BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:408@sh4.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221019T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221019T223000 DTSTAMP:20221026T081150Z URL:https://www.sh4.org.uk/events/hash-1372/ SUMMARY:South Hams H4 Hash 1372 - Fortescue Arms DESCRIPTION:The words according to Meaty Whore \n\n\nDisappointingly for me \, there was little meteorology this week although that probably came as a relief to others.\n\nSunset was at 18:16 BST\, air pressure was a relativ ely high 1008 hPa\, air temperature was a balmy 16.9 degrees Celsius\, rel ative humidity was 96% and there was 8/8 cloud cover at the start. There h ad been some menacing flashes of lightning on the drive down to EA but the y had stopped and there was no precipitation falling as we circled up *.\n \nWhen the GM asked if there were any announcements\, I stupidly mentioned that it was my last SH4 hash\, as Tight Arse and I were emigrating to the Far East (almost to the Somerset border in fact) and we would have to has h with ISCA in the future but thanked SH4 for many wasted Wednesday evenin gs.\n\nWhen it became apparent that the nominated scribe hadn’t turned u p\, a new SH4 alphabet was invented that had a bonus M between A and C\, m eaning that it was my turn to write the words again. I hope that ISCA use a more conventional alphabet than SH4! Another noticeable absence was NIce Buns who was rumoured to be worried about the showers that had been forec ast for the evening.\n\nThe hares were Overshot and Rusty Bottom. The inst ructions for the night were so complex that no-one could remember them\, w ith options for walks\, shorts\, short-longs\, longs\, long-longs\, hops\, skips\, jumps and even marathons. Overshot demonstrated how we had to wal k in a special way to safely cross a fallen fence but his demonstration lo oked more like something out of the Ministry of Silly Walks or even an aud ition for the rear-end of the horse in East Allington’s pantomime.\n\nNa vigational difficulties were a common theme throughout the night\, althoug h they did keep the pack together. Shortly into the trail\, the flour comp letely disappeared and the back markers caught up with the FRBs as all opt ions were explored. Eventually a hare appeared\, but unfortunately it was the wrong hare\, who’d been responsible for laying the other end of trai l. Even the hare\, Overshot\, got lost when he misplaced his phone and he had to be rescued by Rusty.\n\nDimmers was discovered leading Rizzo astray on several short cuts and trying to hide his crimes by turning his head t orch off so that no-one would notice.\n\nI was running with Scruff and Scr uff’s owner (sorry I’m always better at remembering dogs’ names than I am at humans’ names) and we were excited to find that we were at the front for one section. However\, it turned out that everyone else had shor t cutted so severely that although we were the first to run over that sect ion of the trail we definitely weren’t at the front. But we got our reve nge when the short-cutters took a wrong turn\, ran down a long steep hill and we re-discovered them as they had just finished puffing their way back up their bonus hill\, which I think serves them right for shortcutting!\n \nThere was further confusion on the longs when we lost the trail\, ran in circles for some time and eventually saw a road sign indicating that it w as only 1.5 miles back to EA so decided to cheat and head back along the r oads as we were all getting quite thirsty. However\, we came across the sh ort-long (or perhaps was it the long-medium?) trail and turned on to that to avoid some of the tarmac. I was one of the gaggle of lost-longs and aft er 90 minutes on the trail was very glad that the pub was kindly still ser ving foot-long sausages despite the very late hour. In the end\, for a sec ond week running\, only the famous five\, this time being Overshot\, Secon d Coming\, Barbarella\, Low T Arse and Olive\, completed the full long.\n\ nOn the shorts\, Gary Glitter took one for the team by attracting all of t he flies and moths to herself and sparing everyone else. Gomez and Mortici a’s cute Zoe is growing rapidly and is perhaps no longer considered as c ute due to her hoovering up all of the cow pats on the trail. Zoe’s car share partners were concerned about whether such a small dog would be able to keep down so much muck while they were heading back along those windin g roads.\n\nWet Spot was incredibly rude to many fellow hashers along the trail\, making offensive new names for them. WGAS was so upset that when W et Spot asked for directions he pointed down a sideroad. Wet Spot fell for this cunning trick and headed off for some bonus extra distance as punish ment.\n\nGaffer and the Plympton team hadn’t made it to the hash but I t hink that they would have enjoyed the many streams\, brambles and fences t hat the hares led us across. While crossing one particularly high fence I became quite concerned that Daisy would never be able to have a sibling be cause the barbs were getting precariously close to a delicate region.\n\nS potty Botty was the RA for the night and demonstrated some of her newly ac quired teaching skills by having an unruly pub full of hashers sitting in silence before she’d counted to five. Discipline is going to be tight in Miss Botty’s class!\n\nThanks were given to the first five farmers who ’d let us hash across their land that evening. Apparently we didn’t ne ed permission from the sixth farmer as they didn’t Give a Shit and all t heir fences were down and easy to cross anyway.\n\nA special mention was g iven to Hekkel and Jyde who had driven back from the Lake District that da y just to make the hash.\n\nThe RA presented herself with her 200th t-shir t (and a down down as she often does). Other down downs went to the hares Overshot and Rusty Bottom\, Wet Spot for rudeness\, Meaty Whore for desert ion and Morticia for being helpful.\n\nSo long and thanks for all the chee sy chips (although I’m not so sure about Squashed Ball’s cheesy jokes) . On On to the Loddiswell Inn\, Loddiswell!\n\n* these values are all gues sed from nearby weather stations and shouldn’t be completely trusted but hopefully are fairly representative of the evening. - The words according to Meaty Whore \n\n\nDisappointingly for me\, there was little meteorolog y this week although that probably came as a relief to others.\n\nSunset w as at 18:16 BST\, air pressure was a relatively high 1008 hPa\, air temper ature was a balmy 16.9 degrees Celsius\, relative humidity was 96% and the re was 8/8 cloud cover at the start. There had been some menacing flashes of lightning on the drive down to EA but they had stopped and there was no precipitation falling as we circled up *.\n\nWhen the GM asked if there w ere any announcements\, I stupidly mentioned that it was my last SH4 hash\ , as Tight Arse and I were emigrating to the Far East (almost to the Somer set border in fact) and we would have to hash with ISCA in the future but thanked SH4 for many wasted Wednesday evenings.\n\nWhen it became apparent that the nominated scribe hadn’t turned up\, a new SH4 alphabet was inv ented that had a bonus M between A and C\, meaning that it was my turn to write the words again. I hope that ISCA use a more conventional alphabet t han SH4! Another noticeable absence was NIce Buns who was rumoured to be w orried about the showers that had been forecast for the evening.\n\nThe ha res were Overshot and Rusty Bottom. The instructions for the night were so complex that no-one could remember them\, with options for walks\, shorts \, short-longs\, longs\, long-longs\, hops\, skips\, jumps and even marath ons. Overshot demonstrated how we had to walk in a special way to safely c ross a fallen fence but his demonstration looked more like something out o f the Ministry of Silly Walks or even an audition for the rear-end of the horse in East Allington’s pantomime.\n\nNavigational difficulties were a common theme throughout the night\, although they did keep the pack toget her. Shortly into the trail\, the flour completely disappeared and the bac k markers caught up with the FRBs as all options were explored. Eventually a hare appeared\, but unfortunately it was the wrong hare\, who’d been responsible for laying the other end of trail. Even the hare\, Overshot\, got lost when he misplaced his phone and he had to be rescued by Rusty.\n\ nDimmers was discovered leading Rizzo astray on several short cuts and try ing to hide his crimes by turning his head torch off so that no-one would notice.\n\nI was running with Scruff and Scruff’s owner (sorry I’m alw ays better at remembering dogs’ names than I am at humans’ names) and we were excited to find that we were at the front for one section. However \, it turned out that everyone else had short cutted so severely that alth ough we were the first to run over that section of the trail we definitely weren’t at the front. But we got our revenge when the short-cutters too k a wrong turn\, ran down a long steep hill and we re-discovered them as t hey had just finished puffing their way back up their bonus hill\, which I think serves them right for shortcutting!\n\nThere was further confusion on the longs when we lost the trail\, ran in circles for some time and eve ntually saw a road sign indicating that it was only 1.5 miles back to EA s o decided to cheat and head back along the roads as we were all getting qu ite thirsty. However\, we came across the short-long (or perhaps was it th e long-medium?) trail and turned on to that to avoid some of the tarmac. I was one of the gaggle of lost-longs and after 90 minutes on the trail was very glad that the pub was kindly still serving foot-long sausages despit e the very late hour. In the end\, for a second week running\, only the fa mous five\, this time being Overshot\, Second Coming\, Barbarella\, Low T Arse and Olive\, completed the full long.\n\nOn the shorts\, Gary Glitter took one for the team by attracting all of the flies and moths to herself and sparing everyone else. Gomez and Morticia’s cute Zoe is growing rapi dly and is perhaps no longer considered as cute due to her hoovering up al l of the cow pats on the trail. Zoe’s car share partners were concerned about whether such a small dog would be able to keep down so much muck whi le they were heading back along those winding roads.\n\nWet Spot was incre dibly rude to many fellow hashers along the trail\, making offensive new n ames for them. WGAS was so upset that when Wet Spot asked for directions h e pointed down a sideroad. Wet Spot fell for this cunning trick and headed off for some bonus extra distance as punishment.\n\nGaffer and the Plympt on team hadn’t made it to the hash but I think that they would have enjo yed the many streams\, brambles and fences that the hares led us across. W hile crossing one particularly high fence I became quite concerned that Da isy would never be able to have a sibling because the barbs were getting p recariously close to a delicate region.\n\nSpotty Botty was the RA for the night and demonstrated some of her newly acquired teaching skills by havi ng an unruly pub full of hashers sitting in silence before she’d counted to five. Discipline is going to be tight in Miss Botty’s class!\n\nThan ks were given to the first five farmers who’d let us hash across their l and that evening. Apparently we didn’t need permission from the sixth fa rmer as they didn’t Give a Shit and all their fences were down and easy to cross anyway.\n\nA special mention was given to Hekkel and Jyde who had driven back from the Lake District that day just to make the hash.\n\nThe RA presented herself with her 200th t-shirt (and a down down as she often does). Other down downs went to the hares Overshot and Rusty Bottom\, Wet Spot for rudeness\, Meaty Whore for desertion and Morticia for being help ful.\n\nSo long and thanks for all the cheesy chips (although I’m not so sure about Squashed Ball’s cheesy jokes). On On to the Loddiswell Inn\, Loddiswell!\n\n* these values are all guessed from nearby weather station s and shouldn’t be completely trusted but hopefully are fairly represent ative of the evening. 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