Hare: Patrick Russell aka Hornblower aka birthday boy
Co-hare: Carlo "why not add in this valley?" Pangrazio.
Venue: Bentong Estate, 11 kms beyond Bentong.
Scribe: Terry Gardener
Comic: Linda Van Dijk
Occasion: BIRTHDAY RUN
Allow 1 hr+ from Karak Highway toll. A little further to travel than normal but we hope worth it. This is a new, never hashed area in spectacular and virgin running territory – a garden of Eden. Note there is a RM1 toll into the estate. It will be a runner’s run. The hares have obtained special permission
for the first ever HHH on this estate. PLEASE DO NOT LET US DOWN BY LEAVING CANS, BOTTLES OR OTHER LITTER AT THE RUN-SITE.
Directions:
Proceed to Karak-Kuantan highway toll. Get there to Bentong by old (scenic) or new (quick road). In Bentong, pass blue church and pink pasaraya on RHS. Pass Hentian Bas on LHS. Negotiate 1 way system and follow signs to Raub, passing Hospital Bentong on LHS. Zero trip meter at modest small-town mosque on RHS.
@ 3km pass exit to Kem Tentera on LHS
@ 6.1km take exit on LHS marked route 55 to Fraser’s Hill. Also signposted Bentong Hill’s Orchard
@10.4kms turn left over bridge into Ladang Bentong. Over bridge turn immediate right and head into estate on dirt track passing tractor tyre marker on RHS
@11km pass sign to Manager’s Bungalow and keep going straight
@ 11.5 km pass boom gate and pay RM1 estate access fee to Samy Vellu’s
cousin.
Follow dirt track and hash signs to run-site @ 12.1 kms. Park under oil palm near river and FFB collection point. Slot next to river reserved for beer wagon. Do not obstruct bridge or estate road for tractors.
On-On Venue
Restoran Yee Fatt – Bentong. From run-site, zero trip meter and proceed back to Bentong. Pass Kem Tentera, Golf course etc on RHS. At approx 10km, look for Petronas Station on RHS. Restoran Yee Fatt is +250m on the LHS, enter past plant nursery. Plenty of parking round the back. HHH should be in air-con room at the restaurant.