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:429@sh4.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230215T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230215T230000 DTSTAMP:20230221T114118Z URL:https://www.sh4.org.uk/events/hash-1394/ SUMMARY:South Hams H4 Hash 1394 - Royal Oak DESCRIPTION:The words according to Cowpat \n\nCowpat’s turn for the words AGAIN so I can only describe what I saw and where I may have been.\n\nAt the circle up there was the welcome return of Tyred Bunny (many hugs all r ound) and Orrible brought along a friend with a handsome black Labrador.\n \nHares were Filth and Ging Gang – what could possibly go wrong?\n\nI ra n with Gomez and Morticia and Zoe the dog. There were very many stiles and only a couple were canine-friendly\, so poor Gomez was manhandling the po or dog over these which greatly slowed us up.\n\nOne odd thing – there w as a mark on another pesky stile which led into a vast field\, but we coul d find no more flour. Eventually\, we decided to follow the footpath sign out of the field\, where after several hundred yards\, we actually saw an other blob. Reminiscent of the Squashed Balls brand of hash-laying!\n\nDe sperately trying to catch up with the rest of the hash\, we bumped into Ba rbarella\, Jyde and Lowtarse. They had been with Olive\, but when Lowtars e’s torch gaveout\, Olive kindly offered her own and said as she knew th e area\, and was the RA for the evening\, she would be ok. True to her wo rd\, she appeared at the pub shortly after that! Wonder where she went?\n \nWhilst I was chatting with these 3\, The Addams family ran off\, as is t heir wont. I hastened after them and found myself in a woodshed and tracto r store\, with no obvious way through. Fortunately\, a gentleman came out of his kitchen and told me of the footpath a couple of hundred yards back . I made my apologies and turned back to direct Jyde & co to the route. \ n\nThe chat was about whether to take the long trail or the short. Obviou sly\, Barbarella & Lowtarse wanted to run the long\, but we other two favo ured the short. Filth had said take the first short and second long for a pretty hash. Well\, the first choice had been between the walkers’ rou te and the L/S and the next was a choice of long or short. Decision made\ ; we would go long. Guess what – another mark directing us into yet anot her massive field and no more marks. Reluctantly Barbarella\, acknowledgi ng it was getting late\, thought the best thing to do would be follow the short. The rest of the hash was pretty standard\, and there were even som e very neat marks\, which the unfortunate Jyde missed entirely and struck off alone in totally the wrong direction. It was only while the rest of u s were holding open a farm gate waiting for him\, that we realised he was missing. After a lot of calling “where are you” a light was spotted a nd he was coaxed back to the fold.\n\nMr Softy joined us towards the end a nd said he had been to Overbecks\, Salcombe and South Sands\, but probably not on trail.\n\nAt the pub the chilli and chips looked excellent and the sole barman did a splendid job doling out the beer.\nOlive\, as RA made s ome jokes worthy of ‘Who Gives a’ and comments about the dubious valen tine gifts presented to Harriets.\n\nDown downs were awarded to: Filth as Hare (Ging Gang does not do beer\, darling)\nWho Gives a Shit for worst va lentine gift.\nOvershot for “Perv of the night”\nJerk & Wetspot for be ing loud. and Twisted Sister who accepted a drink for Lowtarse’s birthda y. \n\nONON - The words according to Cowpat \n\nCowpat’s turn for the wo rds AGAIN so I can only describe what I saw and where I may have been.\n\n At the circle up there was the welcome return of Tyred Bunny (many hugs al l round) and Orrible brought along a friend with a handsome black Labrador .\n\nHares were Filth and Ging Gang – what could possibly go wrong?\n\nI ran with Gomez and Morticia and Zoe the dog. There were very many stiles and only a couple were canine-friendly\, so poor Gomez was manhandling the poor dog over these which greatly slowed us up.\n\nOne odd thing – ther e was a mark on another pesky stile which led into a vast field\, but we c ould find no more flour. Eventually\, we decided to follow the footpath s ign out of the field\, where after several hundred yards\, we actually saw another blob. Reminiscent of the Squashed Balls brand of hash-laying!\n\ nDesperately trying to catch up with the rest of the hash\, we bumped into Barbarella\, Jyde and Lowtarse. They had been with Olive\, but when Lowt arse’s torch gaveout\, Olive kindly offered her own and said as she knew the area\, and was the RA for the evening\, she would be ok. True to her word\, she appeared at the pub shortly after that! Wonder where she went ?\n\nWhilst I was chatting with these 3\, The Addams family ran off\, as i s their wont. I hastened after them and found myself in a woodshed and tra ctor store\, with no obvious way through. Fortunately\, a gentleman came out of his kitchen and told me of the footpath a couple of hundred yards b ack. I made my apologies and turned back to direct Jyde & co to the route . \n\nThe chat was about whether to take the long trail or the short. Obv iously\, Barbarella & Lowtarse wanted to run the long\, but we other two f avoured the short. Filth had said take the first short and second long fo r a pretty hash. Well\, the first choice had been between the walkers’ route and the L/S and the next was a choice of long or short. Decision ma de\; we would go long. Guess what – another mark directing us into yet a nother massive field and no more marks. Reluctantly Barbarella\, acknowle dging it was getting late\, thought the best thing to do would be follow t he short. The rest of the hash was pretty standard\, and there were even some very neat marks\, which the unfortunate Jyde missed entirely and stru ck off alone in totally the wrong direction. It was only while the rest o f us were holding open a farm gate waiting for him\, that we realised he w as missing. After a lot of calling “where are you” a light was spotte d and he was coaxed back to the fold.\n\nMr Softy joined us towards the en d and said he had been to Overbecks\, Salcombe and South Sands\, but proba bly not on trail.\n\nAt the pub the chilli and chips looked excellent and the sole barman did a splendid job doling out the beer.\nOlive\, as RA mad e some jokes worthy of ‘Who Gives a’ and comments about the dubious va lentine gifts presented to Harriets.\n\nDown downs were awarded to: Filth as Hare (Ging Gang does not do beer\, darling)\nWho Gives a Shit for worst valentine gift.\nOvershot for “Perv of the night”\nJerk & Wetspot for being loud. and Twisted Sister who accepted a drink for Lowtarse’s birt hday. \n\nONON CATEGORIES:Hash Trails LOCATION:Royal Oak The Royal Oak\, Malborough\, TQ7 3RL GEO:50.244261;-3.812041 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Royal Oak\, Malborough\ , TQ7 3RL\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Royal Oak:geo:50.244 261,-3.812041 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR