The Words according to PY

🌟Milestone 1500 hash tomorrow night! Don’t forget your blindfold…🌟
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HASH 1497 – MODBURY

As calls for Yeuk to scribe this evening’s mis-doings fell on deaf ears, Fen pushed me forward… So I duly stepped up. Hence, you lot will have to put up with my ramblings for this week. Yeuk was hiding in her car…allegedly!

Even before the Circle Up, there were strange happenings afoot in Modbury. The generally chaotic wonderings (Ed. or wanderings? Perhaps these are interchangeable in hashing?) of hares and harriettes were aligning to some hidden subconscious ordering: ’Elf & Safety; High-Viz jackets grouped together according to their colour…the orange crowd in one corner, the yellow jackets in another, the pink people (Ed. yes, but what colour jackets were they wearing?) grouped in the middle! Is this the new-style hashin’ fashion?

Re-Entry arrived, flustered and in a confused state having gone to the wrong pub. He was clearly really out of sorts, mumbling something about not trusting Olive…AND he even was seen KICKING OUT A CHECK later on the hash, a hitherto unheard-of event! Well done, Re-Entry: we’ll make a true hasher of you yet!

Ging Gang and Goolie were spotted sneaking out of the carpark, claiming not to have found the Circle Up and said they were off on their own walk. In truth, they were heading off for a sneaky early drink with a local acquaintance! Wimps!

At the Circle up, with the floods from Bert and Connell clearly on her mind, the Grand Mattress, Swearer (alias Doggy Style), decided to enlighten us all about some water fact or other concerning bodies and beer – but the only water facts I really needed to know was how much wading or swimming would be involved on the trail! The lone hare, Undercovers, assured us that it was NOT a wash out. He then proceeded to instruct us to look out for marks anywhere that was above water….left, right or in the middle … or just about anywhere!

And what a great trail it was! Virgin territory: a novelty for Modbury! Of course, there was the usual RunAway Hill to climb… and a fair amount of slippery shiggy to negotiate. However, mishaps were few, and even Shaggy managed to stay on her feet! Cow Pat had more of a hard time keeping her balance, however, falling into brambles on her left and then down a hole to her right (Ed. there is a growing body of evidence to suggest that it might be time to pass on the mantle of Most-accident-prone Hasher [it seems to me…🤔]) .

Wet Spot was up to mischief, hiding in the bushes. He and Dimmers were sporting fetching tights for the evening’s hash attire, and looked like Del Boy and Rodney dressed as Batman and Robin running through the murky streets of Modbury/Hackney. (Only Fools – If you know, you know!) (Ed. what a treat of a mental image you have painted, Py…😳)

Overshot complained that running behind Blown Off was like having a steamy snog – although, I think Overshot must share the blame for getting too close for comfort! Traffic Jam tickled her fancy on an electric fence, whilst Gentleman Gaffer held it down for other lucky harriettes! (Ed. hash heroism at its finest).

On exiting a patch of woodland, our trusty hare, the gallant Undercovers, appeared out of the
mist to offer hashers and harriettes a helping hand down the muddy bank (Ed. another act of hash heroism – what a chivalrous bunch the SH4 menfolk are!). Most of us were very
happy to accept help, but Traffic Jam was absolutely determined to be independent this evening
and chose to slide down the mud on her bum!

Barbarella and Olive were both back in the pub by 9pm! Yeah! Celebrations were in order, until
Olive revealed that they had indeed got lost and she had chatted up a young, hot farmer to ask
directions! Should we warn Blue Nun?! It transpires that Olive explained to the young man that
she was doing a hash and could he show her the way to The White Hart? He was very interested
in joining her at the pub for a smoke!! Not sure that he understands what she meant by hash… (Ed. indeed. But it might have been fun to witness him finding out 😆 Next time, Gadget!).

The On Down at The White Hart was comfortable (important for for us older harriettes!) and the
chips were plentiful (important for Fen!).

Re-Entry was presented with his 400 Wasted Wednesdays T shirt; Tor thinks she deserves a
medal for running with him! (Ed. ‘with’ deployed here in its loosest sense – denotes nothing of proximity, in this case 😆)

The hash “sang” the usual tuneful “Happy Birthday” to Py (I thought I had got away with it as it
was really last week! [Ed. not so easily done…] I am not counting them anymore! Bah! Humbug!)

DOWN DOWNS were awarded to:
Undercovers – our gallant hare!
Shaggy – for staying on her feet!
Yeuk – for hiding in car!
Gaffer – for unlikely gentlemanly behaviour!
Blown Off – for snogging Overshot!
Swearer (alias Doggy Style) – for not effing delegating! 😂

ON-ON to CHILLINGTON!

Photo credit: Rubbery
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🏃 📸 🍻 You can enjoy a choice selection of photos from the Modbury hash on 27th November 2024 by checking out Hash Flash’s purpose-built photo album on the SH4 Facebook page 📸 🏃🍻

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Next SH4 Hash 🐷👣:

HASH 1500 – CHILLINGTON, 4th December, 2024

CIRCLE UP:
(Outside) The Bear and Blacksmith
Chillington
Kingsbridge
TQ7 2LD
What3Words: flop.carrots.fuss
ON DOWN:
(Inside) The Bear and Blacksmith

Pub Tel: 01548 721696

Hares: Lactaster and Dirty Nights
RA: TBC

Menu for The Bear and Blacksmith – orders were requested by Monday (2 December) but might be worth asking at the bar before the hash if you have since decided you’d like to eat after the run/walk:

For further info, please see the Hash 1500 event page on theSH4 Facebook Group.

📝 If you’re the lucky Scribe at CHILLINGTON on 4th December, please submit your edition of The Words to thewords@sh4.org.uk by Sunday evening (8th December), ideally – TVM! 📝

Add your photos of how the evening went down (Weds 4th December, 2024) to the Hash 1500 photo album on SH4’s Facebook page , courtesy: Rubbery.
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👣 – PARISH NOTICES – 👣

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🌟 🎄⛄PRE-CHRISTMAS HASH WEEKEND ⛄🎄 🌟
30th Nov – 1st Dec 2024

By all accounts, an absolutely cracking time was had by all in Brixham at the hotly-anticipated Pre-Christmas Hash Weekend: fantastic trails, valiantly laid by a handful of intrepid hares, and traditional festive frolics at the brilliant Grenville House, all made possible by the hard work and commitment of the Social Sec and her very able supporters.

A selection box of the very finest (well, actually, all) of the weekend’s gregarious goings-on have been lovingly curated into the Hash 1498 and Hash 1499 photo albums on Facebook for your delectation – here’s a little amuse bouche to whet your appetite:

Photo credit: Fluffy Dice
Photo credit: Rubbery

Photo credit: Little Chef

Photo credit: Rubbery
ON ON to Christmas!
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HASH DIARY – Upcoming Events
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POST-CHRISTMAS Hash Bash Weekend – 14th-16th February 2025

If you have booked your spot for this snazzy SH4 getaway but haven’t yet paid your deposit, please send your £50 asap to the SH4 bank account, quoting your hash name and ping a quick message to Hash Cash to confirm:

Payment to SH4 Bank Account:
Acc. no.: 00263482 Sort code: 30-94-72

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SH4 ‘EALTH & SAFETY

Please make a note of the new SH4 hash phone number and add it to your phone:

🌟 SH4 hash phone number: 07922 103701 🌟

Use this number to call for assistance if you come ‘unstuck’ out on the trail, or need to get a message to ‘base camp’ (On Down) during the run .

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🌟 Don’t forget to see Rusty Bottom or Ching Chong before the hash to log you out on trail using the new-fangled checking-out/checking-in app (developed by our very own digital-wizard, Whisperer).

Don’t forget to also check back in with the ‘On Secs you’re safely back. 🌟

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SH4 MercHASHdise

Show your love for SH4 and wear your membership proudly with a bespoke SH4 car sticker!

Available exclusively to SH4 members (and, to be fair, anyone else who wants one…) for the bargain sum of £0.50 ea., you can afford one for every vehicle in your fleet! 😊

See a member of the committee at the next meet for yours.

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