a further 3.6km, to the run-site.

If you have a car with low clearance, or you don’t trust your car (or yourself) along a variable-quality road with some tricky bits, please come EARLY, drive as far as you’re comfortable (the Durian Farm is the suggested spot to drive to), and then find a safe place to park and either walk the rest of the way or get a lift with someone’s off-road vehicle.
You can WhatsApp (not always reliable in the wilds) or SMS 012 305 7004 with your name, the locaton where you’re waiting, and the number of people, and we’ll sort something out.

On On!

The 10 Green Bottles (hanging in the trees) run

Run-site: 2K Hotsprings and Campsite at Ulu Yam Baharu
Travel Time: allow 60 – 80 minutes, depending on where you start from
Date: Sunday 3rd September, 2023
Hares: Brown family (Aenea and Bigfoot)
Co-Hares: VanDerMarel/VaanHolt family – Guus & Abel
Registration: 1:20 onwards
Run Starts at: 2:00 pm

If you were at June’s run, you may remember a friendly dog that joined the short run. Its owner came looking for it, and got talking to Mr Brown, and the result is that we’re running from his camp-site on September 3rd. How’s that for serendipity?

This is a great campsite at the head of a beautiful valley with farm fields, jungle and plantations, close to Batang Kali.
Check out the camp-site web-site for campsite attractions & facilities – including 3 hotspring-fed swimming pools!

If you have a tent (or know how to get to Decathlon) and would like to camp on the Saturday night, please contact the site owner directly on +60 19 338 4008.

KK (the camp owner) is a Hasher and his two very well-behaved dogs will probably follow us around the run to make sure that we don’t get lost!

After the run, there will be hotdogs and cold drinks, as usual, so please remember to bring some pocket money and a change of clothes.

PLEASE remember to register BEFORE the run, at our registration desk. Members just mark the registration sheet, and guests must fill in kids’ details (plus a phone number) on the guest sheet, and pay the guest fees of RM10 per kid.

ALL KIDS (members and guests) must also sign out AFTER the run, so we know that nobody is lost.

Guest kids just pay RM10 per run, as always.

Directions:
This is a new run site for the Junior Hash, but any big runners who were mad enough to do the KL Full Moon Hash Ball-Breaker run on 6th August will already know it.

There is plenty of parking at the campsite but please be mindful of non-hash campers who may also be using the campsite.

You can take your preferred route towards Ulu Yam Baru (close to Batang Kali), which is approximately 35Km (about an hour) from KL or PJ, depending on your start location.

The route has a few turns through the Kampung so please use Waze or Google Maps – just type in ‘2K Hotspring campsite’ to either App, and it will take you directly to the campsite.

The last part is a good quality single track road, so normal clearance cars will have no problems.
There are 2K campsite signs when you’re close.

These links should take you to the campsite:

On On!

Run-site: Cherandong Waterfalls, near KKB
Travel Time: allow 65 – 85 minutes, depending on where you start from
Date: Sunday 13th August, 2023
Hares: Koh family (Marthe & Wilma)
Co-Hares: TBD
Registration: 1:30 onwards
Run Starts at: 2:00 pm

Apologies to those who like the consistency of running on the first Sunday of the month! In August, the Full Moon Ballbreaker is on the 6th, and several of our committee members like stupidly long runs, so we’ve moved our run to the 13th.

The Koh family have selected the popular Cherandong Waterfalls site for July. This will be the same site where our hugely successful (and tasty) Hari Raya feast was held in May.
It has a great river (the upper reaches of Sungei Selangor) for playing in – just keep an eye on small kids with floats or you might have to drive to Kuala Selangor to collect them 🙂

There will be hotdogs and cold drinks, as usual, so please remember to bring some pocket money and a change of clothes.

PLEASE remember to register BEFORE the run, at our registration desk. Members just mark the registration sheet, and guests must fill in kids’ details (plus a phone number) on the guest sheet, and pay the guest fees of RM10 per kid.

EVERYONE (members and guests) must also sign out AFTER the run, so we know that nobody is lost.

Guests just pay RM10 per run, as always.

The run-site is at a private camp-site, but our club has paid the site fees, and most of the weekend campers will have packed up by the time we arrive.

Directions:
Use Waze or Google Maps to go to “Cherandong Waterfall Trailhead” – this is on tarmac, and is on Jalan Kampung Buluh Telur, 44000, Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor.

This is on the right (East) side of the river – make sure that Waze doesn’t take you to the closest road on the other side of the river!

Then follow our KLJHHH bunny signs to take the trail on the left, which stays close to the Selangor river for 1 or 2 km further to our run-site, where there is plenty of parking. This trail is a little bumpy in parts, but suitable for normal cars – just take it slowly and carefully, and you’ll have no problem.

More detailed directions:

Tell your navigator to guide you towards Kuala Kubu Baru (or use the link above)
• At the crossroads on the old Ipoh road by the Rasa Chinese Cemetary, set your tripmeter to zero
• After almost 1km further (towards KKB), turn RIGHT to Ampang Pecah
• Continue on Jalan Ampang Pecah for 5.5km
• When your tripmeter reads about 6.5km, just before a bridge, turn RIGHT
• You should see the DAM cafe and DAM fishing pond on your right
• Drive another 2.3km
• When your tripmeter reads about 8.8km, you’ll see a parking area on your LEFT. Turn in, and then follow the plantation road on the LEFT, which soon runs alongside the river
• Follow the hash signs to the run-site, at which point your trip-meter should read something close to 10km

On On!

Run-site: Batang Kali Estate, near Ulu Yam
Travel Time: allow 60 – 80 minutes, depending on where you start from
Date: Sunday 5th March, 2023
Hares/Co-Hares: Iris and Zulaika, Gillian and Dylan
Registration: 1:30 onwards
Run Starts at: 2:00 pm

This Sunday our run-site (parking area) is hidden away among the palm trees of Batang Kali estate.

We have run here a couple of times in the last year, but each time we set a very different trail, and for March’s run we’re focussing on a scenic route, with impressive vistas of the mountains of Malaysia’s main range.
OK, it’s not quite the Alps, but it’s still very pleasant to look at, as you run/jog/walk along the trails.

There will be a short trail (2-3 km) and a long trail (4km) – the short trail is more suitable for the smaller kids and people without
There will be hotdogs and cold drinks, as usual, so please remember to bring some pocket money and a change of clothes.

PLEASE remember to register BEFORE the run, at our registration desk. Members just mark the registration sheet, and guests must fill in kids’ details (plus a phone number) on the guest sheet, and pay the guest fees of RM10 per kid.

EVERYONE (members and guests) must also sign out AFTER the run, so we know that nobody is lost.

Guests just pay RM10 per run, as always, or they can choose to join for the year.

Directions:
As with most run-sites, it’s easy to get there if you let Waze or Google Maps help you navigate – just click one of the icons below or follow the directions further down – but remember that it might not take you all the way:

The dirt road starts here, just after you turn off the main road:

The run-site is further in – you might be able to use this Waze link, but if you put the same coordinates into Google Maps it will take you the wrong way, past an orchid farm.

To make sure you don’t get lost, it’s also a good idea to read the directions below:

Detailed Driving Directions
• Get to Ulu Yam Baru any way
The B23 Jalan Hulu Yam Baru-Batu Caves road is a good way from most starting points, but you can also go through Serendah (use the Rawang or Sungei Buaya exit from the N-S highway) and Antara Gapi
• Zero your tripmeter at the bridge over Sungei Liam, just before you enter Ulu Yam Baru town.
• At the t-junction immediately after the bridge, turn LEFT towards town.
• At 0.9km, in the middle of town, turn RIGHT onto the B113 towards Genting Highlands.
• Pass the Balai Polis on your left.
• At about 2.1km the road bends sharply to the left.
TURN RIGHT HERE AT THE SIGN ‘LADANG BATANG KALI’ (small tarmac road)
• Then take the first right, before the small estate manager’s house, into the estate (earth track) and continue about 1.3 kilometres to the run-site – this is about 300 metres past the run-site we’ve used before.

The track is OK, but some parts are a bit tricky for low-clearance sports cars, so we suggest you leave the Ferrari at home and bring the Perodua instead.

The runsite has plenty of parking near a small stream – or maybe a big stream if the current dry spell is replaced by a wet spell!

On On!