By Dr Toilet 
One beery sunny day an Englishman, a Scotsman and a South African (no joke!) drunkenly decided (no joke either!) to revive the Barcelona HHH, much against the wishes of wives and children. It was rumoured that the original BarcelonaHHH had been started by Singapore Chris back in 1989 but had died a slow death due to too much organisation, bad singing and people taking more interest in the beach and those things on two legs that are known to roam there partly unclothed. So, Derek Starling, Moray Macdonald and Gino “Dr. Toilet” Duffett took it upon themselves to create the correct Mis-Management structure and give it a go once again.
The first Hash was held on 11 October 1997 and after much publicity and many phone calls 14 brave hounds turned out. This first hash was notable for a few things: DDs were finished in the pitch dark due to our over-enthusiasm in this part of the Hash; Not-to-be-named took her shirt off during the circle (thus providing the interest that was lacking in hashes back in 1989) and a mad Dutchman offered to help! We all drank too much, had a good time and decided that this was for us.
Jan “Nobody-loves-me” Vogels was quickly installed as Hash Dray and has done the job ever since (we are never short of a drop). After a year or so, first Moray and then Derek left to seek their fortunes elsewhere leaving Dr. Toilet to hold the can. Needing to cover his mistakes he, now assisted by his wife Doña Limpia who had changed her mind about hashing, quickly enlisted the help of Blob, Lord Boring Bastard, Sir Cumcision, Capt. Ball Squeezer and Prof. Burra to create a larger Mis-management committee. Hash names were also started and one blustery day a Hash Geek arrived in the guise of Timfuk2, known to many hashers far and wide, who started the web that you are now using.
During this period BarcelonaHHH has fluctuated between 20 and 40 hashers: more arrive when the BBQ comes out and less after notorious trails such as the one that led across the top of a 40 foot near vertical embanked race track set by Thanks-for-not-mentioning-the-nose in order to catch shortcutters (it worked as only 2 fools risked certain death!). The singing was also improved dramatically after Leeky was drafted in to add her Welsh melody to the usual din. This improved singing coupled with the larger Mis-management, our enthusiasm for having a good time and the recent influx of beauty will hopefully ensure the continuation of this Hash.
