Sunday, February 24

Topsham - Hole-in-1 and Bluto - 24th February 2019


  • A gloriously sunny and warm morning
  • The hares wouldn't wear the hare t-shirts becuase they "don't like them"
  • Mad Max continues to "Break-In Ben" - always steer clear and don't approach from behind! But Lethal Weapon II not very well.
  • The long are not marked...  Nearly ended up in Ebford!
  • The FRBs cut short and missed the loop round the church
  • We lowered the tone in the Lookout hide at Bowling Green Marshes, by spotting the LGBT seagull.
  • Whoops - most of the pack missed the sweetie stop
  • A viewing hole the right height for Twin Peaks
  • Fines to Speedy for not doing the fish hooks (although he argued he did), for Spocky for nerd naming, and to Twin Peaks for avoiding fish hooks.
**Now that Rate-the-hash is discontinued, you might be missing the opportunity to offer your own witty comments.  Please comment on this post if you gave photos or words to contribute. We'll be voting on February's best hash next week in the circle***

Words from Speedy, and some photos below

This Sunday we hashed from Topsham, haired by Hole In One and Blue toe, as per normal we started with the circle, where we were re welcomed by Mad Max's new friendly dog, we started the trail by going on a swift run around Topsham eventually finding some fishhooks where, Speedy was the only one who went back to the Hare, Hole In One. We then had a run along the riverside wall until we got to the nature reserves where Bullbait saw some LBGT birds, we then ran accidentally ran past the sweet stop, Tampa was very angry. The athletic hashers got to the long short split, however, unfortunately the longs couldn’t find any marks, so they had to come back. It was not long until we found our way back to the car park.
In the circle Speedy and Twinpeaks fined each other for avoiding fishhooks and Spocky was fined for nerd naming.
Notices:
Next week we are at Exeter University (Hatherley Labs) laid by Speedy and family. We will also be voting for the hash of the month for February, so who will be joining Woodpecker as finalists for hash of the year!
Also a group of hashers are considering going to the England Women vs Italy Women at Sandy Park, kick off is on march the 9th at 12:05, if you’re interested please contact Stix, for more information please visit - https://www.sandypark.co.uk/events/england-women-vs-italy-women







Sunday, February 17

Four Firs, Woodbury Common - Strapo and Swampy - 17th February 2019


  • Child Catchers 40th birthday and celebrations that involved throwing children (toy trolls) at her which she had to catch. The 'purple helmet' and glasses were for H&S.
  • Mad Max brought a mad dog!
  • No Butt made a return, and did Clever Dick
  • Bollards made gluten free, vegan cup cakes
Words by Speedy...

This Sunday we hashed from Woodbury common, haired by Strapo and Swampy, we started with a
surprise birthday as Childcatcher had turned 60 over the weekend, as revenge Bull bait decided we
should commemorate this by throwing child dolls at her, and to make it worse, each one that she did
not catch she would have to do a star jump, – unfortunately she only caught 3 so she had to do 17
star jumps. We did this because she is called Childcatcher – for those of you who didn’t get that joke I
suggest you go to - https://www.wikihow.com/Have-a-Sense-of-Humor.

Furthermore, before we started Mad Max informed us not to get within 2 meters of his new
dog, Lethal Weapon III, who apparently is a rescue dog, and is not used to being around hashers.

We started the trail and Bullbait went the wrong way despite the excessive amounts of dots,
fortunately he was able to have a wee in the woods, so all turned out alright for him. At the sweet stopwe were treated (particularly Tampa) to some cakes prepared especially for Childcatchers birthday and cooked by Bollards.

At the end, our good-looking, amazing executive sheriff Speedy and assistant sheriff Splat sorted the
fines out.

Finally, we sang happy 60 th birthday to Childcatcher before we forced her to down a pint of gin, which she tipped over her head.

Also, a group of hashers are considering going to the England Women vs Italy Women at Sandy Park,
kick off is on March 9th at 12:05, if you’re interested please contact Stix, for more information
please visit - https://www.sandypark.co.uk/events/england-women-vs-italy-women

Next week we're in Topsham, at Holman Way car park, hared by Hole-in-1









Sunday, February 10

Alphington - Blobby and Twin Peaks - 10th February 2019

  • Groucho may his return to the hash as Life-President!
  • Woodpecker did his own trail after arriving late (10 past 11, allegedly...) - FINED!
  • We admired some Ferraris 
  • Stix nerd named when he disturbed all the wildlife in the nature reserve when shouting at 'Billy' to stop disturbing the wildlife in the nature reserve - FINED!
  • Midly Moist couldn't follow the trail, and ignores fish hooks - FINED!
  • Only Wide and Stix bought beers at the Sweetie Stop (outside the Double Locks), and were told by the bar staff that they could have glass glasses, because they 'looked responsible' - whole pack FINED for not buying beers
  • Half the pack decided to run along a pontoon by the Double Locks, not realizing that it ended - only Wide Receiver decided to make a 3 meter leap of faith - not very responsible! - FINED!
  • Drop Off nearly got hit by a train - he tried to cross after the local train went passed, only to be shocked by a Cross-Country train coming the other way - FINED!
  • Bollards, Twin Peaks and Child-catcher raced to the 'finish line' - FINED!
  • We enjoyed pizza and chips back at Blobhoblin Manor - and Groucho handed out the awards from Xmas (including his own, for not hashing!)
And, it the first hash-circle vote for Trail of the Month - the winner was Woodpecker (and Howlin' Wilf) for the hash from Uphams Plantation. That trail will be the first of the nominations for Trail of the Year - to be decided at the Christmas Hash in December.  Commiserations go to the other hares - shame Spocky wasn't there to rig the voting!

If you have any quotes, stories or photos about the trail - comment on them below, and you might win a prize at the Xmas Hash!

Next week's trail is from Four Firs on Woodbury Common (map) - hared by Strapo and Swampy.








Sunday, February 3

Woodbury Castle - Oddbitz and Wobblybitz - 3rd February 2019

A little bit of snow left up on Woodbury Common for Oddbitz and Wobblybitz's trail this week - certainly enough to launch a snow ball fight.  Much of the time, we weren't bothering to look for marks, but instead trying to find a fresh patch of snow, before it all melted in the winter sun.  A very enjoyable 4.5 mile has for the longs, starting from the Castle Car Park (Estuary View side).  We visited all the sites - Four Firs and the Model Airfield, and some good views of the coastline. We spotted a big X on the side of the valley, and thanked the hares for going above-and-beyond to lay that so clearly (see photo below). Stingray was promising financial payments for hitting Twin Peaks with snowballs - I hope he paid up.  The sweetie stop was particularly boisterous - see the first hash-flash below where the were snowballs incoming thanks to Spocky.  Speedy was coating his with mud, for that extra special touch - and at some point Bollards told him to grow some balls, so he fashioned a pair from the white stuff!  

Next week, we're in Alphington (Westcombe), at Blobbington Manor (map).
And as always, don't forget the Rate the Hash.