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HASH 1542 – ERMINGTON
Non-plussed, I was, standing there, finding out in public from our esteemed GM that I had been carefully selected, from a cast of so many, to craft ‘the words’ [Ed. ahh, a sensation that resonates with us all…]. Unprepared as I was, I only found myself able to mumble something barely comprehensible containing the words ‘recently’, ‘done’ and ‘thought’, but not necessarily in that order. Anyway, it didn’t cut any ice, what with many hundreds [Ed.I think I must, like GHR, have circled up in the wrong place…] of onlookers all with a vested interest in not having this assignation overturned.

The rest of the information delivered at the Circle Up was, frankly, a blur, so we will just have to
hope that it comes out in the rest of this ramble.

Anyway, onto tales of valour, deceit, treachery and short-cutting – or is that the book club book I am meant to be reading? [Ed. it does sound remarkably like Richard Osman’s next title…] I am sure that the hares shared a lot of invaluable nuggets of information about the hash, but I remember not a jot about them. [Ed. nothing that would actually have prepared us for the impending trail, as per weekly tradition.]

We set off from the square and towards the church. Talented as I am in anticipating tricky situations, I spotted that Know Nuts was immediately ahead of me at the first kissing gate. Having almost recovered my composure from the Circle Up, I deftly and courteously stood back to let several hashers past me. I am happy to report that they negotiated the kissing gate successfully, as Know Nuts was too busy trying to win the hash. Know Nuts also thought he saw a trout, or maybe an Orca, in the River Erme, so it
was probably wise to give him a wide berth… (More on that later. [Ed. but is there, Jyde? You are such a tease: I, along with many others I’d wager, was primed for tales of giant-cephalopod-wrangling mid-hash…*sigh*.])

Unusually for a hash, there seemed to be a theme of being in the wrong place at the wrong time [Ed. Bah-bum tish!]. I cite the following evidence:

• GHR pitched up at Pinky’s estate, largely because he doesn’t do Facebook;
• Gaffer changed in the middle of the road and a delivery truck screeched and swerved to miss him…..Hope he is getting some help with the PTSD, after seeing Gaffer undressed;
• Viz (returning hasher) putting the wrong animals (goats and chickens) back in the wrong places;
• Anchorman placing his socks in the wrong place in his hashing bag, so he didn’t have them at hand for the hash… Blisters, one wonders???
• Know Nuts tripped over, and then got doubly cross as he had convinced himself, in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, that the cake stop was at Pinky’s barn [Ed. unless he had a hankering for a Bundt cake crafted from hay (could also have been mistaken for a check…), I can see how Pinky’s gaff may have disappointed on this front].
• Finally, Pinky almost missed the cake stop, so intent was he on leading the Shorts astray… And that was on his own ancestral lands!

Enough of those bullet points. Random stuff now: Belinda and Lowt’arse shortcutting… Slightly unusual, actually. Don’t know what this means, but the notes from my learned RA inform us that Muckspreader had a new ring, and something about sheep food. We are an odd bunch of people, aren’t we! [Ed. Yes ☺️]  Rizzo racing in at the last minute. Lazy Git claiming to a local that he had won!!!

Anyway, on the cake: Hekkel over-cakered splendidly [Ed. love this excessive cake-provision descriptor (setting aside the inevitable argument as to whether such a scenario can ever exist, that is…)]! She was rewarded by a wedding style line-up of hugs, by far the sweatiest of them being from Pugsley.

Thanks were given to Andrew at the pub.

T-shirts awarded to: Yeuck – 300 runs; WGAS – 200 runs.

Happy birthday recital for Pinky.

Down Downs to:

• Hares, Pinky, Py and Lady Godiva’
• Yeuck and WGAS – milestone 300 and 200 T-shirts, respectively;
• Pugsley – sweaty hug.

On On to DITTISHAM 

Photo credit: Rubbery

🏃 📸 🍻 You can enjoy many more photos from the cake-fuelled hash on 27th August 2025 by checking out Hash Flash’s purpose-built photo album on the SH4 Facebook page 📸 🏃🍻

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Next SH4 Hash 🐷👣: 

HASH 1543 –  3rd September, 2025

CIRCLE UP 7.25pm
Circle Up:
Dittisham Car Park
Ham Lane
Dittisham
Dartmouth
TQ6 0HS
What3words: https://what3words.com/rejected.loopholes.potato

ON DOWN:
Ferry Boat Inn
Manor Street
Dittisham
Dartmouth
TQ6 0EX
What3words: https://what3words.com/duties.saving.breezes

Hares: Can’t Come & Ching Chong

For further info, please see the Hash 1543 event page on the SH4 Facebook Group.

Add your photos of how the evening went down (on Weds 3rd September, 2025) to the Hash 1543 photo album on SH4’s Facebook page .

📝 If you are the lucky Scribe at DITTISHAM on 3rd September, please submit your edition of The Words to thewords@sh4.org.uk by Sunday evening (7th September, 2025) – TVM! 📝

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SH4 ‘EALTH & SAFETY

Please make a note of the 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 / Doggy Style 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 once 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 hash meet to get yours.

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