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.

Saturday, 12 July 2025

TVH3 The Words for 7th July 2025

Bonehill Rocks (thence Rugglestone)

Run No. 2084
 
HARE: Poacher
 
Who wuz there: Poacher, Pocket Rocket, Man-Pig, Archangel, Pisswell, Piltdown Man, Georgy Porgy, Smellie, Coldtits, Beeflicker, Warm Front, Melonpicker, Soapy, Pork Torpedo, Horny, Strap-On, Strap-Dancer, Smash, Miss Mash, U-Bend, Slip-on-Me, Ablesemen?Two virgins brought by Beefy (sorry - I didn't catch names) and a late Beefy (non-runner)
 
Circle
No announcements apart from the Pig wanting a volunteer for the Words at the same time as Warmfront put up her hand to advise the venue for next week's trail....well volunteered Warmfront.
Poacher welcomed two virgins, brought along by Beeflicker. The usual dousing of flour on trainers initiated the previously uninitiated.
 
Trail
Warmfront kind of volunteered for The Words but was not present at the Down-Downs. Hence expect a missive from Warmfront recording where we went and what we did. However, as there was only Poacher, Beeflicker, Warmfront and myself on the Longs, it may be brief.
 
Down-Downs
Pisswell is our RA for the evening and she has a new bag, a new award and a couple of new Down-Down songs.
 
The evening commences with birthday girl, Horny, handing back her birthday hat from last week but, regrettably, with no-one else to give it to. We then thank Poacher, the pub and/or the Hash for the beer. Nobody has any idea who has paid for it. I think that it was, ultimately, Poacher.
 
The first beer/cider goes to the Hare for a trail with stunning 360 degree views....but you did have to climb to get them. Pisswell hands her phone to our Songmeister, Pork Torpedo, who is asked to lead us all in the new DD song. Which he does very well.
 
Revenge is almost instantaneous. "Does anyone have any awards?" enquires the RA. Poacher pulls a St Patrick's Day Guiness hat from who knows where and places it firmly on Pisswell's head. I am not sure what this is for; confusion over who has, or has not, arranged/paid for the Down-Downs? Again, PT has Pisswell's phone and a new song to navigate.
"Any more awards?"
Yes. Pork Torpedo has the whirly bird jockey's hat with a propeller on top of it. This he awards to the highly unlikely FRB of the evening, Melon-Picker (true story....for a change). Pork Torpedo leads us in the DD song; one that we know this time.
 
No more awards so stories are the order of the day. Coldtits gets a DD for being late and unable to locate Bonehill car park. "She's a little flat chested but she's all right".
 
Next, Pisswell explains why she has a new orange bag for the Awards. This is because it is now full of lost property from the previous week's trail. The reason is simple. It is not her bag. It is Georgy Porgy's. However, in the new bag is a new Award. A "forgetful" hat avec a small grey elephant stitched to its top. PT leads the DD song.
 
Finally, Beefy appears. He has some half baked story about fixing a 5 cylinder radial engine in order for his daughter's motorbike to pass its MOT retest. At after 10pm, he automatically receives the last DD and that concludes the evening's entertainment.
 
Next week
Next week's Hash is from the Bridford Inn. Our Hares are Forrest-Stump and Psycho.
On-On to next week, MP

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MISMANAGEMENT UPDATED AGPU 7TH APRIL 2025

Grand Master Pocket Rocket
Vice G M Forrest Stump
On Sec Piltdown Man mobile 07773038756
R A Manpig
R A Forrest Stump
RA Pisswell
Hash Cash Threesome
Hash Tax Pisswell
Social sec. Cheerio Beerio
Trail Raiser Smellie
Haberdashery Zoot
Song Master Pork Torpedo
Web /Web Master Bluebird

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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.

Fukarwi

Fukarwi

REARENDER

REARENDER

TEAPOT

TEAPOT

SOAPY

SOAPY

MOULDY DICK

MOULDY DICK

MELONPICKER

MELONPICKER

FALLEN WOMAN

FALLEN WOMAN

DORIS

DORIS

BROKEN MAN

BROKEN MAN

ARCHANGEL

ARCHANGEL

ABLE SEMEN

ABLE SEMEN

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

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