Monday, October 27

26th October - Fruity Bitz - East Budleigh

It was another great turnout , for Fruitys' birthday hash, with over 20 hashers meeting on a soggy Sunday. We set off and quickly split up on a long/short split, which Tuned In didn't realise and accidentally did the long, it must be the blonde hair! We weren't too successful in our checking out and spent ages at the next check trying to find our way! After running for about 20 minutes, we met back up with the shorts, hoping for the sweetie stop, unfortunately not though.
From there we set off through the farm and traipsed through a lot of poo! It was there we came face to face with the culprit, a slightly bemused cow! She was so scared of us, she did a big poo right there in front of us! With a little push from Tuned In and some herding by Fruity, she went back through the gate into her field.
On On up a big hill to another regroup in a very scenic spot, hoping for the sweetie stop again...still no! On through a part of what turned out to be Woodbury Common, that I'm sure most of us have never been before, ending up in a very narrow path with plenty of shiggy. The first lot everyone negotiated quite well, the second, not so well! One poor hasher, named Blow Job by a bash she used to go to, got totally stuck! Spocky Bitz being the gentleman he is(!!!) attempted to give her a hand but just pulled her over so she got even more dirty. He got his comeuppance though as he was then firmly stuck and it was very entertaining watching him trying to get out. Most people would say it served him right for splashing everyone when he had to go back through it because of a fish hook.
On a little further and, yippee, the sweetie stop. Some very yummy lollies if I do say so. After mum telling us not to run with lollies, we set off back towards home. Back through the lane of poo, minus the cow, then OH to the car park. Most of us stopped in the brook and washed off our legs and shoes.
Including Bag Lady who picked the worst day EVER to wear brand new trainers! The fines were duly handed out including one for Tampa who was the only person who forgot to put his clock back! On On to next weeks joint hash with Bridgwater at Trenchford Resevoir.

Sunday, October 19

19th October - Cathusalem + Iron Lady - Stoneleigh Holiday Park


It was a chilly day as the hashers arrived in dribs and drabs at Stoneleigh. It did appear though that everyone arrived almost on time despite some confusion over the late change of venue! There were well over 20 hashers gathered for the hash circle where we spent 10 minutes receiving all hash instructions! Were we ever going to leave the car park some wondered?! Finally we were called On On and set off into the wind, round in a big circle and then onto a hash halt outside Cathusalems' abode where there were all manner of refreshments laid out, whisky, southern comfort, port, red wine, what a treat, thankyou Cathusalem!
The hash then set off again, through the donkey sanctuary and onto open fields. Poor little Itsy Bitz was suffering with a cold and this wind wasn't helping so X Bitz and Fruity Bitz had to turn back at this point.
After a couple of checks we found ourselves running out towards the cliff edge, luckily spotting the hash halt just before the edge! We had a regroup here before heading onto the long short split. The short heading straight down the cliff path onto the beach at Weston, the long heading inland before joining back up with the shorts. Meanwhile Spocky had run back to check out what had happened to the other Bitz.
Onto the sweetie stop on the beach where we all admired the view and scoffed sweeties. The only way from here was up and up and up! Onto another long short split and still going up. we ended up at Weston CP from there making our way back through the donkey sanctuary and OH to Stoneleigh. Spocky made it back in good time with the shorts, despite having taken a large detour!
Beer and nuts were consumed while Odd Bitz duly handed out appropriate (and inappropriate) fines. We also had a naming for one hasher who made the mistake of saying she still had no hash name despite coming regularly! That was silly, yep, she was named, 'Comes Regularly'! On On to next weeks hash at East Budleigh Village Hall.

Saturday, October 18

Sunday 2nd November Hash

The joint hash with Bridgwater H3 on Sunday 2nd November will be at Trenchford Reservoir CP, north west of Bovey Tracy, off A382 at Bovey. The OD will be at the pub in Lustleigh. Sorepoint hopes to see us all there! (GR 803825)

Thursday, October 16

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Monday, October 13

Autumn Gathering - October 10th-12th


We all arrived at Pixies Holt in the glorious sunshine, found our rooms and generally settled in. Most importantly we thought we'd get the beer barrel set up asap, due the large number of drunkards among us! This was more of a challenge than anyone thought it might be due to Mudflaps lack of knowledge on beer barrels! In his infinite wisdom he had hammered the cork into the barrel so hard, 4 men we taking on the task of removing it. Apparently he even gave it an extra bash with the mallet, as 'one for luck'!! With the ever increasing threat of a tsunami of Otter Bright cascading across the floor, calls were made for a corkscrew which finally resulted in success. A huge sigh of relief all round.
After receiving instructions from Groucho we got ourselves prepared for the hash ahead. We set off straight over the bridge and straight into our first lot of shiggy. After much bemused milling around in the field, the on on was called downhill and over the bridge. Off next to the river and this is where it started to turn sour! The darkness has fallen upon us and the flour was in short supply. After having been stood around for sometime we were called on up and up and up. After the next couple of checks we totally lost the trail despite Emerald doing her very best in the distance. The hare assured us he had laid some flour although I think we all begged to differ. After wandering aimlessly for about 20 minutes we reached the road where we had a hash halt. At this time the hare said the trail is off that way but by this time we could all hear the pub calling to us from the distance so the trail was abandoned and we set off back up to Pixies Holt.
The clean among us showered, the unclean didn't and we all went off the The Forest Inn at Hexworthy for our dinner.
We arrived back at the hostel and prepared ourselves for hash olympics that Groucho and Beanbag had designed. The idea was based on trivial pursuit so tried to rack our brains that by now had a fair amount of alcohol pickling them. The blue team came out on top with the yellow team trailing behind somewhat, then after a game of killer quoits, the difference in scores was only made larger. I have a sneaking suspicion this was also due to the difference in alcohol consumption too probably!
Buzby had brought out an unmarked bottle containing god knows what, though later it was identified as whisky and green ginger wine! This did the rounds with the men although it would appear some had more than their fair share!!!! Meanwhile the barrel of Otter was taking a fair beating too. Eventually at about 2am the stragglers dispersed and went on to bed.
Saturday morning and we all awoke to another beautiful day and after breakfast prepared ourselves for a morning orienteering. Unfortunately not everyone finished this unscathed. Poor old Bell Toll fell over and hurt his ribs and what can I say about Radiohead??!! I don't know if he mistakenly thought he was laying the afternoon hash but he certainly left a trail around those woods! As Geronimo put it, ' 3 gobs and on'! How pleasant. Spocky Bitz came in 1st after running the whole thing so as to get back in time to lay the afternoon hash. The beer was in full swing again when we got back and despite it being October, Fallen Woman and Broken Man were sunbathing! Lunch was eaten by most of us but one hasher seemed to have faded into the background, who could it be? Ah, yes, chief pisshead! Radiohead or Radiodead as he'd now been renamed! He'd had to go back to bed due to the raging hangover that seemed to have overcome him. Thats Crap and Buzby being the thoughtful hashers they are, went to check on his well being, oh yes, and to ask him if he fancied another whisky! Only when Radiodead went as pale as his t-shirt did they stand well back and left him alone! Ah yes, what happened to the papers you were going to run to collect this morning?
By the time 3pm came no-one really looked up for a hash as more beer had been consumed and the sun had relaxed everyone but once the fancy dress outfits appeared people woke up a bit. Radiodead has risen from the dead and had come back as an elf, along with Tuned In and Chesty. Stat Nav says he was an elf but everyone decided he was actually Robin Hood and Mudflap was dressed as a fairy, I've always had my doubts about that one you know!!! We circled up for hash instructions and Poacher realised he had no money for the pub so quickly hurried off to get some. We then thought it would be a hilarious idea to all hide and pretend we'd left without him! It was rather funny when he came haring around the corner to catch us up only to find us all hidden behind the campervan.
The trail was very good, a nice short trail for those taking it easy and a longer one for the foolhardy among us. We had to cross the river on stepping stones that I think Spocky had oiled up especially, poor old Whoopsie slipped and had to suffer wet pants all the way round! Poacher and Radiohead have a lot to answer for too, calling the on on across another river with no stepping stones! After getting in up to our waists Spocky was heard to say, 'what are they doing? The trail is this way!' Out we all clambered having joined Whoopsie in the wet pants brigade.
On to the sweetie stop where a couple of brave souls dunked themselves in the river then it was on on to the pub. On hearing a few discussions by different people it would seem we had discovered a hash-hottie in our midst! Apparently Stat Nav in his green tights had caused a bit of a stir amongst the laydees! As we left the pub even a random stranger commented on what a fine pair of thighs he had! Look out Chesty, you've got competition! After a couple of beers we walked the short route back to hostel to get ready for dinner.
At dinner we were treated to a birthday cake as it was soon to be Emeralds birthday, lovingly made by Geronimo, please take notes Radiohead! On On to hash olympics. After much deliberating it was decided to mark the caption competition by 'laugh-o-meter'. The red team pretty much cleared up on this event as Stat Navs warped sense of humour came into its own. They couldn't quite catch up the blue team though who won the games overall, red 2nd and black 3rd.
After more consumption of alcohol it was decided a fantastic idea to break out the karaoke! This produced some good efforts, some not so good and some just downright awful! Buzby did a worryingly good rendition of Motorhead, Ace of Spades. While Thats Crap and Mudflap did a just plain worrying rendition of Foreigner, I wanna know what love is. It must've been the way Thats Crap sang 'I want you to show me' as he gazed into Mudflaps eyes! Meanwhile Tuned In and Chesty fancied themselves as the queen of pop and sang Madonna, Material Girl. Stat Nav and Radiohead tried their hand at rapping to Vanilla Ice, dear god, someone save us! Once a few more people had left, X Bitz, Whoopsie and Tuned In tried their hand at solos, brave or stupid or just too much red wine....I'm not sure? On On to bed!
After breakfast we all helped clear up the hostel and set off to Postbridge for the morning hash. Radiohead was obviously feeling better than Saturday morning as he chose to run to the hash. We discovered later why, he'd been spotted by Thats Crap and She's Ready running down the hill with a small flock of sheep yards in front of him running away! Your secret is out!
Poacher had laid a hangover hash for us which a few of us did twice, to compensate for all those alcohol calories over the weekend no doubt. Isosceles, Tampa and Brains also arrived for the hash. We then all went to the East Dart Hotel for lunch and sat outside enjoying the sunshine. Another successful C of E hash weekend.
I think a couple of special mentions should be made as they were on the day. Groucho and Beanbag for organising the event. Emerald, Geronimo, Spocky Bitz and Poacher for organising orienteering and haring hashes. Radiohead for donating t-shirts for the goodie bags which were provided by Stat Nav and Chesty courtesy of EDF. To Thats Crap, She's Ready, Bell Toll, Poacher, Whoopsie, Broken Man, Fallen Woman, Poacher, Buzby and Screech who supported us by coming to our weekend and last but not least Radiohead, Tuned In, Chesty, Stat Nav, Fruity Bitz, Odd Bitz, X Bitz, Spocky Bitz, Itsy Bitz, Groucho, Bean Bag, Emerald, Geronimo, Tail Lamp, Bag Lady, Mudflap who came too! A little mention too to Itsy Bitz for being such a good little baby all weekend and giving out cuddles very willingly. On On

Sunday, October 5

5th October - Tail Lamp + Groucho - Rewe Village CP


This mornings hash got off to a interesting start with Tail Lamp instructing the arriving hashers of a change of venue! The large sign that said private car park had gone unnoticed and due to the church having the harvest festival, we were unable to park there. So off we drove to a very picturesque layby where we began. While waiting for everyone to arrive we got an incredibly dirty look from some woman as we were clearly parked where she parks to walk her dog every Sunday!
We had two visitors, Bell Toll of Isca and Ron who is from the Netherlands. There were 17 of us in total including Jazmine, Twin Peaks grandaughter who assured us 'Holly is the loud one'!
We made our way up the road eventually passing the original start point finally onto a lovely muddy field. Spotting the large herd of cows on the opposite side of the field, we were hoping this wasn't the field of bullocks that had caused the hares to have to rearrange a lot of the route. Unfortunately this meant quite a lot of the hash had to be on road. Nevertheless, it was still very scenic.
At one of the checks our Dutch compatriate seemed to have a spot of bother with an arrow on the road so some of us traipsed down a lane encouraged by a little girl who assured us 'there's loads of white dots down there'. After a while we were called on back as this was not the way after all. How much did Tail Lamp pay this girl to mislead us I wonder?
On On to the sweetie stop where we noshed into the liquorice allsorts, commenting on the lack of selection of sweets and quantity! Tail Lamp and Tuned In there had a lovely conversation about coconut macaroons which then turned into a conversation about coulis and jus! Wierd!
On On we continued into a field where we lost the trail and only found it again after spotting the hares waiting at the gate at the same end we'd entered at!
We then made our way back to the car where Bell Toll, Spocky and Odd-Bitz washed down in the river and we enjoyed a beer next to the river. A lovely scenic hash.