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:475@sh4.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T163000 DTSTAMP:20231123T101931Z URL:https://www.sh4.org.uk/events/hash-1437-sh4-away-weekend/ SUMMARY:South Hams H4 Hash 1437 - SH4 Away Weekend - Dartmoor Training Cent re DESCRIPTION:The Words According to Georgie P'Orgy\nStand In Words Editor - Rubbery **Last one Shaggy takes over next week! x\n\nPre Christmas 2023 ha sh\,18th -19th November\n\nAs we climbed up to the moors we found ourselve s in quite overpowering bracing winds\,low cloud cover and light\, yet per sistent rainfall.\nPrince's Hall was a warm and welcoming site...until the large glass sliding sliding door jammed open and allowed the bracing wind to engulf us once more.\nDecorations went up and 'Filth' was well away in preparing our warming 12 o' clock snack comprising of two hearty\, delici ous soups!\nSmall numbers were arriving and by midday we were almost full numbers\, apart from a few that were struggling to find our isolated weeke nd retreat.\n12.30 after welcoming\, Pisswell a new hasher to South hams\, Rizzo 'took' the circle.\nI was awarded the task of weekend words\, then my sudden realisation we were currently without a computer struck absolute ly no discord with her and I was told to get on with it and hand write the m!\nGaffer was awarded the horn\, which was also resisted his excuse was\; being too heavy to carry\, that sentiment was also rebuffed.\nWe set off to the main road\, free of rain and a good sidewinder to help us along on our almighty challenge....already we had one faller.\nWe crossed the road to meet the terrain that we pummelled over for the next 3-4 hours - apart from a random few that is\, who set off towards the nearest pub\, their lu ck was in as soon after 30 young\, drenched females arrived who thereby re moved their sodden clothes including bras\, who were then unsurprisingly w elcomed to join our hash by you know who\, 'Goolie' !\nSaturated\,peaty\, soil\, almost Marsh like conditions where tolerated\, apart from one male hasher 'Piddler'\, who took a rather circular route to avoid getting his f eel wet!\nA good mile was crossed onto a welcome road\, with the wind behi nd us this time\, down to a short/ walkers division.\nThe longs and shorts covered Huccaby tor and then onto Fairy Bridge at Sherberton\, us walkers ( sometimes runners) route took us up alongside\nCherry woods where simul taneously the end row of fir trees had been completely blown over\, somewh at of a dystopian landscape scene emerged.....continuing completely shelte red from the wind by the woods\, this became the most enjoyable and pictur esque stretch of the trail for us.\nWe began a climb to Bellever tor expos ed again by the battling wind.\nWe passed a group of ponies\, taking shelt er behind a column of granite formations.\nThe climb to the top was accept able\, but down proved a challenge\, steep and marshy!\nAlthough the major ity of moorland is open landscape\, there were occasional gates\, but toda y for some reason\, that had been surrounded by 'pondlike' configurations. \nOne gently crossed it not knowing what was lurking beneath.\nThen follow ed by a dry stone wall which took us out to another main road\, which when crossed took us into a hollow\, whereby we were quickly surrounded by cow s.....a hasty ascent followed.\nThe correct trail we then struggled to fin d but now facing a head on wind we weaved through the marshy terrain\, cro ssing a stream\, which had now become almost a river clinging on tightly t o a perimeter fence\, to stop us being washed away.\nPrince's Hall was a w elcome sight and on entering we spotted 'Hekkels' famous\, forever Christm as cake\, as Mary Poppins would say\; Practically perfect in every way\, s urrounded by 'Nice Buns\, very nice buns\, both absolutely delicious\, wit h a hot mug of tea!\n'Just Horny' was our first lady back and ' Blown off' our first male.\nThe distances covered were between 7.25 and 15 miles- a magnificent hash laid be 'Re entry' 'Just Horny' and 'Triple top'- thank y ou so very much.\nAfternoon tea was followed by games\, 'Piltdown man's' f amous ABC quiz won by ' Who gives a shit'. Making a wedding dress with toi let paper was won by the ladies. Balloon bursting ? not sure\, Spoon the l emons??\, Musical chairs\, was a tie\, the men lost and were assigned the duty of washing up the following morning after Sunday mornings 'Hare of th e dog trail'.\n'Little chef' did a beautiful Thai chicken meal followed by a sumptuous chocolate ganache pudding. Thank you so very much.\nPost dinn er skits were 'Pony shafter' with his own rendition of 'Wild Rover'. Pirat es\; 'Rubbery'\, 'Twisted sister' and ' Nutcracker ' hurling broken limbs off their ship into the audience\, finally 'Piltdown man' and 'Georgie p' orgy' doing 'Piltdown's' own version of\; 'There's a hole in me bucket'.\n Down downs included "Boaty' for the supply of Sloe gin pre hash plus Boaty 's bar raising money for children's charities\, plus music which continued until 3.00am apparently! Hares and kitchen staff\, thank you all so very much.\n\nSunday morning and a 'sturdy' group of hashers circled up. Beefy a new hasher for South hams was welcomed and we set off- to say this was a nother challenge would be an understatement\, every foot had to be retriev ed from the sink\, boggy\, peaty ground\, a few hundreds meters but which took us a while to master\, then up over the bridge under up through the t rees to the open moorland once more.\nApproximately a mile and a half then back home to a hearty\, fabulous breakfast prepared by 'Rubbery'.(Ed. - I can't take all the praise for breakfast I was ably assisted by Twisted Si ster and Filth) I would like to say a big thank you to all hashers behind the scenes who made this a fabulous weekend......on on\nPlease note update d Hash Mismanagement Committee - The Words According to Georgie P'Orgy\nSt and In Words Editor - Rubbery **Last one Shaggy takes over next week! x\n\ nPre Christmas 2023 hash\,18th -19th November\n\nAs we climbed up to the m oors we found ourselves in quite overpowering bracing winds\,low cloud cov er and light\, yet persistent rainfall.\nPrince's Hall was a warm and welc oming site...until the large glass sliding sliding door jammed open and al lowed the bracing wind to engulf us once more.\nDecorations went up and 'F ilth' was well away in preparing our warming 12 o' clock snack comprising of two hearty\, delicious soups!\nSmall numbers were arriving and by midda y we were almost full numbers\, apart from a few that were struggling to f ind our isolated weekend retreat.\n12.30 after welcoming\, Pisswell a new hasher to South hams\, Rizzo 'took' the circle.\nI was awarded the task of weekend words\, then my sudden realisation we were currently without a co mputer struck absolutely no discord with her and I was told to get on with it and hand write them!\nGaffer was awarded the horn\, which was also res isted his excuse was\; being too heavy to carry\, that sentiment was also rebuffed.\nWe set off to the main road\, free of rain and a good sidewinde r to help us along on our almighty challenge....already we had one faller. \nWe crossed the road to meet the terrain that we pummelled over for the n ext 3-4 hours - apart from a random few that is\, who set off towards the nearest pub\, their luck was in as soon after 30 young\, drenched females arrived who thereby removed their sodden clothes including bras\, who were then unsurprisingly welcomed to join our hash by you know who\, 'Goolie' !\nSaturated\,peaty\, soil\, almost Marsh like conditions where tolerated\ , apart from one male hasher 'Piddler'\, who took a rather circular route to avoid getting his feel wet!\nA good mile was crossed onto a welcome roa d\, with the wind behind us this time\, down to a short/ walkers division. \nThe longs and shorts covered Huccaby tor and then onto Fairy Bridge at S herberton\, us walkers ( sometimes runners) route took us up alongside\nCh erry woods where simultaneously the end row of fir trees had been complete ly blown over\, somewhat of a dystopian landscape scene emerged.....contin uing completely sheltered from the wind by the woods\, this became the mos t enjoyable and picturesque stretch of the trail for us.\nWe began a climb to Bellever tor exposed again by the battling wind.\nWe passed a group of ponies\, taking shelter behind a column of granite formations.\nThe climb to the top was acceptable\, but down proved a challenge\, steep and marsh y!\nAlthough the majority of moorland is open landscape\, there were occas ional gates\, but today for some reason\, that had been surrounded by 'pon dlike' configurations.\nOne gently crossed it not knowing what was lurking beneath.\nThen followed by a dry stone wall which took us out to another main road\, which when crossed took us into a hollow\, whereby we were qui ckly surrounded by cows.....a hasty ascent followed.\nThe correct trail we then struggled to find but now facing a head on wind we weaved through th e marshy terrain\, crossing a stream\, which had now become almost a river clinging on tightly to a perimeter fence\, to stop us being washed away.\ nPrince's Hall was a welcome sight and on entering we spotted 'Hekkels' fa mous\, forever Christmas cake\, as Mary Poppins would say\; Practically pe rfect in every way\, surrounded by 'Nice Buns\, very nice buns\, both abso lutely delicious\, with a hot mug of tea!\n'Just Horny' was our first lady back and ' Blown off' our first male.\nThe distances covered were between 7.25 and 15 miles- a magnificent hash laid be 'Re entry' 'Just Horny' and 'Triple top'- thank you so very much.\nAfternoon tea was followed by game s\, 'Piltdown man's' famous ABC quiz won by ' Who gives a shit'. Making a wedding dress with toilet paper was won by the ladies. Balloon bursting ? not sure\, Spoon the lemons??\, Musical chairs\, was a tie\, the men lost and were assigned the duty of washing up the following morning after Sunda y mornings 'Hare of the dog trail'.\n'Little chef' did a beautiful Thai ch icken meal followed by a sumptuous chocolate ganache pudding. Thank you so very much.\nPost dinner skits were 'Pony shafter' with his own rendition of 'Wild Rover'. Pirates\; 'Rubbery'\, 'Twisted sister' and ' Nutcracker ' hurling broken limbs off their ship into the audience\, finally 'Piltdown man' and 'Georgie p' orgy' doing 'Piltdown's' own version of\; 'There's a hole in me bucket'.\nDown downs included "Boaty' for the supply of Sloe g in pre hash plus Boaty's bar raising money for children's charities\, plus music which continued until 3.00am apparently! Hares and kitchen staff\, thank you all so very much.\n\nSunday morning and a 'sturdy' group of hash ers circled up. Beefy a new hasher for South hams was welcomed and we set off- to say this was another challenge would be an understatement\, every foot had to be retrieved from the sink\, boggy\, peaty ground\, a few hund reds meters but which took us a while to master\, then up over the bridge under up through the trees to the open moorland once more.\nApproximately a mile and a half then back home to a hearty\, fabulous breakfast prepared by 'Rubbery'.(Ed. - I can't take all the praise for breakfast I was ably assisted by Twisted Sister and Filth) I would like to say a big thank you to all hashers behind the scenes who made this a fabulous weekend......on on\nPlease note updated Hash Mismanagement Committee CATEGORIES:Hash Trails LOCATION:Dartmoor Training Centre Dartmoor Training Centre\, Near Two Bridg es\, Princetown\, Devon\, PL20 6SA GEO:50.548452;-3.94008 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Dartmoor Training Centre\, Near Two Bridges\, Princetown\, Devon\, PL20 6SA\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE- RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Dartmoor Training Centre:geo:50.548452,-3.94008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR