#1206 Blackborough Woods - Sorepoint & Paperwork - 11 May 2025

Paperwork and Sorepoint brought their hash forward by a week, but Sorepoint tore her hamstring while laying on Saturday. But that didn't stop a great lay, and she made it round as hare as well. And we all admired the pile of sawdust she left on the trail when she fell!

Despite it raining in back in Exeter, it was fine on the Blackdowns, and only only train was at the hash circle afterwards.

There was an awful smell for the first quarter of the trail. Presumably someone muck spreading or similar, but it was putrid! The sweetie stop was 4 miles in (to the long), with just 1.5 miles afterwards. Happy Snapper had car problems, and we didn't think she was going to make it. They followed the trail backwards and met us at the sweetie stop. Then did the final section again in the right direction.

Towards the end, Pearl enjoyed a magic mushroom... 

#1205 Kingskersell - Hotlips and Zoot - 4 May 2025

Another sunny Sunday with an excellent turn out in on Kingskersell. We were told some instructions, but I can't remember much, other than that there was a pub on route for some of us. 

The trail started off following the railway line, and then crossing the South Devon Expressway. Then quite a long stretch up a track with great views back over Kingskersell, with the walkers and then shorts veering off right, with the longs contrinuing straight. 

Next time we saw the shorts was as we were leaving the Bickley Mill after a very nice pint of Devon Dumpling! No Butt and Sorepoint weren't tempted in, so we continued with towards the sweetie stop on the Downs. 

Just after that we met Howling Wilf and Bowled Over coming the wrong way. They'd followed their Ukrainian sat nav to a venue in the US, so were 20 minutes late getting to the the start. 

But they ran back with us, across the expressway, with a final long-short split and we were home.

Thanks to the hares for a nice trail and the food afterwards. And thanks to Spocky for the donation of pin of Yellow Hammer!!