SEASONS GREETINGS FROM BRIXHAM.

Monday 10th Dec Hash No: 1772 ......Scribe SMEllie
Hare's Fallen Woman and Brokenman
30+ Hashers and Harriets met at Oxen Cove CP Brixham to continue Christmas Shenanigans. There was much talk of the fun had in Teignmouth on Saturday night and we were all up for more festive cheer! Many donned Christmas hats, outfits, tinsel and even fairy lights on a bare chest! Beefy’s method of electrolysis? (Good job it didn’t rain.)
With no beer question from Piltdown, as we couldn’t be arsed to think of one in the car, a few notices about future festivities the Hares and our hosts for the evening set us off on what was promised to be a short trail.
I understand this wasn’t the case for some on the longs who were awarded a down down for leading others astray. (Hey I thought that was my job!) I caught up with Piddler at some point, Going Down leaving him well behind. Wise woman! Then on to a festive beer (mulled cider yum) stop where a few locals asked me if we were carol singers?!
Well… Soapy handed out the song sheets and we burst into alternative song. With two renditions of each carol the locals soon disappeared and the Park Inn crew joined us from their adventures elsewhere. No Hash fag Lil this week though? Oh I feel a naming coming on ; ) maybe along with local lad Will from Teignmouth?
Anyways… After a short trot along the harbour, it was onto Chez Fallen Woman & Broken Man and weren’t we in for a treat. OMG what a view! With booze a plenty, fab fish and chips and even Christmas outfits on offer - we all had a great time.
Down Downs ensued, along with antics with a yard ale. Shitfaced’s attempt was particularly impressive, perhaps he’s practiced before? It all goes a little hazy after that, partly as I was enjoying the buck fizz and wine cocktails a bit too much for a school night and then Winfield asked me to do the words. I hadn’t really being paying much attention. Opps!
Thanks to Broken Man and Fallen Woman for their wonderful hospitality. We always know Christmas is on the way when we visit you and leave full of Christmas spirit and cheer.
More Christmas festivities next week! - Monday 17th December 7:15 @ Kings Arms Kingsteignton (TQ12 3EG) for the Christmas Raffle and Zoot & Hotlips trail. Bring your Christmas Outfits!
On On!
S.M.Ellie x
 

GULLIBLES TRAVELS AND A SHORT HISTORY

Monday 3rd Dec. Run 1771       Churston Manor     
Hares: U-Bend & Bobbiball      Scribe  Wigwam
                                     
"I was driving along near Marldon Way
When I saw a van a swinging and going my way
It was Hornie and Pork Now don't go that way!
But Soapy had told him twas Galmpton today"
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Meanwhile at the Grade 2 listed Churston Manor in Churston Ferrers.......
In the warmest place in UK (according to Steve Wright) unaware of the smugglers tunnel linking the Manor to Elberry Cove a strong gathering listened to the GM.
His very hard question of the week... (where he gets them from I don't know) was.......
....What was the Second Island of Gullivers Travels? Now the second tale of Gullivers travels has him visiting the Island of Brobdingnag however in the first tale as well as visiting Lilliput he also visited the Island state of BLEFUSCU. (I googled it!!)
 Anyway nobody won the pint!
ShatNav from Plymouth was welcomed..... Georgy Porgy reminded everyone that the Christmas Party is this Saturday so last chance for tickets...... Satnav advertised the Christmas Draw, only two weeks left.....Doris asked for two hares for the second half of January......and Fallen Woman called for any late bookings for the FISH & CHIP HASH from Brixham next week.
 The trail.....or parts of it I remember.....
Orf we set along Bascome Road and onto Links Close before taking the footpath to Elberry Lane.
From there myself, 69 and various Short trailers, (Not Lilliputians) and accompanying Walkers, took to the shingle beach of Elberry Cove where we took time to admire the views across Torbay.
We couldn't find any trace of the smugglers tunnel.
SO FAR SO GOOD.
Then came the hills.... a stiff climb up from Elberry onto the SW Coastal path. Bobbiball told me it was here that he got bored with going straight and level. So he shook us all up with a descent into the valley and a climb up the other side. A four way check at the top of the hill was where I went wrong. Never check down hill is the Hashers Maxim but I never follow rules so I descended with No 69 in tow. On finding a cross at the bottom I faced the choice of two hills ….. and, as usual, took the wrong one. Called back by a frustrated Bobbiball but within sight of a breakthrough to Churston Golf course ahead of me I chose to sally forth through the brambles. Arriving on the 6th Tee with 69 (my usual score after 5 holes) we oriented ourselves by the Bay lights and Marldons com tower and headed back across the undulating fairways towards Churston arriving back in a circular fashion via Elberry Lane and Bascome Road.
Back in the warmth of the 11th century Manor whilst waiting for some service I debated with Bobbiball wether the oil painting of an old violin on the wall was a Rembrandt or a Stradivarius! Then sporting a welcome pint of No 5 dark porter I wandered along to The Armoury. There, surrounded by suits of armour and various ancient artifacts (no offence intended, Winfield and Teapot!) I scoffed my meagrely cheesed chips awaiting the Down Downs. RA Teapot dished them out recorded as...
SOAPY for going to wrong pub, now draining the last drop from the vessel!
"FAG ASH LIL"( aka Sherelle) spotted smoking in the Circle and listening to music on Trail!
U-BEND waits for the end of his "The Shitty Trail" song
SHITFACED prepares to celebrate his 50Runs Badge..
All in all another super hash evening. Many thanks to U-Bend and Bobbiball for an interesting trail.
On-On to Christmas Party and after that next Monday at Brixham (see top of page)

A RED MOON ON THE RISE..

Scribe Coldtitz
Around 25 intrepid TVH3 Hashers formed up for the circle for the 1770th Hash outside The Carpenter’s Arms, Ilsington, on a chilly but clear and dry night. Piltdown Man’s question, answered by Gobbler, to earn her pint, knowing the Brit. released from UAE after being sentenced for spying was Matthew Hedges!
The stand in hares were Coldtitz and Polyfella, for injured Poacher, who is recovering from a recent knee injury. However, Coldtitz was not at the circle
.... was she lost again?
No, still laying the trail, apparently! Polyfella indicated a long trail approx 4.5 miles, a short approx 3 miles and a walker’s trail approx 1.5 miles. Warning Hashers about the steep ascent near the start and the steep descent, very slippery and wet underfoot, near the finish, which Hashers could take a different route back to avoid.
There would be a re-group and sweetie stop.
Into the night they went, down Simms Hill lane south from the village and then up the steep (gasping) lane used for challenging motor cross events, to be dazzled by the impressive rising red moon, caught on camera by Winfield.
Melon Picker’s back was playing up, so he turned back from the first steep ascent to take a different route.
Gobbler and her 12 year old son,William( Point Four) took a walker’s route( in error) with Teapot and Doris. Birthday Boy, Winfield, for some reason made his own way across gates and fields ( a short cut) ??
The the pack carried on down to the first split, (including Roxanne) to go left left along Lenda Lane," Shorts" (Satnav, Soapy with dog, George Porgy, and half a dozen others) straight on to East Lounston and Longs (Fukarwe,U-Bend and friend, followed by Sparkie with his young Doberman, Tia, and Polyfella) on to the right split to a wooded area, then on to skirt Rora Wood, before arriving at Willie’s Cross and on to the Re-group and Sweetie Stop on the outskirts of Liverton, arriving about 10 minutes after the shorts, where Coldtitz was waiting to welcome them.
It was now about 2 degrees C, so no-one was hanging about. The pack ran on to take the long lane back to Islington, along the ridge and on up to the Old Town Hill, where some areas near the junction were very eroded with tarmac very broken up - maybe another challenging corner for the motor cross here? For the brave, it was on on through the woods to the slippery steep descent (also used by the motor cross) into the bottom of Silver Wood, named after the previous mining for silver in the area.
Liverton Brook was overflowing after recent heavy rain but Hashers were able to take the little wooden bridge to get round the flooded area and follow the trail to the main road, back to Ilsington and finally up the steep hill to the On Home sign. Phew, it was hard work but everyone enjoyed the trail, or so they said afterwards! No-one got lost either!!
At the On Down in the lovely Carpenter’s Arms, decorated with dangling hops, the new landlord served some great hash food and kindly provided the beers for the down downs, which went to:
Roxanne for not bringing a torch.
Sparkie, after missing 2 years and not remembering what the Down Down vessel was for!
Melon Picker for having a bad back from “gardening”??
Winfield, our Birthday Boy.
ON ON to next week’s Hash at Churston Manor, Churston Ferrers near Brixham, Hare U-Bend.
Please bring your money for tickets for the big Christmas Raffle (Draw on Mon 17 Dec) and for Fancy Dress Christmas Party tickets for Sat 8 Dec if you haven’t got your’s yet. Donated prizes, especially mystery ones, would be very welcome for the Raffle.
On On, Coldtitz x

BEEFY CALLING ?

Trail 1769 at The Kings Arms Kingsteignton
A very cold night for a trail laid by Pork Torpedo and Hornie( long overdue) Numbers were good nearly 40. Lovely to see Jail Bait and Up Periscope to support their parents. I digress.......
Parking quite limited at the pub - Sorry!
But good to see maneuvering up to strictly come dancing standard. loads of space at Lidls......
Piltdown man was in good voice with his usual weekly question. This week......
As "I'm a celebrity is now back on, who won last years show?
Answer by Pork Torpedo.... Georgia Toffolo.
Trail got off to a slightly confused start out of the pub... left or right or straight or ......... Into Oakford lawn playing fields. We lived here 10 years before we even knew it existed.!!! through a little cul-de-sac (why do the French keep stealing our words We'll have those back after BREXIT) and out onto broadway road towards Teigngrace. Hornie escorting Doris for part of the trail. Long short split at the end with the longs going up the dirty side of the river to the bridge at Sampsons Farm Restaurant and back down again to meet with the shorts to go back down the Templar way towards B & Q. At the end of the nature reserve was another long short split with the shorts turning left past tesco and ON Home. Longs chicane down to the riverbank and followed it to the footbridge over the river Lemon and hairpin back across the large iconic footbridge at the back of the race course. At this point the check had been kicked out in all directions except the correct one and S.M. Ellie got confused and disoriented. Once into hackney marshes it was supposed to be easy for Pork Torpedo to sweep the longs back home through Kingsteignton village and back to the pub but along with Woof Woof met face to face with a man with a head torch on. "Is that a hasher?" No, couldnt be , not coming this way" (cue Pantomimie audience OH YES IT IS!! Beefy looking for his phone. So....... 20 minutes and 35 phone calls later retracing our steps back along the race course trying to listen for his phone ringing with no luck unfortunately. They turned for home and made it back to the pub Pork Torpedo looking as though he was having a coronary. Poor Lamb, (Sorry, Pork)
As always the pub laid on a fantastic buffet of sandwiches, chips, onion rings and sausages and the down down commenced going to the following offenders :-
PORK TORPEDO and HORNIE in full Hare's costumes laid a great trail, but with no Strava record as Beefy lost his phone en route.
PILTDOWN MAN- (who one always has to look up to!) Left the Run record sheet behind at Tinkley!
WIGWAM- A birthday drink on his 1200th Runs anniversary. (holding that precious Badge and another pint to follow)
 

NO ONE EXPECTS THE BRUNEL IMPOSITION!

Monday 12th November 2018
OD :- Orestone Manor, Maidencombe, Torquay
Hares :- Bobbiball & Wigwam
Bobbiball and Wigwam recounted a simple tail of 3 L/S splits, and made excuses for any t rail which might have been washed out by the rain. A guided walkers route (by Bobbiball) and guesstimated routes of 3 or 5 miles dependant on each hashers choices were announced.der whatever protective overhang they could find. They didn't expect that.
Miraculously the shower quickly passed in time for the circle-up. Satnav responded quickest with her knowledge of the Johnson family at question time and won herself a pint.
Unexpectedly our advertised hare Bluebird was unfortunately unable to lay due to his filial responsibilities and the Torbay version of Batman and Robin stepped in to save the day. There was a mixed reaction to there being no fire hash this year.
A virgin hasher by the name of Will introduced by Smellie was welcomed.
Bobbiball and Wigwam recounted a simple tail of 3 L/S splits, and made excuses for any tail which might have been washed out by the rain. A guided walkers route (by Bobbiball) and guesstimated routes of 3 or 5 miles dependant on each hashers choices were announced.
Into the now drying and starlit night they ambled. First downhill to the Sladnor Park fields where it was impossible to avoid damp feet in the freshly drenched grass. Many missed the arrow directing them through the hedge, and continued on down the field. Those that discovered it found a more typical Bluebird style obstacle. Through a hole in a fence and scratched by brambles and barbed wire they then struggled up a very slippery slope assisted by Piltdown and Wigwam, emerging back on the Teignmouth Road. They probably expected something like that.
We headed past Brunel Lodge to the first L/S. The shorts and walkers sought out the rain depleted trail down past the Brunel Totem carvings whilst the longs took a more circular route via Seymour Drive and into Brunel Woods from the west.
At Moor Lane some of the shorts mutinied, led by Teapot and Wetfart, and chose the dangerously narrow Teignmouth Road over the Watcombe Beach Road and the sweetie stop in the Valley of Rocks.
Wide Receiver led an errant group including the Ipplepen massif, SMEllie and GD with Piddler in pursuit across Steps Cross Field and on down the road toward St Marychurch. They were called back and rerouted up the King George V playing fields and past the Scout Campsite onto the Coastal Path. Most found there way easily to join the shorts at the sweetie stop.
The last L/S was above the Valley of Rocks and led the adventurous down and around the coastal path to come out below the Thatched Tavern and eventually back up the tortuous Rock House Hill.
Down-Downs preceded the service of delicious Lasagna, garlic bread and salad. So good they ate it twice.
FALLEN WOMAN after a bed incident?? discovered Broken Man on floor with a cracked rib!!
ERECTION only just recovered after " The Brewery Tour," but can he face another beer ??
SLASHER not sure why she was named that!but she did disappear into the bushes!
Virgin Hasher Will is welcomed to the Hash with the first of possibly many DD's!
Another great hash evening.
Don't forget to buy your Christmas Party tickets for 8th December, Fish and Chip tickets for 10th December and draw tickets for 17th December.
On-On
George

" A BIG BANG IN THE BOTTOM" !

Monday 5th November #1767 at Tinkley Bottom with Hare Forrest Stump.
A great turnout on a cool clear night for our Guy Fawkes Bonfire extravaganza.
A lot of vehicle maneuvering was going on in the grassy CP with Manpig fighting at the helm of his Chelsea tractor, firstly mowing down a prize sapling, then as it recovered, promptly reversed back over it to finally bumped into Piltdowns car.
Hashers baring fireworks cakes and desserts gathered up ready for Piltdowns latest question, which I cant remember anyone correctly answering. Ubend kindly volunteered to cover our 3rd Dec Trail before it was On-On through wet grassland into the woods!
At Crocombe Bridge there was more weaving through woodland on slippery trails beside the river Teign, before we emerged onto tarmac with a steep uphill ahead gasping up to Farley. This was followed by the trail leading us into THE GULLY!
This tortuous steep route over rocks, had us stumbling downwards, we tried to find a path along the bank but that failed miserably! On reaching the bottom another steep puffing climb upwards faced us leading finally out into Trusham it had certainly been a good workout gasp!
Now it was thankfully all downhill back to Crocombe Bridge with a short jog along the old Teign Valley rail embankment into Tinkley Bottom.
The Fire was burning well as we enjoyed Forrest's Road Kill Stew, great beer and those delicious cakes, before the Fireworks commenced, with Master Lighters Poacher and Compo in charge supported by Rocket Man Bluebird. Most of the brightest fireworks I thought must surely be mine, there was certainly a huge selection.
We all waited for the super rocket which Bluebird claimed would be amazing. A shout came from the darkness, “here we go!” as the rocket zoomed upwards, we strained our necks backwards, following its trail up and up ….and its probably still going somewhere!
The huge fire was now approachable giving Soapy a chance at last to toast a few marshmallows ending a most enjoyable evening at Tinkley Bottom well done Forrest!
Down Downs were awarded to
Deven and Casey who lost the trail and went into the river!...
now named (Deven) GETTING WET and (Casey) NEVER WET
PILTDOWN for calling Slip-on-Me her by her nerd name twice!
SHITFACED the Hashit shirt for 'taking his mummy's car to the hash'.
MANPIG his skilled driving! hitting a tree twice then reversing into GM's car
On to next week at The Orestone Manor Maidencombe with Bluebird...anything could happen!!
On-On Winfield