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:491@sh4.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240306T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240306T230000 DTSTAMP:20240314T142757Z URL:https://www.sh4.org.uk/events/hash-1455-dimmers-birthday-hash/ SUMMARY:South Hams H4 Hash 1457 - Dimmers Birthday Hash - Leonards Road Car Park DESCRIPTION:The Words according to SKIDMARK's Ghost Writer\nHash 1457 - IVY BRIDGE aka DimWit's Birthday Hash 🥳\n\n[Tumbleweed...]\n\nEd: So\, in t he absence of any 'scribed' words\, a quick round-up of the Boggiest Hash of the Year (so far) - with apologies for it being a bit of a rushed affai r\, VERY late (I really hoped The Words might still turned up at some poin t today...) and not really doing justice to an(other) excellent Hash:\n\nF ollowing Messenger postings from the hares earlier in the day - featuring WetSpot alternately waist-deep in finest Ivybridge bog and chest-deep in t he still-surprisingly-chilly Erme - the Circle Up had a slight air of trep idation. Gaffer arrived ready to take on the trail with skin-tight swim ca p and goggles\, while Rizzo was very sensibly dressed for walking to the p ub (along with a handful of others still suffering the savagely virulent H ash Bash lurgy - or just lacking some enthusiasm for bog-snorkelling). Wit h virus-ravaged voice\, Rizzo delivered the usual welcome (although if the re was a joke it was mercifully inaudible) and handed over to the hares\, who kept introductions brief and sent us all off with claims of 1.5-2ish m iles\, 3.5-ish miles and 5-ish miles for Walkers\, Shorts and Longs\, resp ectively.\n\nI can't offer much more than a couple of notes about the Long s - and only then for about a third of that as I\, totally uncharacteristi cally\, followed an entirely made-up route of my own. Twice. Well\, there was a bit of spaghetti-like route-knitting at the start as it became obvio us that some delightful local scamp(s) had removed a check or two\, but th e seasoned hashing throng soon sniffed out the true trail and set up up in to the woods. Triple Top took a spectacular tumble within the first few hu ndred metres but sprang to his feet unscathed and then bounded on into the gloom of the woods while the rest of us picked our way precariously over the grip-resistant boulders of the riverside - further evidence that he is far more machine than man. Undercovers also reportedly came a cropper at some point along the boggy\, boulder-bedecked route\, but refused a Down D own during the RA-ing on the basis that this no longer qualifies as news.\ n\nOnce into the boggy (did I mention the bogs?) woodland territory\, hash ers zig-zagged up and around the precipitous river banks\, nimbly dodging - or else becoming hopelessly entangled in - brambles and roots\, tripping over rocks and squelching through quagmires of excitingly variable depths to the soundtrack of the raging River Erme and a quite-musical at times r ange of squeals and yelps (as they found the deepest pockets of bog). The trail took in the picturesque leat high above the river\, and returned bac k through more bog (generous\, those hares) and along some mercifully soli d woodland paths to the town. The conscientious hares seemed to be there a t almost every turn\, looming out of the darkness to guide increasingly be draggled hashers through the morass and beer-ward...and to capture some sp ectacularly undignified negotiations of the challenging terrain.\n\nA 'pro per' hash\, truly befitting of a (43rd\, wasn't it...?) birthday!\n\nBack at the Exchange\, RA GHR rallied the Hash to order and delivered an entert aining\, if occasionally ever-so-slightly risqué (! There were a few blus hes from the group of pool-players behind us...) summary of the evening's shenanigans\, including a traditional Hash serenade of the Birthday Boy (O vershot valiantly wheeled out the soprano solo\, although possibly his cou gh-raw throat might have liked)\, presentation of the 'Long Suffering Hash er Award' postponed from the Post-Xmas award ceremony\, and recognition of a milestone hash tee-shirt for much-missed and recently returned Flage-no -Lay. Thanks were given to the hares - WetSpot and DimWit - for a fantasti c\, adventurous hash\, and it was noted - to widespread astonishment - tha t Olive was back comfortably before the RA-ing.\n\nSincere apologies if I have missed anyone/misattributed Down Downs - my usual tactic of scouring Hash Flash's photographic evidence from the evening for DD recipients was undermined somewhat this week by Rubbery inconsiderately attempting to lib erate one of his fingers from his hand and making a rather gruesome mess o f it (hope it's healing OK\, Rubbery 😘)\n\nDOWN DOWNS (probably) went t o:\n• DimWit – Hare and Post Xmas Award for Long-Suffering Hasher\n• WetSpot – Hare\n• Flage - T-shirt\n• Triple Top - more tumbling\n • Antony - boyfriend of Grumpy Arse\n• Olive - for being among one of the first groups back this week!\n\nON ON to ST. ANN'S CHAPEL\n\nP.S. Skid mark - you owe me a pint. - The Words according to SKIDMARK's Ghost Writer \nHash 1457 - IVYBRIDGE aka DimWit's Birthday Hash 🥳\n\n[Tumbleweed...] \n\nEd: So\, in the absence of any 'scribed' words\, a quick round-up of t he Boggiest Hash of the Year (so far) - with apologies for it being a bit of a rushed affair\, VERY late (I really hoped The Words might still turne d up at some point today...) and not really doing justice to an(other) exc ellent Hash:\n\nFollowing Messenger postings from the hares earlier in the day - featuring WetSpot alternately waist-deep in finest Ivybridge bog an d chest-deep in the still-surprisingly-chilly Erme - the Circle Up had a s light air of trepidation. Gaffer arrived ready to take on the trail with s kin-tight swim cap and goggles\, while Rizzo was very sensibly dressed for walking to the pub (along with a handful of others still suffering the sa vagely virulent Hash Bash lurgy - or just lacking some enthusiasm for bog- snorkelling). With virus-ravaged voice\, Rizzo delivered the usual welcome (although if there was a joke it was mercifully inaudible) and handed ove r to the hares\, who kept introductions brief and sent us all off with cla ims of 1.5-2ish miles\, 3.5-ish miles and 5-ish miles for Walkers\, Shorts and Longs\, respectively.\n\nI can't offer much more than a couple of not es about the Longs - and only then for about a third of that as I\, totall y uncharacteristically\, followed an entirely made-up route of my own. Twi ce. Well\, there was a bit of spaghetti-like route-knitting at the start a s it became obvious that some delightful local scamp(s) had removed a chec k or two\, but the seasoned hashing throng soon sniffed out the true trail and set up up into the woods. Triple Top took a spectacular tumble within the first few hundred metres but sprang to his feet unscathed and then bo unded on into the gloom of the woods while the rest of us picked our way p recariously over the grip-resistant boulders of the riverside - further ev idence that he is far more machine than man. Undercovers also reportedly c ame a cropper at some point along the boggy\, boulder-bedecked route\, but refused a Down Down during the RA-ing on the basis that this no longer qu alifies as news.\n\nOnce into the boggy (did I mention the bogs?) woodland territory\, hashers zig-zagged up and around the precipitous river banks\ , nimbly dodging - or else becoming hopelessly entangled in - brambles and roots\, tripping over rocks and squelching through quagmires of excitingl y variable depths to the soundtrack of the raging River Erme and a quite-m usical at times range of squeals and yelps (as they found the deepest pock ets of bog). The trail took in the picturesque leat high above the river\, and returned back through more bog (generous\, those hares) and along som e mercifully solid woodland paths to the town. The conscientious hares see med to be there at almost every turn\, looming out of the darkness to guid e increasingly bedraggled hashers through the morass and beer-ward...and t o capture some spectacularly undignified negotiations of the challenging t errain.\n\nA 'proper' hash\, truly befitting of a (43rd\, wasn't it...?) b irthday!\n\nBack at the Exchange\, RA GHR rallied the Hash to order and de livered an entertaining\, if occasionally ever-so-slightly risqué (! Ther e were a few blushes from the group of pool-players behind us...) summary of the evening's shenanigans\, including a traditional Hash serenade of th e Birthday Boy (Overshot valiantly wheeled out the soprano solo\, although possibly his cough-raw throat might have liked)\, presentation of the 'Lo ng Suffering Hasher Award' postponed from the Post-Xmas award ceremony\, a nd recognition of a milestone hash tee-shirt for much-missed and recently returned Flage-no-Lay. Thanks were given to the hares - WetSpot and DimWit - for a fantastic\, adventurous hash\, and it was noted - to widespread a stonishment - that Olive was back comfortably before the RA-ing.\n\nSincer e apologies if I have missed anyone/misattributed Down Downs - my usual ta ctic of scouring Hash Flash's photographic evidence from the evening for D D recipients was undermined somewhat this week by Rubbery inconsiderately attempting to liberate one of his fingers from his hand and making a rathe r gruesome mess of it (hope it's healing OK\, Rubbery 😘)\n\nDOWN DOWNS (probably) went to:\n• DimWit – Hare and Post Xmas Award for Long-Suff ering Hasher\n• WetSpot – Hare\n• Flage - T-shirt\n• Triple Top - more tumbling\n• Antony - boyfriend of Grumpy Arse\n• Olive - for bein g among one of the first groups back this week!\n\nON ON to ST. ANN'S CHAP EL\n\nP.S. Skidmark - you owe me a pint. 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