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:493@sh4.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240214T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240214T230000 DTSTAMP:20240220T081437Z URL:https://www.sh4.org.uk/events/hash-1452-2/ SUMMARY:South Hams H4 Hash 1452 - Church House Inn (Churchstow) DESCRIPTION:The Words according to TYRED BUNNY\nHash 1452 - CHURCHSTOW\n\nY et another damp and dismal evening at Churchstow was about to be lightened by SH4\, raising the spirits of the limited numbers of those attending\, and rewarding them for ignoring their poor spouses left at home on Valenti ne's Evening.\nNot even Rizzo’s appalling weekly joke could flatten the anticipation: “What does cupid eat? A hearty meal”.\n\nThis was clearl y the enthusiastic hard-core of SH4\, with cries of ‘Let’s get on with it!’ from various\; they were just chomping at the bit to be let out of the starters' gate! The hares\, Spotty Botty &\; Pugsley\, started the briefing\, only to be immediately interrupted by a disrespectful landlady shouting “Food for James!!”\, quickly claimed by Rubbery. To be fair to Rubbery (and that's not said very often)\, he hasn't used the old 'Sorr y\, I can't do the hash this evening because they misunderstood when I wan ted the food served' excuse for a while\, but\, please\, a little more ori ginality in future would be appreciated.\n\nThe hares said it was a simple trail\, with options of 2\, 4\, &\; 6 miles just following the Walk\, Short/Short or Long/Long options. Pony Shafter wasn’t convinced\, and ve ry pragmatically suggested that we should organise a search party for Oliv e before we started (funnily enough\, not the description that Olive gave the suggestion). It was optimistically ignored\, so off we went.\n\nI’m not sure about it being a simple trail\, as Jyde &\; Tyred Bunny almost immediately got lost and somehow ended up on the Walkers' trail. But all was not lost\, when Nice Buns &\; Pull the Udder joined us. We found a field-mouse trying to navigate - what must have appeared to it to be somet hing like - the Amazon in full flood. Pull the Udder to the rescue\; with 100% effort\, she leapt to the poor creature’s aid…until she realised she might get some mud on her trainers\, at which point she backed off. Th en it was Jyde’s turn to play the superhero\, and with one mighty bound onto what he thought was solid ground\, he went ankle deep in mud - and ve ry nearly fell backwards into more. Meanwhile\, the terrified muroid (educ ational point: all muroid rodents smaller than rats are called mice) had d ecided the stream was the lesser of the evils\, and was last seen being ru shed away on the other side of the bank by a torrent of water. The road to hell is paved with good intentions!\n\nMeanwhile\, down in the bottom of the valley on the Longs\, the Lycra boys were fighting over who could outr un the dogs. Don’t forget\, chaps: you don’t have to be able to beat t he dog\, just the slowest of your mates\, who can then ‘entertain’ the canine. Gaffer must have been one of the faster\, possibly driven by a se rious fear of dogs\, as his terror led him off the trail and got him lost. \n\nA delighted Lord Overshot overtook Rear Entry thrice\, both still stru ggling with the concept of hashing - but then that’s newcomers for you. Apparently\, there was a Ha-Ha before the river crossing\, but the 'three lost causes' (not sure who they are?) (Ed. typically\, Olive\, Lowt'arse a nd Barbarella\, I believe...although honorary/additional 'geographically c hallenged' [diplomatic term\, credit: Yeuck] hashers may be appended to th is band\, as appropriate\, when they carry the more succinct - yet expansi ve - title 'The Lost Causes') missed it and went into the river\, before r ealising their error/folly.\n\nElsewhere\, Ching Chong was seen athletical ly dancing across the shiggy - unlike Lowt'arse\, who didn’t and sank de ep into it.\n\nBack at the On-Down\, the hares weren’t daunted by the us ual complaints\, even though some originality was offered by Rizzo\, or pe rhaps Olive (?): why were the checks round\, instead of heart-shaped for V alentine's Day? Gaffer had risked being black-balled by the other male has hers for setting Valentine's standards that no self-respecting chap should have to live up to\, by buying Yeuck a single\, standard rose. On the sam e table\, Filth left her chips unattended and was disconsolate (or even pi ssed off) when Lowt'arse nicked some. I think we can all agree - in hashin g circles\, at least - who was in the right.\n\nOlive's RA-ing majored on Valentine’s Day - apparently a feast day - and used it as a focus for me ntioning a few worthy hashers\, before allocating the down-downs: Winnie t he Poo\, for supporting\, caring for\, loving &\; sharing with Blown Of f\; Rubbery\, partnering his burger with Rear Entry (case comes up on Mon) \; something about Who Gives a Shit getting e.coli from his Valentine's me al\, on the back of which (I know\, poor turn of phrase\, but I just can't stop the creative flow) Pony Shafter ordered two?!?!\n\nOlive then dished out the down-downs to:\n• Jyde\, as a belated birthday down-down\, but unfortunately given over to Lowt'arse\n• Who Gives a Shit\, for his 100t h run\, although he thinks he’s well on the way to his 200th.\n• Ching Chong &\; Can't Come\, for her consummate habit of kissing frogs\n• Spotty Botty &\; Pugsley as hares\n• Squash Balls - welcome back\n\n ….and a final note to those who feel they were left out of the Valentine celebrations:\n\nRoses are flowers\,\nPebbles are stones\,\nHere's a big shout out\nto those on their own.\nThink yourself lucky\n&\; try not to sob\,\nLook on the bright side\,\nYou're not with a nob!\n\nBest wishes\n \nTyred Bunny - The Words according to TYRED BUNNY\nHash 1452 - CHURCHSTOW \n\nYet another damp and dismal evening at Churchstow was about to be ligh tened by SH4\, raising the spirits of the limited numbers of those attendi ng\, and rewarding them for ignoring their poor spouses left at home on Va lentine's Evening.\nNot even Rizzo’s appalling weekly joke could flatten the anticipation: “What does cupid eat? A hearty meal”.\n\nThis was c learly the enthusiastic hard-core of SH4\, with cries of ‘Let’s get on with it!’ from various\; they were just chomping at the bit to be let o ut of the starters' gate! The hares\, Spotty Botty &\; Pugsley\, starte d the briefing\, only to be immediately interrupted by a disrespectful lan dlady shouting “Food for James!!”\, quickly claimed by Rubbery. To be fair to Rubbery (and that's not said very often)\, he hasn't used the old 'Sorry\, I can't do the hash this evening because they misunderstood when I wanted the food served' excuse for a while\, but\, please\, a little mor e originality in future would be appreciated.\n\nThe hares said it was a s imple trail\, with options of 2\, 4\, &\; 6 miles just following the Wa lk\, Short/Short or Long/Long options. Pony Shafter wasn’t convinced\, a nd very pragmatically suggested that we should organise a search party for Olive before we started (funnily enough\, not the description that Olive gave the suggestion). It was optimistically ignored\, so off we went.\n\nI ’m not sure about it being a simple trail\, as Jyde &\; Tyred Bunny a lmost immediately got lost and somehow ended up on the Walkers' trail. But all was not lost\, when Nice Buns &\; Pull the Udder joined us. We fou nd a field-mouse trying to navigate - what must have appeared to it to be something like - the Amazon in full flood. Pull the Udder to the rescue\; with 100% effort\, she leapt to the poor creature’s aid…until she real ised she might get some mud on her trainers\, at which point she backed of f. Then it was Jyde’s turn to play the superhero\, and with one mighty b ound onto what he thought was solid ground\, he went ankle deep in mud - a nd very nearly fell backwards into more. Meanwhile\, the terrified muroid (educational point: all muroid rodents smaller than rats are called mice) had decided the stream was the lesser of the evils\, and was last seen bei ng rushed away on the other side of the bank by a torrent of water. The ro ad to hell is paved with good intentions!\n\nMeanwhile\, down in the botto m of the valley on the Longs\, the Lycra boys were fighting over who could outrun the dogs. Don’t forget\, chaps: you don’t have to be able to b eat the dog\, just the slowest of your mates\, who can then ‘entertain ’ the canine. Gaffer must have been one of the faster\, possibly driven by a serious fear of dogs\, as his terror led him off the trail and got hi m lost.\n\nA delighted Lord Overshot overtook Rear Entry thrice\, both sti ll struggling with the concept of hashing - but then that’s newcomers fo r you. Apparently\, there was a Ha-Ha before the river crossing\, but the 'three lost causes' (not sure who they are?) (Ed. typically\, Olive\, Lowt 'arse and Barbarella\, I believe...although honorary/additional 'geographi cally challenged' [diplomatic term\, credit: Yeuck] hashers may be appende d to this band\, as appropriate\, when they carry the more succinct - yet expansive - title 'The Lost Causes') missed it and went into the river\, b efore realising their error/folly.\n\nElsewhere\, Ching Chong was seen ath letically dancing across the shiggy - unlike Lowt'arse\, who didn’t and sank deep into it.\n\nBack at the On-Down\, the hares weren’t daunted by the usual complaints\, even though some originality was offered by Rizzo\ , or perhaps Olive (?): why were the checks round\, instead of heart-shape d for Valentine's Day? Gaffer had risked being black-balled by the other m ale hashers for setting Valentine's standards that no self-respecting chap should have to live up to\, by buying Yeuck a single\, standard rose. On the same table\, Filth left her chips unattended and was disconsolate (or even pissed off) when Lowt'arse nicked some. I think we can all agree - in hashing circles\, at least - who was in the right.\n\nOlive's RA-ing majo red on Valentine’s Day - apparently a feast day - and used it as a focus for mentioning a few worthy hashers\, before allocating the down-downs: W innie the Poo\, for supporting\, caring for\, loving &\; sharing with B lown Off\; Rubbery\, partnering his burger with Rear Entry (case comes up on Mon)\; something about Who Gives a Shit getting e.coli from his Valenti ne's meal\, on the back of which (I know\, poor turn of phrase\, but I jus t can't stop the creative flow) Pony Shafter ordered two?!?!\n\nOlive then dished out the down-downs to:\n• Jyde\, as a belated birthday down-down \, but unfortunately given over to Lowt'arse\n• Who Gives a Shit\, for h is 100th run\, although he thinks he’s well on the way to his 200th.\n • Ching Chong &\; Can't Come\, for her consummate habit of kissing fr ogs\n• Spotty Botty &\; Pugsley as hares\n• Squash Balls - welcome back\n\n….and a final note to those who feel they were left out of the V alentine celebrations:\n\nRoses are flowers\,\nPebbles are stones\,\nHere' s a big shout out\nto those on their own.\nThink yourself lucky\n&\; tr y not to sob\,\nLook on the bright side\,\nYou're not with a nob!\n\nBest wishes\n\nTyred Bunny CATEGORIES:Hash Trails LOCATION:Church House Inn (Churchstow) Church House Inn\, Churchstow\, TQ7 3QW GEO:50.298713;-3.809986 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Church House Inn\, Churchst ow\, TQ7 3QW \, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Church House In n (Churchstow):geo:50.298713,-3.809986 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