A WARM WELCOME FROM TVH3

Welcome to the Teign Valley Hash House Harriers of glorious South Devon. You are guaranteed a warm welcome and a great hash experience. We are the 'Party Hash' and we run from pubs all over Torbay, Dartmoor and the Teign Valley every Monday evening at 7.15pm. Our trails are marked with flour, chalk or sawdust and take in woodland, streams, byways, bridle paths and rolling countryside. We cater for all abilities, you needn't worry about keeping up, a leisurely walk with others or a good paced run if you're fit - you choose. The run duration is anything from 30 minutes to an hour and the distance is normally between 3-6 miles depending on whether you decide to take a short or long trail. Your first run is free, so come along and give it a go! After the run hashers enjoy a drink and food in the pub. On many occasions, the pub will lay on a 'Hash Menu', food specially for hashers.

WHAT TO EXPECT AT YOUR FIRST HASH

Starts soon after 7:15 pm each Monday.
The Grandmaster will gather the hash together in a circle and welcome Virgins & Visitors to TVH3 and inform the group of pertinent news or upcoming events.
Hares will announce details or the trail, number of long and short splits and regroups.

Down-Downs - sometimes at the circle but usually in the pub after the run. Hashers and harriets (lady hashers) have a half pint and under age hashers have a soft drink or water. If you are driving, just ask the RA for water.

A Down-Down is a means of punishing, rewarding, or merely recognizing an individual for any action or behaviour. Once awarded, the downdown must be drunk without pause, otherwise the RA may take action!

Individuals may be recognized for outstanding service, or for their status as a visitor or newcomer.

Down-Downs also serve as punishment for misdemeanours real, imagined, or blatantly made up.

Such transgressions may include: wearing new shoes, pointing with a finger, or the use of real names rather than hash names.

Hash Names

The use of real names (nerd name) during an event is discouraged, and members are typically given a new "hash name," usually in deference to a particularly notorious escapade, a personality trait, or their physical appearance.

Members are named after attending the hash on several occasions or if something noteworthy occurs to prompt a naming.

Other hashers may share stories or observations about the individual, with the final name being chosen by general consensus from all suggestions put forward by the hash.

NEWCOMERS TO THE HASH
Completely new to hashing? Don't know what to expect? Worried, shy or nervous? You needn't be as all newcomers or virgins as they are known, will receive a warm welcome. When the hashers are called to make a circle - about 7:15 pm each Monday, the Grand Master will welcome all hashers and after various notices about forthcoming events etc are dealt with, he will ask if there are any visitors from other hashes or virgins present. You will be asked to come forward and be introduced to the hash. A tip to remember, don't wear new trainers as these are frowned upon by the RA (Religious Advisor) and will incur a sprinkling of flour over them. That's all there is to it and you can then step back and enjoy the run and the social get together after in the On Down (the pub). Whatever your pace, there are certain to be others who will keep you company along the trail. Walk, jog or run - it's up to you.
Hashing is all about making friends and having fun, so just turn up any Monday and have a go.

Friday, 26 December 2025

LAST HASH 2025

 

Run #2109 Monday 29th December for the last hash of the year: Circle up 7:15 pm from The Lord Nelson, Kingskerswell TQ12 5JB with Man-Pig.

The words for hash #2108 from “Le shack” at the Live and Let Live at Landscove

Hare and scribe: Pisswell

Who woz there:
We “Sang choirs of Angels”,
Pysho, Warmfront, Manpig,
Forrest, Wood-lend and Tongue and Groove,
Melonpicker, Soapy and Fuckarwe,
Bobbiball, Slip on me,
Pocket Rocket, Beefy,
Georgie P’Orgy, SMEllie
and Piltdown man.
Sing up Archangel,
Beeflicker and Coldtits,
Miss Inn, Miss Inn’s dear child and Virgin Kate,
Sooty and Sweep, they were our returnees
They played guitar and accordian,
But we could hardly hear them
We sang so loud we drowned them
Wha-at a din!
The circle: with Mariah Carey ( you wish!)
He don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing he needs
The Astronomical new year
Beefy wants group photos here
Smellie wants to know her hares
Put your name for Feb, who dares?
Manpig’s wish come true
Volunteer for the words to do
And over to the hare—with Frank Sinatra
Have yourselves a merry little run now
Follow your headlight
With shots all our troubles
will be out of sight
Have some fun in the Live and Let Live inn
Hope you find your way
Next week all your dried mud will be washed away
So hope your long shorts don’t split, or reveal today!
The trail:
O little town near Staverton
The polar express steams by
Above the deep valley we peep
To see the train go by
We hope to hear the whistle
As it travels every year
The North Pole it is aiming for
Whilst we just want a beer!
At Landscove we will “Live and let live”
“Le Shack” we circle round
The hashers run out from all ways
The trail has to be found
They find the route but it’s not far
As carols they must sing
Their regroups are with Christmas treats
And a sherry, port or gin! ( baileys actually)
There’s lots of runs on little tracks
I’ll send you all the routes
Back to the hare and gather in
Warm fire and kick off boots
As all paths lead to Landscove
And festive Christmas snacks
We’ll have a shot whilst all around
Are slowly getting back
The out takes
Oh The first thing that happened
Was just a power cut
We worried about the turkey!
Oh the second thing that happened
The walkers all got lost
First trail of 3
And we worried about the turkey!
Oh the third thing that happened
A messy number 2
Everyone wrong,
Made a big job
And we worried about the turkey!
Oh the fourth thing that happened
They tried for number three
Second time round
Missed number 2s
Too drunk to see
And we worried about the turkey!
Oh the fifth thing to happen
was probably the best
Le shack was fab
Great time was had
Carols were sung
Turkey was done
And we ate by the fire, my great baps!
The down downs:
The holly and the ivy
The wreath it went to Kate
She came from the Outer Hebrides
To be virgin was her fate!
Angel
Angels from the realms of glory
Warmfront spoilt our number twos!
Made it messy and a big job
All came back with dirty shoes!
C..o…m…e in the Summer
We’ll try it again
C…o…m…e, it was the best one
Number 2 we’ll try again
King
1 Good King Wenceslas looked out on the fields of Lanscove
So Beeflicker ran round about, deep in shiggy he dove
Pushed poor Forrest in the mud
We all thought it cruel,
When the poor man came in sight, he looked such a fo-o-l!
Shepherd
While Beefy watched through camera lens
To make a photo group
It was just like him herding cats
and hashing round in loops!
And one for the hare with ABBA
Thank you all for coming
The carol singing
Thanks for all the fun you’re bringing
It was disappointing
You didn’t quite do my route
But what a hoot
Your number twos were messy and rude
So, I say Le Shack was amazing
And so were all of you
Yes, I say Please tell trip advisor
The shots and bops were too

 

Friday, 19 December 2025

CHRISTMAS TIME

Run #2108 Monday 22nd December Circle up 7:15 pm from the Live and Let Live, Landscove TQ13 7LZ

Christmassy hash with hare Pisswell
We can hopefully hear the Polar express steam train on its way to Totnes/ the North pole that night. Festive Turkey bap for just £7 a head. They would prefer pre orders, so please message Pisswell at 07879539913 if you want to eat.
It’s a great destination pub and Pisswell has lots of Christmas shots and stops planned, (thank you 3sum) so dress up, tune up for carols and don’t worry how far. It’s just outside Ashburton and it'll be worth it!
 

 

THE BIRTHDAY BOYS (2)

 Birthday greetings today (Thursday) go to Lieutenant General George S. Beeflicker, TVH3's Four Star Hare.


 

THE BIRTHDAY BOYS (1)

Come with me on a flight back in time. It is 7:52 am on the 20th May 1927 and this immortal aviator sets off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island for a flight that will go down in history.

But wait, on closer scrutiny of the faded monochrome photos, an uncanny likeness is perceived. Shirley, my old eyes deceive me.
On this day, Wednesday 17th December 2025, we raise our glasses once more to our Birthday Aviator, that fearless hasher - MP!

 

TVH THE WORDS

 

Hash Words 16.12.2025
(to the tune of In the Bleak Mid Winter)
In the Bleak Mid Winter, just a few days ago.
A group of hardy hashers, had spent all their dough
Gathered outside the Kings Arms, in the pouring rain
‘We need hares for 2026.’ S.M.Ellie did refrain.
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Clearly that humbuggery, was a step too far
For as while she slipped away to blow her nose
She did find...
That she was now doing the words!
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So... You asked for it!
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( to Oh Come All Ye Faithful)
Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Georgie P and Piltdown,
Psycho and Warm front, Roger and Fuckarewe?!
Smash and Miss Mash, Man Pig and Beefie.
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I bet I’ll forget someone,
I am bound to forget some one
I know I will forget someone. Christ the Lord!
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Well hopped and Big End, Strap on and Ernie
Wet Jonny and Miss Inn, That must be it!
Big Thanks to Beeflicker, for a great 321 trail!
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I bet I’ll forget someone,
I am bound to forget some one
I know I will forget someone. Christ the Lord!
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Welcome to Gnasher, who hails from Cornwall,
Thank you too to Melon Picker, as tickets he did shred.
Surely that's it everybody? I’m sure you will soon tell me!
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[Meanwhile in a pub not far way...]
(to Away in a Manger)
Indoors in the Kings Arms, no running for them
Was Threesum and Basecamp, Slip On, Pocket Rocket and Able Seaman
Shredding tickets and labelling bottles, A fine and hearty spread
Thanks to them all we were merry, and very well fed.
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(to the tune of I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing By)
I saw three FRB’s come sailing by, flying by...
I saw was three FRBs gazelling by at 8’oclock in the evening.
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What a bloody state I’m in, Coughing and spluttering...
Oh what a bloody state I’m in, at 8 o’clock in the evening!
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Beer lights are a twinkling, everyone is laughing
So that’s why are all here, at 8 o’clock in the evening.
__________________________________________________________
( to the tune of Winter Wonderland)
Raining is falling... all around us,
Long and shorts... we are aboundness
No worries today, we’re on our way.
Running in the soggy, shiggy land
_____________________________________________________
[On Down ]
( Back to I saw three Ships)
I saw three hasher come in late, Wet Fart, Cold Tits and Shitfaced
They were in a more dry state, at 8.30 in the evening.
I saw three hashers have down downs, Fuckarewe, Ernie and Man Pig
Not forgetting the hare of course, at 9 o’clock in the evening.
I saw three bottles of gin I didn’t win, rum and wine and the odd tin.
But it was Beefies pie that I took. At 10 o’clock in the evening.
_________________________________________________________________________
(to the tune of Merry Christmas Everyone!)
Rain was falling, all around us
Hashers laughing having fun
Tis a day of beer and down downing...
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Pisswell’s trail next week. Live and Let Live - TQ13 7LZ- Wear your Festive finery!
ON ON! S. M.Ellie X

 

Sunday, 14 December 2025

CHRISTMAS DRAW TIME!

 Run #2107 Monday 15th December CHRISTMAS DRAW from the Kings Arms, Kingsteinton TQ12 3EG. Circle up 7:15 pm for the briefing and trail courtesy of our hare, Beeflicker. Note that the pub car park is quite small, so try to avoid the 'car' ousel if arriving late.

THE DIRTY DOZEN

TVH3 The Words for 8th December 2025

The King Bill, Totnes
Run No. 2106 
 
THE DIRTY DOZEN
starring Wet Johnny
as Major John Reisman
 
HARE: Wet - in fact very Wet Johnny
 
 

Who wuz there: Wet Johnny, Man-Pig, Beefy, Piltdown Man, Georgy Porgy, Smellie, Coldtits, Beeflicker, Psycho, Miss Mash, Smash and long term absentee & new grandad - Fukarewe
 
Circle
Wet, and I mean a very wet, Johnny rounded us up for the pre-run instructions. He stepped up to the mark and matched the Gold Standard for perseverance in the face of adversity as set by last week's Hares, Roger the Dodger and Well Hopped. Despite the weather, there were, indeed, three trails. Although the marks may well have been making their way down the Dart estuary at the present time.
This would mean 2 Hashers on each trail as there was a paucity of wet, anxious faces looking back at him. A mere half dozen. Piltdown said, "Let's give it another couple of minutes". This was just as well as first an incoming via Whatsapp from Smellie, "Train running late. I will miss the Circle". Then, returnee, Fukarewe pitches up followed by Man-Pig. Soon thereafter, Psycho makes an appearance (well, that's one of tonight's DD's accounted for) followed by Coldtits. Hence the dirty dozen.
 
Announcements
Surprisingly, Psycho announces that Warmfront isn't coming as it's too wet....TOO WET for she of the fastest female on the Grizzly. What sort of a wuss is she turning into? I think that one of next week's DD's has also been accounted for.

By the magic of Whatsapp, Smellie passes a message to the Circle requiring Hares for January. Finally, Man-Pig is just about to ask for a volunteer for The Words. But he is stopped before he can even start. A "volunteer" has already been assigned. It is the Pig - for being late at the Circle. Drat and double-drat.
 
Trail
So where will our star Hare take us on this wet and windy evening? Virgin territory; that's where.
The trail starts by taking the pack down Station Road to Sainsbury's filling station where there is a Walkers/Long & Shorts split. The former head towards Brutus Bridge the latter across the road.
The Longs embark on a loop of footpaths; initially along Borough Park Road and then a series of footpaths towards Totnes railway station and thence onto a check on the river bank footpath. The Pig checks upstream only to find a cross. Meanwhile the FRB's, Beeflicker, Beefy and Psycho steal a small lead on Fukarewe and Man-Pig.
 
The trail now takes us off the river bank and over Brutus Bridge before an arrow has us crossing the main road and onto virgin territory in the form of Bourton Road. Here we catch up with Coldtits (the only other Hasher we were due to encounter on tonight's mildly damp trail). Another arrow and we were directed right and up Jubilee Road (Nicki Court - oh where are you now?). Yet another arrow and it was straight across Bridge Town Hill and onto Blackpost Lane. We were now back on familiar territory but running clockwise....previous excursions have always been anti-clockwise.
 
Despite the weather, the marks were still intact and the trail easy to follow. Fukarewe was running well after his prolonged absence and, due to a couple of checks, it wasn't long before we caught up with the FRB's. A right turn along Weston Lane and then left down Home Reach Avenue and Camomile Lawn before the "Snakes and Ladders" style descent to the sweetie stop at the crime scene at the end of Steamer Quay. Beeflicker went over to investigate but little information was divulged by CSI officers; merely that it was "serious", Police speak for "Bugger off". Apparently, a car had crashed into a hedge at the far end of Steamer Quay car park...at speed.
 
With no further information to be gleaned, Beeflicker returned to the "It's a Knockout" competition taking place between the FRB's and the Hare. The name of the game was, "Open the packets of sweets". As try as we might, wet hands just weren't gaining traction. We pulled. We tugged. We chewed. We bit. At last Psycho got into a bag just before Beeflicker made a micro-hole in his bag. Then, for no apparent reason, we all started feeding sweets to each other - popping them in each others' mouths; Romantic or just plain odd?
 
Post sweetie stop, the trail took us along Steamer Quay and Steamer Quay Road, over Totnes Bridge, left along The Plains and to a W & L/S split near the Victoria Road car park. The temptation of an early Legend was too much for Fukarewe who parted company with the Pig and returned to his car.
With hindsight, I should have followed him. A couple of hundred yards later I caught up with the FRB's at at the bottom of Moat Hill. Beeflicker found the trail leading to the final L/S split at the junction of Moat Hill and Totnes Down Hill. Surely some mistake? We can't be going all the way up here I thought....It's one hell of a hill. But no mistake. I looked at the GPS - a mere 3.6 miles and we'd been promised 6 miles. Oh misery, because the next one and a half miles was all uphill.
 
The rain had abated a bit and, at sea level, the wind wasn't too bad. But we were climbing high now and by the time we reached the rear entrance to Bowden House it was quite blustery. An arrow had us turn sharp right and onto a broad but jolly muddy lane. Beeflicker shouted "On-On" and, indeed, there were marks at the beginning of the deathly slippery lane. 
 
About a third of the way along this lane there was another public footpath to our right. Beefy and Psycho pushed on ahead. I stopped for a quick look but no marks. 
 
Thus far, despite the rain, the marks had been pretty good. We pushed on down to the end of the lane. I recognised the spot as where wet Johnny had his sweetie stop 53 weeks ago! Beefy checked uphill. Psycho checked downhill upto the junction with the Western Bypass/Kingsbridge Hill, but no marks also no Beeflicker.
 
What should we do? Given the time, 8.50, we thought that we would stay on road and make our way back to the pub via Western Bypass and Cistern Street. We did, however, stop at the toll house at the top of Fishchowters' Lane (one of Wet Johnny's favourites) and looked for marks but there were none to be seen.
 
A simple run back to the pub where the Pig stuck his snout in just to tell everyone that we were back and just off to get changed.
 
Down-Downs
With numbers so low we contemplated not bothering with the DD's. Smash and Miss Mash frequently do not do the post run pub as it is a school night for Miss Mash. Fukarewe's early retirement meant that he'd already been to the pub for his pint of Legend and gone home by the time the last of the FRB's arrived at the bar at 9.25. Additionally, Psycho had sloped off early too....she would have been bound to have been awarded a DD.
 
Nevertheless, with only 8 present it was decided that we would push on with the DD's. However, given the low numbers it was felt that it would be a little cheeky to ask Rob (the Landlord) for some free beers. Hence 3 halves were purchased and a glass of water (how apt) for the DD's.
First up was the Hare for a vey good trail, substantially well marked, laid in atrocious weather. A note for "Wet wet Johnny".
 
Next were two contenders for wardrobe malfunctions. Man-Pig had misplaced his dry socks and Smellie had forgotten a change of clothing. Whereas her top was dry she had a very wet bottom half, and that wasn't going to get dry before she got home. Inevitably, Smellie won hands down and a note for the "Soggy arse".
 
Were there any awards from previous weeks present? No chance. But were there any stories? Yes. Beeflicker has one. It is about the three FRB's who did not stay on trail. 
 
Apparently, we should not have continued all the way along the muddy track to the site of last year's sweetie stop. We should have taken a right and down the footpath that would have taken us onto Fishchowter's Lane. So, who was following who? Beefy explained that he had not learned from the previous week where he blindly followed Psycho off trail and that he'd done the same again this week. As the real culprit had already exited stage left the final half went to Beefy accompanied by, "Hold it in your hand Mrs Murphy".
 
There is a solitary half pint of water on the table but, unsurprisingly, we'd all had enough water for one evening.
 
Thankyou Wet Johnny. A great trail in appalling conditions. Well done.
 
Next week
Next week's Hash is from the Kings Arms, Kingsteignton. Our Hare is Beeflicker and we are promised a fairly short trail as it is the TVH3 Christmas Raffle - bring a large cardboard box to take your winnings home with you!


 
On-On to next week. MP

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GREATHASHGOD: A dedicated site (presently mothballed and serves as archive content only) with all TVH3 content. Mostly photos from each Monday's hash but also some video clips. Named after our Life President Pottsie.

PRECONDEROTOUS: Containing the entire archive of TVH3 of some 1000 vid clips and over 5000 posts and photos. Started on November 11th 2007, the site is active with Bluebird's personal content but the archive content is fascinating and preserved, well worth a look.

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