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:466@sh4.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231004T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231004T230000 DTSTAMP:20231025T050612Z URL:https://www.sh4.org.uk/events/hash-1430/ SUMMARY:South Hams H4 Hash 1430 - South Brent Station Car Park DESCRIPTION:Verba per Dimuswitus\nStand In Words Editor - Rubbery until nex t AGPU - volunteers welcome.....\n\nNullum numerus MCDXXX\nVerba per Dimus witus\nCaeruleum nun secessus Nullam\nHares - Willy Waverus &\; Badus C ockus\nRA - Rearas Entryas\n\nSo listening to Vernon Kaye and Zoe Ball on Radio 2\, a current topic of conversation discussed\nwas\, how often do me n think about the Roman Empire. Well it turns out\, quite a often !\n4% of men aged 18 and older think about it most days\, and 14% about once a mon th.\n\nThis I think is an interesting statistic\, I am currently reading a factual novel 'Hannibal Enemy of Rome' by\nauthor Ben Kane\, and what a g reat read it is.\nIn 218 BC\, Hannibal attacked Saguntum an ally of Rome i n Hispania\, sparking the second Punic War.\nHannibal then invaded norther n Italy by crossing the Alps with more than 30\,000 soldiers\, 15\,000 cav alry\nand most famous of all 37 war elephants.\n\nTo me this was an amazin g achievement\, but what has it got to do with Hashing in South Brent on a fine\nOctober evening ?\n\nWell\, the question rattling around my grey ma tter is\, if Hannibal can move an entire army across the alps\,\nwhy then cannot Blue Nun navigate himself around a 6 mile hash without coming to gr ief and an\nunfortunate ending.\nThe body count of Blue Nuns battlefield i njuries currently stands at \, two broken ankles and two torn\nankle ligam ents\, he clearly would have been no use in the Carthagian army and would have in all\nprobability been thrown off the closest mountain !\n\nThis da y of all days was also his 20 year wedding anniversary\, married to the lo ng suffering Olive\, if\nnothing else\, it will always remain memorable.\n According to the information provided\, it was also the day of Olives birt h\, a few years back in modern\nhistory.\n\nSo\, wading through Rear Entry 's musings\, and trying to decipher his micro writing\, it appears to be a lean\nnews night primarily centred around Blue Nuns battlefield injuries. \n\nOther notable mentions seemed to have gone to:\n\n• Overshot coming across a full camouflaged sniper\, and pleading with him to shoot Blue Nun and\nput all the hash out of our misery.\nSpecial mention must go here to the brave soldier Overshot\, who despite falling over countless times dur ing the coastal marathon\, still turned up and completed the short hash\, ignoring his obvious open fractures.\n\n• Shaggy getting lost again and screaming about “going down” with Cant Come\, so so many puns\nbut not enough time.\n\n• Jyde and his dog Ollie remaining dry after completing the river crossing\, this is either witchcraft\nor the work of the God Ne ptune.\n\n• Ching Chong getting lost yet again\, this is clearly now a s trategy to avoid buying the first round at\nthe bar.\n\n• Olive for NOT getting lost again\, in no short measure by having to help her injured spo use back to\nthe car.\n\n• Something was mentioned regarding Know Nuts g etting disoriented in the dark\, oddly when I ran by\nhim and stopped to h ave a chat\, his faculties appeared to be in full working order.\n\n• Pi dddler's incessant moaning on the hash appeared to have upset Winnie the P oo. I actually\nthought it was something to do with his current restrainin g order.\n\n• Whisperer was also found stumbling around in the dark\, as his head torch had shut down to one\nlumen mode. He was kindly helped bac k to the finish by a very considerate hasher with a fully\nfunctioning lig ht source. Whisperer was later heard admitting\, that although he had put in new\nbatteries into said head torch\, he may have forgotten to charge s aid batteries.\n\nThe Station House was thanked for having us back again\, it almost seemed like yesterday we were last\nhere.\n\nDown Downs were th en awarded to:\n\nLucius Willy Waverus: Hare \, great effort in providing adequate tripping hazards.\nQuintus Bad Cockus: Hare\, great effort in get ting the normal suspects lost.\nBrutus Bluenunus: Services to the NHS and private rehabilitation after care.\nLivia Shaggus: Volunteering after tort ure\, to undertake the unenviable position of words editor.\nHoratus Spotw etus: Helping his brother Gitus Lazius back safely onto the trail\, and fo r tripping up\nan unnamed hasher.\nCaecilla Ching Chongus: Services to GPS navigation and fare dodging\nUt in Halwell\n\nNullam numerus MCDXXXI\n\n( Authors disclaimer\, all latin spelling errors are the responsibility of g oogle translate) - Verba per Dimuswitus\nStand In Words Editor - Rubbery u ntil next AGPU - volunteers welcome.....\n\nNullum numerus MCDXXX\nVerba p er Dimuswitus\nCaeruleum nun secessus Nullam\nHares - Willy Waverus &\; Badus Cockus\nRA - Rearas Entryas\n\nSo listening to Vernon Kaye and Zoe Ball on Radio 2\, a current topic of conversation discussed\nwas\, how oft en do men think about the Roman Empire. Well it turns out\, quite a often !\n4% of men aged 18 and older think about it most days\, and 14% about on ce a month.\n\nThis I think is an interesting statistic\, I am currently r eading a factual novel 'Hannibal Enemy of Rome' by\nauthor Ben Kane\, and what a great read it is.\nIn 218 BC\, Hannibal attacked Saguntum an ally o f Rome in Hispania\, sparking the second Punic War.\nHannibal then invaded northern Italy by crossing the Alps with more than 30\,000 soldiers\, 15\ ,000 cavalry\nand most famous of all 37 war elephants.\n\nTo me this was a n amazing achievement\, but what has it got to do with Hashing in South Br ent on a fine\nOctober evening ?\n\nWell\, the question rattling around my grey matter is\, if Hannibal can move an entire army across the alps\,\nw hy then cannot Blue Nun navigate himself around a 6 mile hash without comi ng to grief and an\nunfortunate ending.\nThe body count of Blue Nuns battl efield injuries currently stands at \, two broken ankles and two torn\nank le ligaments\, he clearly would have been no use in the Carthagian army an d would have in all\nprobability been thrown off the closest mountain !\n\ nThis day of all days was also his 20 year wedding anniversary\, married t o the long suffering Olive\, if\nnothing else\, it will always remain memo rable.\nAccording to the information provided\, it was also the day of Oli ves birth\, a few years back in modern\nhistory.\n\nSo\, wading through Re ar Entry's musings\, and trying to decipher his micro writing\, it appears to be a lean\nnews night primarily centred around Blue Nuns battlefield i njuries.\n\nOther notable mentions seemed to have gone to:\n\n• Overshot coming across a full camouflaged sniper\, and pleading with him to shoot Blue Nun and\nput all the hash out of our misery.\nSpecial mention must go here to the brave soldier Overshot\, who despite falling over countless t imes during the coastal marathon\, still turned up and completed the short hash\, ignoring his obvious open fractures.\n\n• Shaggy getting lost ag ain and screaming about “going down” with Cant Come\, so so many puns\ nbut not enough time.\n\n• Jyde and his dog Ollie remaining dry after co mpleting the river crossing\, this is either witchcraft\nor the work of th e God Neptune.\n\n• Ching Chong getting lost yet again\, this is clearly now a strategy to avoid buying the first round at\nthe bar.\n\n• Olive for NOT getting lost again\, in no short measure by having to help her inj ured spouse back to\nthe car.\n\n• Something was mentioned regarding Kno w Nuts getting disoriented in the dark\, oddly when I ran by\nhim and stop ped to have a chat\, his faculties appeared to be in full working order.\n \n• Pidddler's incessant moaning on the hash appeared to have upset Winn ie the Poo. I actually\nthought it was something to do with his current re straining order.\n\n• Whisperer was also found stumbling around in the d ark\, as his head torch had shut down to one\nlumen mode. He was kindly he lped back to the finish by a very considerate hasher with a fully\nfunctio ning light source. Whisperer was later heard admitting\, that although he had put in new\nbatteries into said head torch\, he may have forgotten to charge said batteries.\n\nThe Station House was thanked for having us back again\, it almost seemed like yesterday we were last\nhere.\n\nDown Downs were then awarded to:\n\nLucius Willy Waverus: Hare \, great effort in pr oviding adequate tripping hazards.\nQuintus Bad Cockus: Hare\, great effor t in getting the normal suspects lost.\nBrutus Bluenunus: Services to the NHS and private rehabilitation after care.\nLivia Shaggus: Volunteering af ter torture\, to undertake the unenviable position of words editor.\nHorat us Spotwetus: Helping his brother Gitus Lazius back safely onto the trail\ , and for tripping up\nan unnamed hasher.\nCaecilla Ching Chongus: Service s to GPS navigation and fare dodging\nUt in Halwell\n\nNullam numerus MCDX XXI\n\n(Authors disclaimer\, all latin spelling errors are the responsibil ity of google translate) CATEGORIES:Hash Trails LOCATION:South Brent Station Car Park Station Car Park\, South Brent\, TQ10 9AL GEO:50.42761;-3.83444 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Station Car Park\, South Br ent\, TQ10 9AL\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=South Brent Sta tion Car Park:geo:50.42761,-3.83444 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR