A great turnout with several retuning Hashers including MAVIS with “friend” MEL making another visit from Down Under plus RASPBERRY NIPPLE from Iraq, also present were POACHER and GAMEBIRD retuning from Bantham! virgin hasher ALLIE was also with us being duly anointed by TEAPOT.
Hares TEARARSE and RISE n' SHINE had laid an excellent trail for ABLE SEMEN due now to her considerable age?? this lead us out of town on a well marked trail with several L/S splits plus a Sweet Stop.
We were soon off-road following a steep footpath across fields of cows, calves+bull! this did slow the FRB's who were trying not to create a stampede! Out onto the lane at Cuddyford Cross next then a long winding trail through Whiddon Scrubs and Whiddon Wood which stretched out the pack even with those L/S splits.
Next a long uphill track passing PEANUT and ZOOT with U-BEND just ahead, but some great views if you stopped to look back towards Dartmoor. Ahead now somewhere I recognised this was Lower Whiddon Farm site of our 1500th Celebration Run! A short run on lanes brought us to RISE n SHINE at the Sweet Stop who recommended the On Long route from here!
Down the lanes now along with WOOF-WOOF, before turning off road again, along some great countryside tracks leading us past a magnificent mansion now part of South Dartmoor College, although I thought we were nearly home there was a final stretch of road before climbing up into those fields again past the mooing cattle and trying to avoid the bull, before a good final run in back to the car park
The landlord of the Exeter Inn provided a good subsidised buffet for us which was quickly devoured by a hungry and thirsty Pack before the Down Down awards which were duly presented by WIDE RECEIVER to the following:-
MAVIS for being absent for too long!
Mel for being “dragged” over here by Mavis
POACHER doing something behind Teapot??
ABLE SEMEN her well deserved Birthday Song!
Well done the Teararse and Rise n'Shine for a great trail
On to next week at The Park Inn, Kingskerswell, Hares Paraprick & Nice Buns
On-On
Winfield
ABLE liked her birthday DD, now looking for more!
