The Words according to YEUCK

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Following the very sad news of Morticia’s passing last week, the family have shared that the funeral will be held at midday on Wednesday 8 January at South Milton Church, with the burial to take place at the South Milton burial ground opposite. Hashers are invited to join the gathering at South Milton Village Hall afterwards.

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HASH 1501 – ERMINGTON

“Oh, Little town of Ermington,
How still we see thee lie…”

That’s until SH4 arrived.

“Above thy deep and dreamless sleep…”

No chance of that with Doggy Style’s address to the assembled hash. (Ed. Although I think we were spared the P.E. teacher’s whistle. We must have been unusually well-behaved…!)

Sad words to start the evening: the loss of the lovely Morticia, with the wish that she had joined Fallen Woman and Rambo and was starting an upstairs hash SH5 (Ed. a comforting thought 🧡)

“…The silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth…”

…with the torches of 30 or so hashers…

“…The everlasting light!
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight.”

Py stepped forward to give us the gen on the evening’s trail, informing us there was a biscuit stop, which wasn’t a stop as we were required to pause only briefly to collect said biscuit from Hekkel to avoid causing a tail back! (Ed. and what a superlative little shortbread it was. Not content with being architect of the Unbeatable Christmas Cake, Hekkel has also now scooped the crown for delicate, buttery, little biscuits!)

We set off and the trail immediately split, with the Shorts going left along the lane then into the field & up, up, up… The Longs headed down through the town, and that’s where my knowledge of the long trail ends. Now, normally I have Gaffer’s Garmin download to follow the route taken by the Longs, but this evening Gaffer was still suffering from man ‘flu – or man-up ‘flu, as I like to call it – and was home with a Lemsip in front of a roaring fire (Ed. poor lamb…).

The Short trail continued up then out onto the road and back down to Jyde/Hekkel’s house, through their garden, collecting a biscuit each as we passed (sooo tasty).
Vindaloo put her biscuit in her pocket to enjoy later, only to be told by Jyde that it would be just crumbs at trail’s end, so she fished it out and ate it (Ed. yes, although highly delicious, not structurally robust enough to withstand a runner’s – or, indeed, any – pocket. Part of its charm!).

We then dropped down through their garden onto Pinky’s land. Here we were instructed by this very bossy co-hare to stick to the path and be careful not to tread on the wildflowers. The Longs had caught up with us by this stage, and we tried our hardest to stay on trail, but some unfortunately went off-piste resulting in a right ear-bending from Pinky (Ed. perhaps he missed out on his biscuit…)

After a tour of the field, we climbed up onto the patio and headed west along the lane, then down a very uneven Back Lane. Rob stood guard as we emerged onto the busy A3121, directing us safely across and into the field to follow the Erme out to the A379, then back into Ermington.

The Shorts recorded 4 miles, the Longs…? (Ed. more… [About 6?])

The Crooked Spire was welcoming, as usual. Several hashers had a bite to eat. It was noted that Twisted Sister & Doggy Style used their Christian names for their food orders (tut tut).

Nice Buns was our RA this evening, and performed her duties with the utmost care and diligence. Concern was given for Blown Off’s injury – a viper attack, we were told

Triple Top was acting as a trip hazard; some thought he has collapsed, but it was part of his stretching routine.

Down downs went to :-

Hekkel – Mary Berry of SH4
Lazy Git – 80th Birthday.
Filth – Thanks for organising pre-Xmas do
Pony – Weight loss supremo
Py,Pinky & Lady Godiva – Hares

On on to BRIXHAM for the Christmas Hash!

Photo credit: Marty

Owing to a Facebook-outage at the 11th-hour, I wasn’t able to post a photo from last week to accompany Winnie’s Words, but the 1500 Olympic-themed/Night of the Living Dead Hash was too special to go without at least one little snippet of footage. Enjoy:

Photo credit: Doggy Style
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🏃 📸 🍻 You can enjoy a choice selection of photos from the Ermington hash on 11th December 2024 by checking out Hash Flash’s purpose-built photo album on the SH4 Facebook page 📸 🏃🍻

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Next SH4 Hash 🐷👣:

🎅🌟 HASH 1502 – BRIXHAM, SANTA SPARKLE HASH, 18th December, 2024 🌟🎅

CIRCLE UP (7.30pm, sharp!):
Brixham Holiday Park
Fishcombe Road
Furzeham
Brixham
Torbay
TQ5 8RU
What3Words: redeemed.feasted.cupboards
ON DOWN:
As above

🌟🎄⛄❄️🎅 Wear your best Christmas Jumper at the On Down! 🌟🎄⛄❄️🎅

Hares: Rabid, Hue and Gary Glitter.
RA: TBC

Hash Menu:
Please order food before the hash – please let Gary know in advance as the venue is offering catering specifically for the Hash on this evening.

Choice of Vegetarian or Chicken Curry at £8.00.

For further info, please see the Hash 1502 event page on theSH4 Facebook Group.

📝 If you’re the lucky Scribe at BRIXHAM on 18th December, please submit your edition of The Words to thewords@sh4.org.uk by Sunday evening (22nd December), ideally – TVM! 📝

Add your photos of how the evening went down (Weds 18h December, 2024) to the Hash 1502 photo album on SH4’s Facebook page , courtesy: Rubbery.
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PARISH NOTICES

Ching Chong and Can’t Come have shared that the Salcombe ‘Field of Light’ hash on 23 October raised £55.78 (exactly) for the RNLI. Thank you to everyone who chipped in that evening 😊
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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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