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, 13 September 2026

TVH THE WORDS RUN #2145

Pink pony club

Hash no. 2145 on Monday 7th September 2026.
At Cordonford Farm, Poundsgate,
Dartmoor hill pony HQ. 
 
Who woz there?
Returnees AA and Rough as Fugh, Manpig, Forrest, Slip on me, Bobbiball, Pocket Rocket, Beeflicker, Swinger, Well Hopped, Big End, Pyscho, Warmfront, Pisswell, Beefy
The Circle: SMEllie asked for hares, ( oh no she didn’t, she wasn’t there!) Manpig assumed Pisswell was doing the words, Qutie and Peeble champed at the bit and then they were off!…….
 
I know, you wanted me to lay
But I can't ignore the crazy visions of us here today.
And I heard that there's a special place
Where boys and girls can play ponies every single day
Was having wicked dreams
Of driving the ponies
AA and Rough as fugh
I swear they’ve come to see
She’d make her mama proud
She’d help her on this day
I’d see my baby girl
Start on her virgin lay!
God, what have we done?
She’s a hill pony girl
Who can ride to the pub
Oh mama, we’re just having fun
Showing off to the hash
It's where we belong
down at the Hill Pony Club
We’re gonna keep on riding at the
Hill Pony Club
You’re gonna keep on running, down in Trail Cordonford
I'm gonna keep on riding at the
Hill Pony Club, Hill Pony Club
Circle, and jaws are on the floor
Ponies in a carriage and a drive up to the moor
Most go, to Corndon on the lane
Meeting with the walkers w’thought we’d never see again.
Swapped like my wicked dreams
To ponies we could ride
We raced past Primms and then
To Dr Blackall’s Drive
It’s getting dark as night
Riding by torch headlight
Charlie and Alfie boys
We ride down to the stream
God, what have we done?
That’s my hill pony girl
Made you run through the mud!
Oh mama, we’re just having fun
Fish in Simons Lake, yes
It's where you belong, we’re in the
Hill Pony Club
We’re gonna keep on riding at the
Hill Pony Club
You’re gonna keep on wading, down in
Trail Corndonford
You can take your shoes off, at the
Hill Pony Club, Hill Pony Club
Don't think you’ve left us both behind
Closing in, by cantering
Mel Tor is where we’ll find
Hashers, at the view point there
We can hear your on on shout, it echos back to hares, saying
God, you’ve found our marks!
Were two hill pony girls
Doctor Blackalls is next
Oh hashers, it’s just getting dark
A quick loop of the drive
Just try not to look, down at the
big massive drop!
We’re gonna keep on riding at the
Hill Pony Club
You’re gonna keep on hashing down in Trail Cordonford
We’re gonna keep returning through the
Drift lane at Tor, back to the moor
 
Out takes:
Wow, thanks for people arriving early to get your little carriage ride done in daylight!
Sorry, to Manpig for extra time and mileage as he did the first ha ha totally alone! Oops!
Thank you for trying to rescue the lone fish in Simons lake, below Sharp Tor. It was deep and smelly, great stuff!
Charlie and Alfie ponies and the hares finally caught up below Mel Tor VP.
The darkness closed in as we climbed above Uppacott and returned OH. 
 
The down downs: The new landladies of the Tavistock Inn gave our odd bunch a warm welcome, including the pantomime horse, Lady Trotsalot of Postbridge, recent winner of the Christow show cross country. They provided some lovely sandwiches. 
 
1. First down down to Pyscho for wanting Beefy to carry her over the ford so she didn’t get her new trainers wet!
2. Next to Warmfront for running a Heller of a marathon at Haytor and beyond.
3. Rough as fugh for looking rough and being a returnee and dreading a down down! Gotta be done!
4. Next to the hare so AA was nominated by Pisswell, as she had been watching how difficult it was to drink out of a large horse bucket!
 
Thank you for coming such a long way in the dark and for lots of laughter.
On on to next week at the Tap house, Newton Abbot with Archangel.

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