TEIGN VALLEY HASH HOUSE HARRIERS: The Mads March Hare strikes...

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 24 March 2015

The Mads March Hare strikes...

Monday 23rd March with the MAD MARCH HARE- FORREST STUMP ! his change of venue already sending a few to Trusham ! Meanwhile at the Artichoke Christow an apology from several Hasher’s, including our GM, but some others absentees had probably joined another Monday Hash !! Yours truly (WINFIELD) welcomed two virgin Hasher's to the circle introduced by SLIP-on-Me, it was also good to see a recovering WOODLEND back with us. The MARCH HARES trail, with assistance from WOODLEND and FORREST HUMP was to be a 5mile Long with a S/Short and Medium ?? route led us around the village across the floodlit sports fields after that a scrambling over one of several fences followed by gates, slippery styles private land and loose horses thank goodness FISHBAIT was with us ready to ride them off if needed ! With my knee still not 100% ( should really still be resting it but!!) I did try to avoid the Long but somehow along with SLACKER and MOULDY we ended up on the Long ½ mile from Bridford!. Then as SLCKER predicted we gasped our way up that infamously very steep Quarry track, which apparently MUCKING FUDDLE thought would be better than running down it!! ( she was tonight absent though!). Thank goodness there was a Fruit Stop at the top! and a good downhill section now back into Christow.
It was good to find the popularity of the Artichoke growing, as the pub was packed out with drinkers and diners we found ourselves crushed into the middle bar area although this did alter rapidly when TEAPOT blew his horn to thank the pub for the beer and the excellent food spread later including some prawn sandwhiches The Down-downs were awarded first to
SINKER- for getting his “privates” caught on an electric fence !
MARY- now named OOH-EERR as she cried this out after trying unsuccessfully to avoid the Shiggy!
WOODLEND- saying he laid part of the trail by CAR! he also received his 100 RUNS BADGE
FORREST the "MAD MARCH HARE" himself for believing that the clocks would have changed for a lighter evening!....that will be next week then !!
A great evening well done the Hares!