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A poem! It rhymes (sometimes convincingly; sometimes ever-so-slightly less so… 😘)! Except the weighty last line, which really does deserve to stand on its own… 🤣🤣🤣
HASH 1543 – DITTISHAM
Can’t Come and Ching Chong forgot they were laying the hash,
Which they agreed to do some 9 months past!
Can’t Come awoke in Oxford after one hell of a bash,
And had to race back fast.
Ching Chong told Muckspreader that it is the same route as last time – but in reverse.
“But I didn’t go last time” Muckspreader did curse.
“The Long is 5 miles” Can’t Come told,
But was in fact more like 6.5 miles, which we should’ve known from times of old.
Blown Off kept befriending All Night Pepys’ dog with a stick,
Until he got so fed up, he gave it the flick.
The weather was damp, the route was hilly,
And Livewire set off surprisingly nimbly,
Around Ditisham, East Cornworthy and Capton,
Only to finish with a lot less action.
Wetspot was struggling to open a gate,
And needed Undercovers to show him how,
Who then later went on to meet his fate,
As he fell over his own feet somehow.
Badcock and Martin also had struggles with a gate,
Until Rusty Bottom set them straight.
Gomez decided to run the Long after Olive’s persuasion, which was strong,
Squashed Balls was concerned about the length of the Long. [Ed. rich…🤣]
Several hashers went astray:
Good Shag could not hear Pull The Udder’s correction,
Much to Pull The Udder’s dismay –
And Good Shag went the wrong direction.
Overshot made Shaggy run around someone’s lawn,
Jyde got lost, but was back before dawn.
Wetspot got lost and couldn’t find his keys,
And stormed into the pub and told Dimmers that he was not very pleased [Ed. the most delicate of understatements…].
This left Dimmers, Livewire and Lazy Git with a long walk home.
Down Downs were awarded to:
- Ching Chong & Can’t Come – hares
- All Night Pepys – for her dog annoying Blown Off
- Boaty – birthday
- Incider – returning to the hash, in disguise, after 10 years away
- Dimwit – upsetting Wetspot
ON on to BLACKAWTON.
Photo credit: Doggy Style
🏃 📸 🍻 You can enjoy many more photos from the 30% extra-free hash on 3rd September 2025 by checking out Hash Flash’s purpose-built photo album on the SH4 Facebook page 📸 🏃🍻
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Next SH4 Hash 🐷👣:
HASH 1544 – 10th September, 2025
CIRCLE UP 7.25pm
Circle Up:
(Outside) The George Inn
Main Street
Blackawton
TQ9 7BG
What3words: ///placidly.winks.husky
ON DOWN:
(Inside) The George Inn
Hares: Rizzo and WGAS
⭐⭐ HASH FOOD ⭐⭐
Please let the hares know if you would like food after the hash by 6.01pm (a touch particular, but best not to argue with a hare before a hash…) on Tuesday 9th September – menu below:
For further info, please see the Hash 1544 event page on the SH4 Facebook Group.
Add your photos of how the evening went down (on Weds 10th September, 2025) to the Hash 1544 photo album on SH4’s Facebook page when created(!).
📝 If you are the lucky Scribe at BLACKAWTON on 10th September, please submit your edition of The Words to thewords@sh4.org.uk by Sunday evening (14th 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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