You should take particular care to avoid planning a route that may disturb Wildlife. 60 Hashers running through an area of Badger Sets in a wood does not undisturbed Badgers make. Similarly, take into account that Livestock with young can be especially grumpy, more so when there’s dogs with the Hash. This doesn’t mean you can’t go through a Field that has say Cattle with calves in, just that you should flag the Hash with the issue beforehand e.g. “No Dogs on the Longs due to Livestock” and make sure that this is announced in the couple of Hashes beforehand. There are many areas of Special Scientific Interest in the South Hams and care should be taken that your route doesn’t put these at risk of damage, especially given Hasher’s inbuilt desire to take short cuts.
