Wednesday, May 31

Autumn Gathering 2017

Registration for for the 11th City of Exeter H3 Autumn Gathering is now OPEN!  

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See the words and photos from last year's event here

Sunday, May 28

Pinhoe - Childcatcher - 28th May 2017

HARE REQUIRED for 6th August

As usual, for Hash Words, I’ll start off with a comment about the weather.  It was warm – very warm, and sunny.  I started to wish I’d put more sun-screen on.  In the opening circle we had a minutes silence due to the events in Manchester last Monday then the hare, CC – still with a dodgy ankle – advised us it was a two and on trail with one long/short split where the long was much longer than the short.
We headed off out of the car park and almost straight to a long/short split.  The longs wound up through some houses, crossed the motorway bridge and then crossed back again via the blue bridge.  We passed an attractive display of heathers, headed up some lanes that used to be the main road through the area in “the old days” eventually arriving at the new housing estate where BB and CC live where we re-joined the shorts.  Fortunately, there was some cold water on offer at the sweetie stop alongside an array of chocolates and fruity gums.
Rehydrated, the pack headed further into the estate and onto a cycle track that lead to the Met Office.  We weren’t allowed through the Met Office grounds so took a route around it, down to the main roundabout and back up along the main road that used to be a tiny narrow land; cue more comments about “the old days”. 
The longs had a deja-vu moment, but there was a nice big arrow pointing in a different direction to the first time round.  We had completed a figure of 8.  At the bottom of the hill we were On-Home and soon arrived back at the Railway Station Car Park.
[Words by Bollards]

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Coming up...

4th June: Twisted Oak, Ide - Blobhoblin (Roast Lunches at £8.75 - please let us know if you want to reserve a table) (map)
11th June:  Lympstone village car park - Spockybitz (map)


Monday, May 22

FW: 🐈🐩🐾 Devon Lunatics H3 First e-Newsletter πŸΎπŸ©πŸˆ

City of Exeter H3 – supporting Devon Lunatics as they launch their newsletter

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NEXT LUNATICS HASH:
Friday 9th June, 7:30
Young Farmers Club Car Park
OD Thatch Inn (opposite CP)
Cheriton Bishop
Woody

 

 

This is the first mailshot for the new monthly newsletter for the
Devon Lunatics Hash House Harriers.


Numbers have been dwindling and joint runs with other hashes has not helped retain our unique character. In order to address this we are going to trial for 6 months setting trails on the closest Friday or Saturday night to the Full Moon, in this way we will not be competing with established hashes for people joining our runs.

Ideally we want as many Devon Hashes as possible to be able to join us, therefore, whenever possible we will aim to have venues close to the A38 corridor.

What we need now is for you to circulate this email to other hashers who might like to attend some of our hashes and for them to join our mailing list. In this way every month we will let you know where the next trail will be.

If you would like to volunteer to lay a trail then please reply to this email with date, venue and On Down if different.


On On
Rambo

 

 

This is the mailing list to date.

Please forward to others who would like to subscribe, they can subscribe by using this link: http://eepurl.com/cOSMRP or by clicking the button below:

 

 

Hash Diary dates at the bottom of this newsletter.

 

Lots of hashers turned up for an excellent trail on Wednesday 10th May from Route 5 Diner, Haldon. The 4+ mile trail was laid by No Butt and Bogof.

Below are some photos taken on trail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mouthful is one of the few to do Fish Hooks, completing 4.8 compared to my 4 miles, as he also checked the wrong way at every check (don't ask him to suggest lottery numbers).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above we see the Down Downs. Bogof was nominated as Lunatic of the Month (Pillock would have been another good title for the award). The previous Wednesday he called off our regular cinema night due to another commitment, assuring Rambo that they would see Guardians of The Galaxy 2 the following week. In a conversation with No Butt she said in an alarmed tone: "He can't do that, he is one of the hares for the Lunatics Hash!"

 

 

Hash Diary 2017

PLEASE VOLUNTEER FOR ANY OF THE DATES BELOW:

Friday 9th June, 7:30
Young Farmers Club Car Park
OD Thatch Inn (opposite CP)
Cheriton Bishop
Woody

Saturday 8th July
Devon Lunatics Summer
Dash & Splash Hash

5pm for Hash:
Bovey Tracey Swimming Pool
6 to 7 pm for swim (bring costumes etc)
OD Dolphin Inn
No Butt

Friday 4th or Saturday 5th August

Friday 8th or Saturday 9th September
(A2B on 2nd Sept)

Friday 6th October

Saturday 4th November (Date of Full Moon) or Friday 3rd to not clash with A2B

Friday 1st December


 

 

 

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Sunday, May 21

Clyst St Mary - Tampa - 21st May 2017

HARES REQUIRED: 6th, 20th and 27th August

We were all excited to see an arrow leading into the playing field behind the Village Hall.  Tampa had promised us a different run, including some private ground and we were urged not to leave trail.  So on we went through the gate into the field and the pack scattered in all directions when the trail was actually around the edge and more or less back to where we had started before heading down the road towards the village and right up a narrow path that we’ve seen a few times before. 
There was a dense crop of what looked like barley in the field, so there was no way that you could leave the main path through the middle.  On reaching the far side of the field and climbing down the bank onto the road we turned left heading back towards the village again before taking a tour of the marshes and losing the trail on the long.  A quick hop over the wall saw us, once again, heading towards the village, but we deviated up the main road.  Here was the shortest Long/Short split ever, involving two alternative ascents onto the footbridge. 
We meandered through the housing estate before re-joining the main road near to the Devon County Showground.  There was much faffing about at a check near the garden centre, with the actual trail leading into and through the car park into a field beyond – obviously this was the private ground section which involved heading through a large gate similar to the entrance to Jurassic Park, unfortunately with no dinosaurs.
 It was difficult to find the trail amongst the long, private land crops, but when we did, it led to a welcome sweetie stop.  The Long/Short split that followed took a route around a field and up a track near to the Friends Provident and Defra buildings before heading back into the housing estate and on home. On the Shorts however the start was similar to a farm assault course - a balance beam to walk across.
In the closing circle we all tunelessly sang “Happy Birthday” to Tampa.  There weren’t many fines because no-one did anything particularly stupid for a change.
Tampa’s Birthday BBQ was bathed in sunshine this year (compared to last year when it was tipping it down).  Thank you to Tampa and Brains for their hospitality and to Coffin for doing the cooking.  
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Coming up...
28th May: Pinhoe (Station Road CP) - Bull Bait and Child Catcher (map)
4th June: Twisted Oak, Ide - Blobhoblin (Roast Lunches at £8.75 - please let us know if you want to reserve a table) (map)

Sunday, May 14

Stover Park, Wide Receiver - 14th May 2017


HARES REQUIRED FOR 11th and 18th JUNE PLEASE (need venues by the end of the week)

Another good turnout for a summer Sunday hash. It was already busy at Stover by the time we arrived: obviously some 'normal' people do get up and about on a Sunday morning. It was good to see the Plympton lot with us again, plus English Muffin and family, and others (sorry can't remember his name, but had two children with him - one on his back!).

Wide Receiver promised us a flat and non-muddy trail. It was fairly flat, apart from the uphill bits, and was fairly dry, apart from the wet bits.

The trail started off in a manner that we would quickly become accustomed too: heading away from the main paths, through the undergrowth. There was an early long-short split, where the longs took a 'path' through the woods, and spotted some rather smelly, phallic fungi - see below for photo! I couldn't get any of the harriets to pose along side it! Then over a slimy fence and up a bank onto the side of the slip-road off the A38. A short run alongside the road, then back down the bank, underneath the pylons, to rejoin the trail at the split point. Then a stretch through the woods, back alongside the A38, before we got to the sweetie stop, where we enjoyed humongous marshmallows besides other tasty treats.

A second long-short soon followed, where Rocky, impressed with his friends short cutting through the trees, decided to try the same thing. He ran straight into a tree, and ended up having to crawl under a branch, by which point the rest of the pack had passed him. There was soon a stream to cross, which had a layer of very smelly mud at the bottom, and which a good part of the pack seemed to avoid. But we were soon on-home, and enjoyed the usual beers and crisps in the car park. Minxy dealt out the fines, which included Paperwork and Bullbait for running around the longs twice having missed the split marking!

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Coming up...
21st May Clyst St Mary village hall (BBQ) - Tampa (map)
28th May Pinhoe (Station Road CP) - Bull Bait and Child Catcher (map)