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.

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 9 December 2022

TVH3 The Words for 5 December 2022

 

The Abbey Inn, Buckfast
 
Run No. 1946
 
HARE: Pisswell 
 
Who wuz there: Pisswell, Shitfaced, iPoo'd, Man-Pig, Cheerio Beerio, Threesum, Beefy, Piltdown Man, Georgy Porgy, U-Bend, Fallen Woman, Able Semen, Slip-on-Me, Melonpicker, Soapy, Pork Torpedo, Horny, Big End, Ned, Well Hopped and Teapot.
 
The circle
Reminders regarding draw tickets for sale, for Dec 19th, party details (6pm start at the Taphouse, Kings & Queens theme, food and party at Con. club), and next week's hash (Christmas fancy dress, fish & chips at Brixham).
 
The trail by Pisswell
 
Music to 'Fairytale of New York' by the Pogues
 
It was Abbey Inn, babe Hash at Buckfast.
Old hasher said to me, God, not another one!
But still we circled up,
The Rare Teign Valley crew
I turned my face away
And dreamed what might have been.
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I had a lovely one
Steam train of lights had come
But not on Monday nights
So planned another one!
So happy Christmas
The lights of Buckfastleigh
We all heard the party planned
Will Manpigs dreams come true?
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They’ve got Kings' and Queens' party
Oh what shall we wear?
But the wind goes right through her
If Cheerios bare!
But back to the hash
On a cold Winters Eve
You promised a Great hash was waiting for me.
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There was sweeties
There’s plenty
Queen of Dartmoor cemetries
When the spirits stopped spooking
They howled out for more
The old church bells swinging
All the hashers were sprinting
Some split in confusion
Then ran home in fright!
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The guys of the TVH3 hash
Were running through the night
And they all went rushing back
To get a pint.
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Midget gum?
Brave the souls
Feel for sweeties in holes
Running there through the dead,
find your way through the graves
The Abbey was after
They all cried with laughter
They were sent through the bollarks
And on with the mass.
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The guys of the TVH3 hash
Were running through the night
We ran round the Abbey gardens
To see the lights.
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The Walkers soon were gone
The shorts and longs on on
Onto a split they came
Longs would soon do the same
But first a place was sought
They looked for Hembury fort
Into the woods they ran
Before the same route on home.
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The guys of the TVH3 hash
Were running through the night
Down downs at Abbey Inn
Were all in sight.
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The Down-downs as recalled by Man-Pig
U-Bend was first up to give away the birthday cake hat. This proved to be a case of mistaken identity. U-Bend couldn't make out who a female FRB was. Cheerio-Beerio was running next to U-Bend and said, "Oh. I know who that is. It's Fallen Woman". Fallen Woman FRB'ing? Was it Hell?. It was Soapy.
 
Pork Torpedo was in attendance so it was a 10 toes up and 10 toes down rendition for Cheerio followed by a glass of water - as she doesn't do beer!
 
Next up was almost a returnee. It was Threesome who had the Baby bat hat from the Red Rock brewery hash. This was awarded to Ablesemen for losing her hat on trail. It was caught by an overhanging thorn bush and left hanging in the air above a rapidly cooling Ablesemen. I can't remember the down-down song for this one.
 
We had run out of awards but there was still almost a pint and a half to go. Were there any stories? U-Bend was named and shamed by Pork Torpedo for nervous parking. A ditty about an Aladdin's lamp purchased from a hasher that. "......hadn't produced f**k all yet!"
 
Next there was a story, the substance of which I can't recall. However, Melonpicker got a down-down accompanied by a variation of the Aladdin's Lamp song.
 
Finally, Beefy spilled the beens on Pork Torpedo and Horny. 
 
Either by design, or by accident, Pork Torpedo and Horny found themselves back in the pub and enjoying a pint after having only covered 3/4 of a mile. Short cutting or what? 
 
This time Melonpicker started the down-down song with, "Hold it in your hand Mrs Murphy".
Finally, finally. No beer left so a pint of water to the Hare for the trail and a welcome return to an old venue. Unsurprisingly, she didn't want it.
 
A couple of Hashers remarked on the good trail and thought positively of the On-Down. They suggested that it would be good to return here again in the summer. 
 
Teapot also reminisced of the time that he had organised a steam train to take us to Buckfast. We engaged in an egg catching competition before being returned to a railway junction near the Tally Ho for our canter back to the pub.
 
I bet that was over 20 years ago!
 
Next week
Next week's Hash is at Oxencove car park, Brixham, with Fallen Woman haring assisted by Bobbiball. 
 
This is the annual Christmas themed fancy dress run - no doubt with Christmas carols. There will be a pub stop so BRING CASH as the pub doesn't accept credit cards!
 
On-On to this Saturday and next Monday.

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It would be appreciated if those hashers that pay £1 a week when they attend rather than the £30 a year subscription could bring their one pound to the circle and pay Pisswell before the run. It is not much fun for her to chase hashers in the pub for payment. Many thanks for your cooperation. 🙂

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This years membership, which is due now is £30 Alternatively, you can pay £1 per week when attending. Samantha Zimbler Hash cash Threesum. On line payments Account name: TEIGN VALLEY HASH House Harriers Sort Code: 55-70-01 Account number: 69068186 Reference: your hash name

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EXPLANATION OF ARCHIVE TVH3 SITES

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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Previously unreleased clip - Vicky's naming from the Sea Trout

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