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:499@sh4.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240410T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240410T230000 DTSTAMP:20240416T041917Z URL:https://www.sh4.org.uk/events/hash-1462/ SUMMARY:South Hams H4 Hash 1462 - Crooked Spire DESCRIPTION:The Words according to PINKY\nHash 1462 - ERMINGTON\n\nOn a war m sunny evening in the square outside The Crooked Spire in Ermington\, a g athering of Hashers eventually quietened down for an inspirational gem fro m the GM\, Rizzo... Asking Hashers to remember things is asking too much\, even if it was only a week back… A visitor\, Speedy Gonzalez\, stepped up as a welcome guest from Winchester HHH. I am sure a lot more happened a t the Circle Up\, but I couldn’t hear…especially the bit about writing The Words!\n\nON ON that way...and then the Square was empty. Peace retur ns.\n\nAs it has been very dry recently (Ed. good one...🙄😂)\, severa l hashers were surprised by the amount of moisture\, wet trainers\, socks\ , feet and even the odd Goolie...was heard to say “it’s so moist”. M arks seemed to evaporate\, unlike the water. Some say checks were kicked o ut in the wrong direction\; some say Nice Tackle was leading\; some say Ga ffer is a poet\; some say Olive is already auditioning for Panto\, if arri ving in slippers is a clue...but for which part?\n\nThe infamous lane from the banks of the Erme to the dizzy heights of Westlake Beacon was a parti cular favourite of Barbarella’s as she did it four times (Ed. 😳 Hare- ing at its most conscientious and diligent). Not one for over-stating\, Le d Astray’s encounter with barbed wire and the slight dampness was likene d to WW1 Somme experience… but methinks he got away lightly tonight.\n\n Oui-Oui\, or now known as Wee-Wee after Brexit\, did not invite the Hash t o celebrate her Big Birthday atop Table Mountain…(Ed. some people are ju st soooo selfish...)\n\nGrumpy Arse\, on the other hand\, has the key of t he door and was happy to celebrate in true hash style: even the dogs joine d in with the melodious rendition of Happy Birthday…\n\nSingle-handed Sc ott behind the bar was rightly thanked for excellent pulling of pints and roasting of paarsties.\n\nFilth\, clipboard in hand\, distributed forms as king for personal details apparently for GDPR compliance...or is there a r ival to Tinder &\; Grinder starting up? 'Shiggy' &\; 'Groaner'...? ( Ed. Gah! How could we have been so blind??) What next? Risk Assessments??\ n\nTwisted Sister\, with pen in hand and twisting of arms\, had a fruitful time recruiting hares.\n\nTriple Top’s attempt to leave early was thwar ted by the eagle eyed RA\, Re-Entry\, and he was awarded his 100 Wasted We dnesdays…briefly displaying all as he donned his 100th tee-shirt.\n\nGoo d luck to Boaty McBoatface for his leisurely stroll around the London Mara thon Course (Ed. please see bijou and not-at-all pushy little plug on this subject\, below)...hope the cobbles are covered!\n\nDown Downs went to:\n \nLo'Tarse &\; Barbarella - hares\nGrumpy Arse - birthday girl\nSpeedy Gonzalez - visitor with a lot to say\nGaffer - the poet?\nNokkers - for at tempting that very old trick of turning water into wine…while the rest o f us manage the reverse miracle with ease! (Ed. magicians\, all! 👏)\n\n ON ON to STOKENHAM\n__________________\n\n🏃 📸 🍻 You can enjoy hig hlights from the almost-daylight Ermington hash 1462 on 10 April 2024\, an d afterwards at The Crooked Spire\, by checking out Hash Flash's purpose-b uilt photo album on the SH4 Facebook Group 📸 🏃🍻\n\n______________ ___\n\nNext SH4 Hash 🐷👣:\n\nHASH 1463 - STOKENHAM - 17 April\, 2024\ n\nCIRCLE UP: Outside The Tradesman's Arms\nStokenham\nKingsbridge\nDevon\ nTQ7 2SZ\nWhat3Words: pranced.sprinkle.ethic\n\nON DOWN: (Inside) The Trad esman's Arms\n\nHares: Little Chef and Bit of Ruff\nRA: Spotty Botty\n\nTh e Tradesman's Arms\, as many will know\, was devastated by fire in Septemb er 2021 but\, after two and a half years of hard work to restore the build ing\, it relaunched with a 'soft opening' on 5 April (2024).\n\nIt looks a s though SH4's Hash 1463\, orchestrated by locals Bit Of Ruff and Little C hef\, will be (one of\, if not) it's first 'event' after reopening - how e xciting!\n\nFor full details\, please see the Hash 1463 event page on the SH4 Facebook Group.\n\nAdd your photos of the evening's shenanigans at STO KENHAM (Weds 17 April\, 2024) to the Hash 1462 photo album.\n\n📝 If you 're the lucky Scribe at STOKENHAM next week\, please submit your edition o f The Words to thewords@sh4.org.uk - by Sunday evening (21 April)\, ideall y - thank-you-please! 📝\n_________________\n🍝🏃🏃🏃🏃👣 🏁🍺\nBOATY does LONDON\n\nAs the eagle-eyed among you may have discer ned from Pinky's fine Words (above)\, or be otherwise aware\, SH4's belov èd BOATY (McBOATFACE\, to grace him with his full title) will be among th e almost 60\,000-strong determined throng wending its way around the Londo n Marathon course next Sunday\, 21st April.\n\nBoaty has chosen to support the NSPCC with his fundraising efforts for the event\, and would be reall y grateful for any amount folk might be able to contribute towards this ca use - click on the 'Donation link' below (links to Boaty's JustGiving web page)\, or scan the QR code with your phone's camera/QR-scanning app\, to donate.\n\nDonation link: https://rb.gy/yotah7\n\nHelp make those 26.2 mil es a little less agonising!\n(With big thanks from Boaty)\n🙏\n_________ ________\n\nRAMBO SALCOMBE MARATHON 2024\nSaturday 21st September\, 2024\n \nConfirm your place now\, if you haven't already! 👣\n\n🌟 🌟 🌟 Register here: https://bit.ly/RamboSM2024 🌟 🌟 🌟\nOR scan the QR c ode\, below:\n\n___________________\n\nAND watch this space for more excit ing hashing events coming up in 2024\, including (but by no means limited to) Summer Solstice\, the SH4 1500 Hash\, and Pre-Xmas!\nON ON! 👣\n____ _______________\nSH4 MercHASHdise (Sorry - I still can't think of anything more inventive...)\n\nShow your love for SH4 and wear your membership pro udly with a bespoke SH4 car sticker!\n\nAvailable exclusively to SH4 membe rs (and\, to be fair\, anyone else who wants one...) for the bargain sum o f £0.50 ea.\, you can afford one for every vehicle in your fleet! 😊\n\ nSee Rizzo at the next meet for yours 👣\n\n_____________________ - The Words according to PINKY\nHash 1462 - ERMINGTON\n\nOn a warm sunny evening in the square outside The Crooked Spire in Ermington\, a gathering of Has hers eventually quietened down for an inspirational gem from the GM\, Rizz o... Asking Hashers to remember things is asking too much\, even if it was only a week back… A visitor\, Speedy Gonzalez\, stepped up as a welcome guest from Winchester HHH. I am sure a lot more happened at the Circle Up \, but I couldn’t hear…especially the bit about writing The Words!\n\n ON ON that way...and then the Square was empty. Peace returns.\n\nAs it ha s been very dry recently (Ed. good one...🙄😂)\, several hashers were surprised by the amount of moisture\, wet trainers\, socks\, feet and even the odd Goolie...was heard to say “it’s so moist”. Marks seemed to evaporate\, unlike the water. Some say checks were kicked out in the wrong direction\; some say Nice Tackle was leading\; some say Gaffer is a poet\ ; some say Olive is already auditioning for Panto\, if arriving in slipper s is a clue...but for which part?\n\nThe infamous lane from the banks of t he Erme to the dizzy heights of Westlake Beacon was a particular favourite of Barbarella’s as she did it four times (Ed. 😳 Hare-ing at its most conscientious and diligent). Not one for over-stating\, Led Astray’s en counter with barbed wire and the slight dampness was likened to WW1 Somme experience… but methinks he got away lightly tonight.\n\nOui-Oui\, or no w known as Wee-Wee after Brexit\, did not invite the Hash to celebrate her Big Birthday atop Table Mountain…(Ed. some people are just soooo selfis h...)\n\nGrumpy Arse\, on the other hand\, has the key of the door and was happy to celebrate in true hash style: even the dogs joined in with the m elodious rendition of Happy Birthday…\n\nSingle-handed Scott behind the bar was rightly thanked for excellent pulling of pints and roasting of paa rsties.\n\nFilth\, clipboard in hand\, distributed forms asking for person al details apparently for GDPR compliance...or is there a rival to Tinder &\; Grinder starting up? 'Shiggy' &\; 'Groaner'...? (Ed. Gah! How co uld we have been so blind??) What next? Risk Assessments??\n\nTwisted Sist er\, with pen in hand and twisting of arms\, had a fruitful time recruitin g hares.\n\nTriple Top’s attempt to leave early was thwarted by the eagl e eyed RA\, Re-Entry\, and he was awarded his 100 Wasted Wednesdays…brie fly displaying all as he donned his 100th tee-shirt.\n\nGood luck to Boaty McBoatface for his leisurely stroll around the London Marathon Course (Ed . please see bijou and not-at-all pushy little plug on this subject\, belo w)...hope the cobbles are covered!\n\nDown Downs went to:\n\nLo'Tarse & \; Barbarella - hares\nGrumpy Arse - birthday girl\nSpeedy Gonzalez - visi tor with a lot to say\nGaffer - the poet?\nNokkers - for attempting that v ery old trick of turning water into wine…while the rest of us manage the reverse miracle with ease! (Ed. magicians\, all! 👏)\n\nON ON to STOKEN HAM\n__________________\n\n🏃 📸 🍻 You can enjoy highlights from th e almost-daylight Ermington hash 1462 on 10 April 2024\, and afterwards at The Crooked Spire\, by checking out Hash Flash's purpose-built photo albu m on the SH4 Facebook Group 📸 🏃🍻\n\n_________________\n\nNext SH4 Hash 🐷👣:\n\nHASH 1463 - STOKENHAM - 17 April\, 2024\n\nCIRCLE UP: O utside The Tradesman's Arms\nStokenham\nKingsbridge\nDevon\nTQ7 2SZ\nWhat3 Words: pranced.sprinkle.ethic\n\nON DOWN: (Inside) The Tradesman's Arms\n\ nHares: Little Chef and Bit of Ruff\nRA: Spotty Botty\n\nThe Tradesman's A rms\, as many will know\, was devastated by fire in September 2021 but\, a fter two and a half years of hard work to restore the building\, it relaun ched with a 'soft opening' on 5 April (2024).\n\nIt looks as though SH4's Hash 1463\, orchestrated by locals Bit Of Ruff and Little Chef\, will be ( one of\, if not) it's first 'event' after reopening - how exciting!\n\nFor full details\, please see the Hash 1463 event page on the SH4 Facebook Gr oup.\n\nAdd your photos of the evening's shenanigans at STOKENHAM (Weds 17 April\, 2024) to the Hash 1462 photo album.\n\n📝 If you're the lucky S cribe at STOKENHAM next week\, please submit your edition of The Words to thewords@sh4.org.uk - by Sunday evening (21 April)\, ideally - thank-you-p lease! 📝\n_________________\n🍝🏃🏃🏃🏃👣🏁🍺\nBOATY do es LONDON\n\nAs the eagle-eyed among you may have discerned from Pinky's f ine Words (above)\, or be otherwise aware\, SH4's belovèd BOATY (McBOATFA CE\, to grace him with his full title) will be among the almost 60\,000-st rong determined throng wending its way around the London Marathon course n ext Sunday\, 21st April.\n\nBoaty has chosen to support the NSPCC with his fundraising efforts for the event\, and would be really grateful for any amount folk might be able to contribute towards this cause - click on the 'Donation link' below (links to Boaty's JustGiving web page)\, or scan the QR code with your phone's camera/QR-scanning app\, to donate.\n\nDonation link: https://rb.gy/yotah7\n\nHelp make those 26.2 miles a little less ag onising!\n(With big thanks from Boaty)\n🙏\n_________________\n\nRAMBO S ALCOMBE MARATHON 2024\nSaturday 21st September\, 2024\n\nConfirm your plac e now\, if you haven't already! 👣\n\n🌟 🌟 🌟 Register here: http s://bit.ly/RamboSM2024 🌟 🌟 🌟\nOR scan the QR code\, below:\n\n___ ________________\n\nAND watch this space for more exciting hashing events coming up in 2024\, including (but by no means limited to) Summer Solstice \, the SH4 1500 Hash\, and Pre-Xmas!\nON ON! 👣\n___________________\nSH 4 MercHASHdise (Sorry - I still can't think of anything more inventive...) \n\nShow your love for SH4 and wear your membership proudly with a bespoke SH4 car sticker!\n\nAvailable exclusively to SH4 members (and\, to be fai r\, anyone else who wants one...) for the bargain sum of £0.50 ea.\, you can afford one for every vehicle in your fleet! 😊\n\nSee Rizzo at the n ext meet for yours 👣\n\n_____________________ CATEGORIES:Hash Trails LOCATION:Crooked Spire The Crooked Spire Inn\, Ermington\, Devon\, PL21 9LP GEO:50.361819;-3.917028 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Crooked Spire Inn\, Erm ington\, Devon\, PL21 9LP\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Croo ked Spire:geo:50.361819,-3.917028 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR