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:555@sh4.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250319T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250319T230000 DTSTAMP:20250325T081031Z URL:https://www.sh4.org.uk/events/hash-1517/ SUMMARY:South Hams H4 Hash 1517 - Elburton Hotel\, Plymstock DESCRIPTION:\nThe Words according to SQUASHED BALLS\nšŸŒŸ šŸ‘£ šŸŒŸ\n\nHASH 1517 - ELBURTON\n\nWe were warned\, weren't we? Silly Shunt and Fluffy Di ce\, hares extraordinaire[s]\, told us what to expect\; they weren't wrong . As we assembled in the car park of The Elburton Inn\, we were told about steep banks\, trip-wire brambles\, dashels [Ed. no. I don't know either.. .]\, whippy branches [Ed. ah\, trees...the ever-present - yet always-surpr ising\, to their unfortunate hasher victims - menace]\, shiggy. Even for t he Walkers. But who cares\, we are hashers: stoic\, determined and sportin g a "never say die" attitude. It was chilly\, but still plenty of bare leg s about. [Ed. well\, the sun was out. Earlier in the day] Luckily\, the am azingly dry weather meant that the hashers had some purchase on the slippe ry slopes. It was a typical Plympton-style hash\, by all accounts\, with p lenty of off-roading\, obstacles and even quite a decent tunnel. [Ed. PH3 does a good line in tunnels\, I believe\, but it seems SB maintains a form idable standard for incidental engineering structures on a hash.]\n\nBeing an old git\, and having played squash that afternoon\, I was not on a Lon g or a Short\, so did not witness any of the events on those runs and reli ed on 'The Truth' from the RA to compile these notes. [Ed. why break with tradition? šŸ˜‰] It would appear they all had a jolly time\, but I did spo t scratches on Shaggy's legs in the bar\, just above the ankles - this\, t hough\, is the hallmark of a hasher and a badge of pride [Ed. or inadequat e leg-wear...]. Who Gives a Shit apparently ran around a rugby pitch sever al times [Ed. classic example of pathological-bramble-avoidance].\n\nBack at the Hotel\, Nice Tackle set out his view of the evening\, based on some dodgy evidence-gathering from the hash and drawing attention to such even ts as National Stretch Marks Day and National Nurses' Day [Ed. suspiciousl y made-up-sounding occasions...] before concentrating on the participants. I was mentioned because\, after ordering beer and chips\, I found out I l eft all my cards at home. In fact\, they were in the car having fallen out of my phone. [Ed. neat little trick\, that - one for the back-pocket šŸ˜˜ ] Lazy Git\, I will make it up to you.\n\nDown downs were awarded to:\nā€¢ Filth and Shaggy on their birthdays - a birthday they share with Tommy Co oper [Ed. if I didn't know any better\, I might worry that there was an at tempt to draw some sort of comparison (of overt-fecklessness?) here...]. D oggy Style missed out on her birthday down down\, having left before the a wards [Ed. on account of feeling pretty unwell - what other reason could t here be for dodg...sorry\, missing out on a free fizzy beer?!].\nā€¢ Winni e got one for being mother hen to the Walkers.\nā€¢ Gaffer also got a drin k of water down down\, but no-one can remember why.\nā€¢ Barbarella for co mpleting her first half-marathon at the ripe old age of 59 - a tremendous feat. [Ed. *applause*]\nā€¢ And\, of course\, hares Fluffy Dice and Silly Shunt for a nice trail.\nOh\, the photo of that road sign [Ed. below\, for those who missed it and like to feel as though they've already had a few pints... šŸ˜†] depicting a hedgehog reminded me of that shocking Channel 4 documentary last week about cruelty to animals\, where these men placed a rat and a hedgehog in a pit and were betting on who was going to survive as they fought one another to the death. The hedgehog won on points [Ed. * groan*].\n\nA thoroughly enjoyable evening\, with all the ingredients in p lace: good company\, great trail\, nice pub. What could be better.\n\nOn O n to The White Hart at MODBURY\n\nPhoto credit: Beefy.\n\nPhoto credit: Di mwit.\nšŸ‘£\n\nšŸƒ šŸ“ø šŸ» You can enjoy some further scrambling and tu nnel-diving photo evidence from the Elburton Hash on 19th March 2025 by ch ecking out Hash Flash's purpose-built photo album on the SH4 Facebook page šŸ“ø šŸƒšŸ»\n\nšŸ‘£\n________________________________________\nNext SH4 Hash šŸ·šŸ‘£:\nHASH 1518 - MODBURY\, 26th March 2025\n\nCIRCLE UP 7.25pm \nPoundwell Meadow Long-stay carpark\nPL21 0QJ.\nWhat3Words: monday.vacanc ies.rivals\n\nON DOWN:\nWhite Hart Inn\nChurch Street\nModbury\nPL21 0QW\n What3Words: daylight.lighters.amicably\n\nHares: Nokkers and Py\n\nHash Fo od:\nšŸŒŸ Orders to Py/Nokkers by Tues morning (25/03/25)\, please! šŸŒŸ\n \n \;\n\nFor further info\, please see the Hash 1518 event page on the SH4 Facebook Group.\n\nAdd your photos of how the day went down (Weds 26t h March\, 2025) to the Hash 1518 photo album on SH4's Facebook page \, cou rtesy: Rubbery.\n\nšŸ“ If you are the lucky Scribe at Modbury on 26th Mar ch\, please submit your edition of The Words to thewords@sh4.org.uk by Sun day evening (30th March\, 2025) - TVM! šŸ“\nšŸ‘£\n\n_____________________ ___________________\n\nSH4 'EALTH &\; SAFETY\n\nPlease make a note of t he SH4 hash phone number and add it to your phone:\n\nšŸŒŸ SH4 hash phone number: 07922 103701 šŸŒŸ\n\nUse 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 .\n\nšŸ‘£\n\nšŸŒŸ Don't forget to see Rusty Bott om or Ching Chong before the hash to log you out on trail using the new-fa ngled checking-out/checking-in app (developed by our very own digital-wiza rd\, Whisperer).\n\nDon't forget to also check back in with the 'On Secs y ou're safely back. šŸŒŸ\n\nšŸ‘£\n________________________________________\ n\nSH4 MercHASHdise\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 Ā£0.50 ea.\, you can afford one for every vehicle in your fleet! šŸ˜Š\n\ nSee a member of the committee at the next meet for yours. - \nThe Words a ccording to SQUASHED BALLS\nšŸŒŸ šŸ‘£ šŸŒŸ\n\nHASH 1517 - ELBURTON\n\nWe w ere warned\, weren't we? Silly Shunt and Fluffy Dice\, hares extraordinair e[s]\, told us what to expect\; they weren't wrong. As we assembled in the car park of The Elburton Inn\, we were told about steep banks\, trip-wire brambles\, dashels [Ed. no. I don't know either...]\, whippy branches [Ed . ah\, trees...the ever-present - yet always-surprising\, to their unfortu nate hasher victims - menace]\, shiggy. Even for the Walkers. But who care s\, we are hashers: stoic\, determined and sporting a "never say die" atti tude. It was chilly\, but still plenty of bare legs about. [Ed. well\, the sun was out. Earlier in the day] Luckily\, the amazingly dry weather mean t that the hashers had some purchase on the slippery slopes. It was a typi cal Plympton-style hash\, by all accounts\, with plenty of off-roading\, o bstacles and even quite a decent tunnel. [Ed. PH3 does a good line in tunn els\, I believe\, but it seems SB maintains a formidable standard for inci dental engineering structures on a hash.]\n\nBeing an old git\, and having played squash that afternoon\, I was not on a Long or a Short\, so did no t witness any of the events on those runs and relied on 'The Truth' from t he RA to compile these notes. [Ed. why break with tradition? šŸ˜‰] It woul d appear they all had a jolly time\, but I did spot scratches on Shaggy's legs in the bar\, just above the ankles - this\, though\, is the hallmark of a hasher and a badge of pride [Ed. or inadequate leg-wear...]. Who Give s a Shit apparently ran around a rugby pitch several times [Ed. classic ex ample of pathological-bramble-avoidance].\n\nBack at the Hotel\, Nice Tack le set out his view of the evening\, based on some dodgy evidence-gatherin g from the hash and drawing attention to such events as National Stretch M arks Day and National Nurses' Day [Ed. suspiciously made-up-sounding occas ions...] before concentrating on the participants. I was mentioned because \, after ordering beer and chips\, I found out I left all my cards at home . In fact\, they were in the car having fallen out of my phone. [Ed. neat little trick\, that - one for the back-pocket šŸ˜˜] Lazy Git\, I will make it up to you.\n\nDown downs were awarded to:\nā€¢ Filth and Shaggy on the ir birthdays - a birthday they share with Tommy Cooper [Ed. if I didn't kn ow any better\, I might worry that there was an attempt to draw some sort of comparison (of overt-fecklessness?) here...]. Doggy Style missed out on her birthday down down\, having left before the awards [Ed. on account of feeling pretty unwell - what other reason could there be for dodg...sorry \, missing out on a free fizzy beer?!].\nā€¢ Winnie got one for being moth er hen to the Walkers.\nā€¢ Gaffer also got a drink of water down down\, b ut no-one can remember why.\nā€¢ Barbarella for completing her first half- marathon at the ripe old age of 59 - a tremendous feat. [Ed. *applause*]\n ā€¢ And\, of course\, hares Fluffy Dice and Silly Shunt for a nice trail.\ nOh\, the photo of that road sign [Ed. below\, for those who missed it and like to feel as though they've already had a few pints... šŸ˜†] depicting a hedgehog reminded me of that shocking Channel 4 documentary last week a bout cruelty to animals\, where these men placed a rat and a hedgehog in a pit and were betting on who was going to survive as they fought one anoth er to the death. The hedgehog won on points [Ed. *groan*].\n\nA thoroughly enjoyable evening\, with all the ingredients in place: good company\, gre at trail\, nice pub. What could be better.\n\nOn On to The White Hart at M ODBURY\n\nPhoto credit: Beefy.\n\nPhoto credit: Dimwit.\nšŸ‘£\n\nšŸƒ šŸ“ø šŸ» You can enjoy some further scrambling and tunnel-diving photo eviden ce from the Elburton Hash on 19th March 2025 by checking out Hash Flash's purpose-built photo album on the SH4 Facebook page šŸ“ø šŸƒšŸ»\n\nšŸ‘£\n ________________________________________\nNext SH4 Hash šŸ·šŸ‘£:\nHASH 15 18 - MODBURY\, 26th March 2025\n\nCIRCLE UP 7.25pm\nPoundwell Meadow Long- stay carpark\nPL21 0QJ.\nWhat3Words: monday.vacancies.rivals\n\nON DOWN:\n White Hart Inn\nChurch Street\nModbury\nPL21 0QW\nWhat3Words: daylight.lig hters.amicably\n\nHares: Nokkers and Py\n\nHash Food:\nšŸŒŸ Orders to Py/N okkers by Tues morning (25/03/25)\, please! šŸŒŸ\n\n \;\n\nFor further info\, please see the Hash 1518 event page on the SH4 Facebook Group.\n\n Add your photos of how the day went down (Weds 26th March\, 2025) to the H ash 1518 photo album on SH4's Facebook page \, courtesy: Rubbery.\n\nšŸ“ If you are the lucky Scribe at Modbury on 26th March\, please submit your edition of The Words to thewords@sh4.org.uk by Sunday evening (30th March\ , 2025) - TVM! šŸ“\nšŸ‘£\n\n________________________________________\n\nS H4 'EALTH &\; SAFETY\n\nPlease make a note of the SH4 hash phone number and add it to your phone:\n\nšŸŒŸ SH4 hash phone number: 07922 103701 šŸŒŸ\n\nUse this number to call for assistance if you come 'unstuck' out o n the trail\, or need to get a message to 'base camp' (On Down) during the run .\n\nšŸ‘£\n\nšŸŒŸ Don't forget to see Rusty Bottom or Ching Chong bef ore the hash to log you out on trail using the new-fangled checking-out/ch ecking-in app (developed by our very own digital-wizard\, Whisperer).\n\nD on't forget to also check back in with the 'On Secs you're safely back. šŸŒŸ\n\nšŸ‘£\n________________________________________\n\nSH4 MercHASHdise \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 Ā£0.50 ea.\, you can afford one for every vehicle in your fleet! šŸ˜Š\n\nSee a member of th e committee at the next meet for yours. 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