#1270 Ellerhayes Bridge - Sorepoint & Paperwork - 9 August 2026

Another hot one, but at least we knew there was a river to cool off in at the end! The trail was marked in fine sawdust... We were warned not to follow the "inch square" wood chippings. I ended up doing nearly 6 miles on a trail that was quite demanding in terms of the hills! The marks were extremely difficult to find given they were the same colour as the scorched grass. Lots of checking to do too. Following the longs, I think I only ever saw the shorts at the regroup! Humpty was complaining about the heat but still managed to be front running.  And of course we ended up on the little river beach to cool off, but a few of the shorts missed it 😢

Down downs went to the hares, Pearl for pissing on the sweetie stop, and Mouthful for quote of the week "are you going down, Ju". Not sure who Ju is anyway...

Next week we're at Kingskerswell for a BBQ with Zoot and Hot lips.

#1269 Belle Vue, Great Plantation, Liverton - Mouthful and Nobutt - 1 Aug 2026

A extremely dry trail around the muddiest place in Devon. Nearly 5 miles for the longs, with at least two of longs being ha ha's! The 11 of us on trail (Happy Snapper taking the photograph), kept together well, and apparently we agreed not to do the final long. Happy Snapper, Wilf and I must have missed that memo, and so Mouthful had to come along with us. We passed the Star Inn at 11.56, but by 12.02, they still weren't open, and there was a queue, so got back on trail. 

Thankyou hares!

Next week we're at Ellerhayes!

#1267 King George V playing fields - Speedy - 19 July 2026

A speedy trail with visitor's and a pub stop. There pub wasn't quite open though. And then Paperwork needed a pee. Down downs for the visitors for not bringing money on the hash, to Speedy for graduating, and for Tight for talking about parish councils an the way round. And for me too for accident putting apple juice in my own beer instead of the down down one.

#1266 University of Exeter - Can't Tell- 12 July 2026

A very nice hash today bare in mind the heat, amazing views and perfect timing and excellently layed, loads of long shorts splits and a few fishhooks. Big thanks to cant tell for laying this hash. SOTB