TEIGN VALLEY HASH HOUSE HARRIERS: Mon 30th Sept at the Teign Bridge CP

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 behavior. 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.

Tuesday 1 October 2013

Mon 30th Sept at the Teign Bridge CP

There had been much discussion and a few phone calls to find this spot, then to get all the cars into that CP as the dog walkers cars were trying to leave !

On the night it was a great turnout which included several visitors and another male “virgin” to swell the ranks. Wigwams excellent trail started with mass confusion, but eventually after startling several drivers with the mass of torchlight along the road we found the trail. Over the Teign Bridge and along the far side of the Teign slipping and sliding along the footpaths with daughter Gobbler cursing her dim torch! “On-on” through several checks and the first LS split, where we were now in open fields and the pace picked up considerably on through Teigngrace to Stover Park.The pace slowed now as finding the marks in the deep dark woods! was not easy. Soon we were on the Templer Way and following Templer 10 race route due on 3^rd Nov. if you want to enter? After passing through a heard of boisterous cows we reached the sweet stop, time to get a breather and take off the extra shirt as it was another warm night. Onto the final stretch now after the rail crossing and with the pace picking up again we finally reached the CP. In the Kings Arms we were given a great welcomed from the Landlady who had prepared a first class selection of excellent food for us. Soapy was canvassing around for our Christmas meal selection etc. this will be held on Monday 16^th Dec in Bovey Tracey more info to come. Rearender sold some excellent flapjack to raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis charity,with her total to-date standing at well over £1000.Finally the DD’s these were going to be awarded to several who were not present, as they probably well knew!

First selected by Bin Laden for DD was Gobbler for her torch problems, he presented her with a new style hat and an oddly shaped drinking vessel ? Next up was Able Semen for over dressing in her bow tie! Forest then produced a rucksack full of belongings that had been traced back to TVH3 by the 1500 Event ticket found inside “would the owner step forward”... Slacker duly claimed it with a DD! although he did seem quite upset later? Finally a 1000 run badge and DD to Wigwam for his magnificent achievement …who sang out “get a life” ??
On-On Winfield