Dawlish Warren - Wide Receiver - 26th January 2020

After last week's coldest hash of the winter, we had the wettest hash of the winter today.  It really was miserable as we arrived into the car park at Dawlish Warren.  All the hats and coats were out, and our hare - Wide Receiver - was one of the very few in shorts.  It was good to see Cums to Soon and Just Brett (no official name) back for 2020, and No-Name "Alex" returning again. 
Bollards greated the pack as Grand Mattress, and was about to set us off when Woodpecker arrived. But we were all getting too cold to wait!  The trail took us back under the railway line, and then left through the car park.  A check saw us change direction, and   onto the South West Coast path, which after a couple of fish hooks, and Stix emptying his baldder (Tight Lips didn't have to look), we got ourselves onto Exeter Road just before Dawlish. Then over the crossing, and a hilly long-short split led us to the park land just above the leisure centre for the sweetie stop. Possibly the most exposed point our hare could find for the vegan sweets that waited for us.  A further long short round the houses before back onto Exeter Road to rejoin the coast path. Now with the wind and rain driving behind us, we enjoyed a run along the sea wall, and a slog along the beach, with the added entertainment of a fishook, back on-home to Dawlish Warren.
In the circle, the cool-box holding the drinks was literally floating away!  For some reason, Bullbait put a high-vis jacket on, and we remembered that Woodpecker was on the hash as well!  A few fines , including Stix and Stingray for sitting - in the cars - at the end of the hash.
Next week we'restarting from Pinhoe Station (map), and I suppose you have one more week to pay your annual subs!

But where was Woodpecker?

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Stoke Woods - Blobby and Twin Peaks - 19th January 2020

It was a cold day - I guess the coldest City of Exeter hash this winter.We decided not to wait for Spocky becuase it was too cold.

We ran about 10 meters before reaching the first regroup. The longs ran up a bank and then stayed high on a particularly slippery bank, before sliding back down to the shorts.

The whole pack, inlcuding the hares, managed to accidentally missed the next long short. And then the Bitz's, Tampa and Woodpecker appeared - apparently they had got stuck with closed roads.

Several fishhooks and regroups held the front runners back. And then we jumped over a stream before climbing a steep bank where Stingray fell over and slipped back down, and Splat took about fifty attempts to get up (with her dad shoving from the rear).  See video from Blobby.

Soon after, a sweetie stop, with fudge, watermelon thingies, and some fancy oreo-bicuits for the fussy ones.

After that there was a fallen tree to negotiate.  Twin Peaks mounted it, then excalimed "it wasn’t this wet this morning"... what she meant by that I didn’t know.

Some nutters went on the big tree-swing.

We headed up to the top car park where some *****ers had dumped some rubbish. Unfortunately, Twin Peaks managed to shout out "You wouldn't believe some people" as she walked passed a couple getting into their car.  Hopefully they realised she wasn't talking about them.

Twin Peaks really was the star of today's hash - she then fell over on the particuarly shiggy downhill  - couldn't have happened to a better person... Then Howlin' Wilf shouted at Harry the dog for nearly tripping him up, to which Son of the Bitz replied “Sorry, what have I done wrong?”

Fines went to Twin peaks, all the later cummers, Sting Ray for also falling over, Howling wilf for child abuse… (I cant remember any more)

Next week our hare is Wide Receiver: Dawlish Warren (map), parking (free) on the beach side of the railway bridge.

Finally, Don't forget to pay your annual subs before the end of the month.

Annual Subs due by end of January

Annual subs for 2020 are due duuring January.  The cost is £20 for an adult (18 or older), £5 for a junior (10-17) and free for 9-year-olds and younger.  Subs can be paid by cheque to "City of Exeter H3" or in cash to Spocky, or via credit/debit card, or via PayPal, or via BACS

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Updated City of Exeter H3 hash diary

The hash diary has been updated:
Jan 26, 2020 11:00AM
City of Exeter Hash, Dawlish Warren, Wide Receiver

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On On
City of Exeter H3

Beare - Sore Point and Paperwork - 12th January 2020

This week's trail was number 969 and a joint hash with Taunton.  And for once CoE weren't completely out numbered.  It was a cold, windy morning, and it was raining - at least in the layby. One we left the layby it seemed to dry up, and then when we returned again on the on-home, it started again.  Weird. 
Sore Point and Paperwork were our hares, and they had the orange t-shorts on - hooray!  A bit of hash-confusion at the start as we sent off up the footpath that would eventually take, but we had to go back to the layby and up a different path to get there.  Woof Woof's foot got tangled in a bramble and ended up looking very comfortable in the undergrowth!
It was an extremely muddy trail, and 90% of it seemed to be up hill.  Once we got to the top - we seemed to keep on going!  There was a single long-short split, which once completed, led us to the sweetie stop.  But no sweeties - mulled cider (made by Paperwork) and cheesy feet (made by Sorepoint) instead.  All the kids seemed to be being told "Yes, all the alcohol will be boiled off" - I wasn't so sure - it tasted pretty good to me!
3.3 miles in, it was looking like a long trail - but fear not, we were soon on the on-home, following the outward trail, as the rain returned to lash our faces.  A quick wee for me, and we were back at the layby.  No fines this week, but we drank beer and ate crips as usual, and finished off the mulled cider.
Next week we're in Stoke Woods, the lower car park (https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13845330299974766656), for a hash laid by Blobby and Twin Peaks.
And don't forget to Renew your subs! Pay online here: http://cityofexeterhhh.blogspot.com/p/2016-subs.html

Updated City of Exeter H3 hash diary

The hash diary has been updated:
Jan 19, 2020 11:00AM
City of Exeter Hash, Stoke Woods Lower CP

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On On
City of Exeter H3

Updated City of Exeter H3 hash diary

The hash diary has been updated:
Feb 02, 2020 11:00AM
City of Exeter Hash, Pinhoe Station CP, EX1 3SE

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On On
City of Exeter H3

Joneys Cross, Woodbury Common - Spocky - 5th January 2020

Words by Speedy and Rocky.
This week’s hash was from Joneys Cross on Woodbury Common laid by Spocky.

• In the circle he told us that it was going to be a very muddy trail
• 1 on on
• Tampa was late
• We were told that last week Bullbait and Wide receiver licked each other in the sauna, to test for moisture.
• Stix fell over and did a commando roll in the mud, he said “it was like a pillow,” he then offered bollards a hug
• We had fun going through the forest full of mud
• At the sweet stop we saw Tampa in the distance and thought he had missed the sweet stop, his excuse was “, I needed to wash my hands,”
• We ran through some more mud before reaching a Long Short split, where the longs did 2 loops around the surrounding fields
• Back at the car park we enjoyed mince pies as well as refreshments
• Fines went to Stix for falling over, Bollards for asking how many on on it was, Child catcher twin peaks and Itsy bits for going for a wee, and Tampa was late

Next week's trail is from the B3181 layby just after Beare, on the right hand side coming from Exeter, https://goo.gl/maps/H2BjV6AwAUtTgdYL7. Its a joint trail with Taunton H3, laid by Sore Point and Paperwork