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.

Sunday, 15 March 2026

TVH THE WORDS

 

Run #2119 Monday 9th March
The Grumpy Farmer, Bishopsteignton
Hare: Well Hopped
'An amazing trail, fantastic down downs, amazing company and plenty of laughter, exactly how a hash should be'.
Who wuz there (according to a still worse for wear Man-Pig, recovering from Scotland beating France (!) on Saturday:
Well Hopped (Hare), Pocket-Rocket, Man-Pig, Beefy, Beeflicker, Piltdown Man, Georgie Porgy, Smash, Miss Mash, Miss'ing, Coldtits, Smellie, Slip-on-Me, Ablesemen, Archangel, Psycho, Warmfront, Strap-On, Strap-Dancer, Erection, Wet Johnny, Big End, Swinger, Roger the Dodger, Melon-Picker & Shitfaced (pub only)
Now let the fun and games commence with Beeflicker's ode to hashing:
To the tune of " a place in the hills"
There's a place in the hills that the hashers do roam,
Where the flour shines white in the light on the road
There I am checking the checks of the hash
Which sends our souls to our peril,

In the light of the torch or the light of the moon
You will see that our eyes are still smiling for this,
For there's no other love that warms hashers heart,
The tender way that Your trails do

Like the speed of the longs my spirit does soar,
To be found in their presence I couldn't want more,
For when I am hashing, I know fullness of joy
And a peace beyond understanding

It's so muddy to hash through valleys of green,
By deep shiggy crags and cool forest streams,
Though checking times come and hashers are torn
The hare's Word will never be forgotten,

As the speed of the shorts is so swift and so sure
We know that the hares, they will come back once more,
To gather Her people from all hashes and lands
Till then, I'll wait for my trail
Till then, I'll wait for my words
Till then, I'll wait for my down down....

CIRCLE
At the Grumpy Farmer we were circled up and the cars, they just kept coming, this was an amazing turn out. It's the last night of voting so the GM made this very clear, Manpig asked for a words volunteer, to save from a ghastly silence, Beeflicker once again volunteered. S.m. ellie asked for hares for the whole of April, apart from the part of April that Beefy Is down for. (Remember, no hares means no hash, it can't be left to the same people, come forward and lay some trails).

Over to the hare...
3 trails, mostly flat, dry and all kept short... yeah right, that grin on your face tells us differently, young lady.....

TRAIL
And we were off. Out of the Grumpy Farmer and right at the end of the driveway. (The usual FRBs all hobbling due to previous events.)

At the triangle junction, we went right down Humber Lane and up the hill at the bottom, there is a theme of hills going on in this hash. At the next check, we headed left down Three Tree Lane where we eventually came to a l/s and W split, l/s went left and W went right. We would later see the walkers at the sweety stop.

Shortly after the the split, we had a 20 mile climb up Hamblecoombe lane to the top and then right down Longthorn road into Idford for the fabulous sweety stop. From here, the shorts and walkers headed down Fore Street while the longs went left along Butt's land and Tower Hill Lane and up onto the commons. Turning right down Rixafer road and then left onto Fore street to join the walkers and shorts. We all then broke off to the right, along a bridleway and back onto Three Tree Lane and then followed Humber Lane back to the Grumpy Farmer for a well deserved drink.
DOWN DOWNS
Only Beeflicker had an award but no story to tell until Swinger's pint slid across the table and onto her lap covering her in beer, a down down to the dribbler.
Warmfront took the 2nd one for her dramatic finish to her epic ultra, over 40 miles, 4000 meter elevation, 2 legs that didn't work, a wheelchair and space blanket, amazing effort Warmfront!

Well Hopped deservedly took the 3rd down down for her fabulous trail of hills, mud, water, more hills and mud and sweeties. Fantastic trail Well Hopped, thank you so much.

Now the last down down went to Erection for grabbing hold of wet Johnny's erection after Well Hopped drove them off the road and into the bushes, I guess they both enjoyed that romantic moment as they both had a big smile on their faces.

An amazing trail, fantastic down downs, amazing company and plenty of laughter, exactly how a hash should be.

On on to next week at the upside down [sic] bar in Paignton with Manpig.

On-on Beeflicker

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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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