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:594@sh4.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251129T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251129T170000 DTSTAMP:20251210T164148Z URL:https://www.sh4.org.uk/events/hash-1556-pre-christmas-hash/ SUMMARY:South Hams H4 Hash 1556 - Pre Christmas Hash - Slapton Visitor Cent re DESCRIPTION: \;\n\nHASH 1556 - 1557 SLAPTON (&\; environs) PRE-XMAS HASH\nThe eagerly awaited SH4 pre Christmas weekend was here at last! Twe nty or so brave/foolhardy souls descended upon sleepy Slapton Friday even ing and\, having claimed their bunks\, made their merry way down to the Qu eens Arms for a meal\, then back up the hill\, via The Tower Inn\, for an early night 😉🤣 (Ed. True athletes know how to prepare. Say no more.) \nThe rest of us arrived next morning and we all enjoyed a warming carrot &\; cumin soup before venturing outside to Circle Up\, ready to partic ipate in the A2B trail (Ed. never more ready - and\, thankfully\, places m ore reliance on legs than vocal chords...).\n\nBlown Off brought us to order\, informing us that the trail was laid in sections by: Rizzo &\; WGAS - 1st leg\; Nice Buns - 2nd leg\; Rusty - 3rd leg. (Ed. careful pre-emptive apportionment of blame?)\nSo off we went\, with an immediate split\, the Longs &\; Shorts not meeting again until the 1st beer stop\ , which was situated somewhere between Slapton &\; Frittiscombe. Rubbe ry manned a dray brimming with goodies. Rizzo\, showing great improvisa tion skills\, took to using a rusty saw from the back of Rubbery's van t o cut the cake (Ed. Girl Guiding at its finest!) .\nSuitably refreshed\, we set off again\, heading for Frittiscombe then on towards Start Bay. Som ewhere along the way\, Rizzo decided to sabotage the trail and put in an impromptu arrow\, sending several hashers on a shortcut straight to the 2 nd beer stop at The Church House Inn at Stokenham (Ed. admirably efficient hashing)\, missing out on a Wild Blonde or a Stumble Bee at Stokeley Farm shop &\; brewery. The Longs then headed out towards Beesands (Ed. and beyond...)\, then Kernborough\, and on to B at Chillington\, whilst the Sh orts took a more direct route\, almost reaching Widdicombe\, then heading back along the A379 to the Bear &\; Blacksmith at Chillington.\n\nTher e was quite a variation in mileage achieved: topping the leader board\, wi th 15.7 miles\, were Triple Top\, Nice Tackle\, Dirty Nights\, Anchor Man &\; Fob Jockey\, who all followed a non-existent trail\, almost endin g up in Hallsands\; 12.5 miles was the average for the Long trail\; aroun d 7.5 miles for the Shorts.\n\nThe pub was very welcoming\, with a roaring fire and good beer - so much so that Doggy Style had difficulty gettin g us onto her minibus for the trip back to the centre. (Ed. what\, and for ego a few more hours in the company of that wonderfully comforting and fes tive seabird taxidermy? Unbelievable.)\n\nOnce showered &\; dressed in our Christmas outfits\, most notably Tradesman's Entrance as a naughty e lf and Shaggy and Dirty Nights in sparkly little numbers\, we awaited o ur RA\, Overshot\, who teased us with a countdown to RA time. He regaled us with stories of the previous night's shenanigans and misdemeanours on the day's trail - way too many to list here (you had to be there!) (Ed. d eftly swerved\, Yeuck.)\n\nDown Downs went to:-\n\n Rizzo\, WGAS\, Nice Buns\, Rusty - Hares\n Triple Top\, Nice Tackle\, Anchor Man\, Dirt y Nights\, Fob Jockey - Geographically challenged\n Olive - took 30min s to find 2nd pub on Friday\n Tradesmans Entrance - problem finding cent re\n Rubbery - Draymaster\n\n\nThere followed a tasty evening meal\, the n Taskmaster-style quiz courtesy of Fluffy Dice &\; Silly Shunt. Than ks to Jules for her rendition of Roald Dahl's 'Three Little Pigs'. Rubb ery and Nutcracker did the honours as Mr &\; Mrs Claus\, distributing the Secret Santa gifts (Ed. a surprising number of which remained mysteri ously unclaimed on Sunday - Nice Buns was still valiantly attempting to re patriate them at the following Wednesday night's hash...). Then we danced the night away with Overshot's disco.\nSunday morning we blew out the co bwebs with a Hair of the Dog run\, laid by Muckspreader &\; Pull the U dder (Ed. a treat of wake-up run\, taking in quiet lanes and some private land boasting lush coastal views in crisp\, sunny conditions) then back to the centre for an amazing cooked breakfast\, lovingly prepared by Twi sted Sister\,Rubbery and Over Exposed.\n\nWhat a great weekend 🙌  (E d. emphatically seconded!!)\n\nThanks to the organisers 😃 (Ed. 👏 💖🙏)\n\nPhoto credit: Rubbery\n\nPhoto credit: Rubbery\n\nPhoto credi t: Nice Tackle\n\nPhoto credit: Rizzo\n\nPhoto credit: Rubbery\n\nMany\, M ANY more photos of the weekend's displays of athleticism and general festi ve silliness can be enjoyed here: SH4 2025 PreXMAS Lube Party photos Fri 2 8th &\; Sat 29th November and here: Hash 1556 Sat 29th November 2025 PreXMAS Lube Run\n\n👣 -  \;\n\nHASH 1556 - 1557 SLAPTON (&\; en virons) PRE-XMAS HASH\nThe eagerly awaited SH4 pre Christmas weekend was h ere at last! Twenty or so brave/foolhardy souls descended upon sleepy Sla pton Friday evening and\, having claimed their bunks\, made their merry wa y down to the Queens Arms for a meal\, then back up the hill\, via The Tow er Inn\, for an early night 😉🤣 (Ed. True athletes know how to prepar e. Say no more.)\nThe rest of us arrived next morning and we all enjoyed a warming carrot &\; cumin soup before venturing outside to Circle Up\, ready to participate in the A2B trail (Ed. never more ready - and\, thank fully\, places more reliance on legs than vocal chords...).\n\nBlown Off  brought us to order\, informing us that the trail was laid in sections b y: Rizzo &\; WGAS - 1st leg\; Nice Buns - 2nd leg\; Rusty - 3rd l eg. (Ed. careful pre-emptive apportionment of blame?)\nSo off we went\, wi th an immediate split\, the Longs &\; Shorts not meeting again until th e 1st beer stop\, which was situated somewhere between Slapton &\; Frit tiscombe. Rubbery manned a dray brimming with goodies. Rizzo\, showing great improvisation skills\, took to using a rusty saw from the back of  Rubbery's van to cut the cake (Ed. Girl Guiding at its finest!) .\nSuita bly refreshed\, we set off again\, heading for Frittiscombe then on toward s Start Bay. Somewhere along the way\, Rizzo decided to sabotage the tra il and put in an impromptu arrow\, sending several hashers on a shortcut s traight to the 2nd beer stop at The Church House Inn at Stokenham (Ed. adm irably efficient hashing)\, missing out on a Wild Blonde or a Stumble Bee at Stokeley Farm shop &\; brewery. The Longs then headed out towards Be esands (Ed. and beyond...)\, then Kernborough\, and on to B at Chillington \, whilst the Shorts took a more direct route\, almost reaching Widdicombe \, then heading back along the A379 to the Bear &\; Blacksmith at Chil lington.\n\nThere was quite a variation in mileage achieved: topping the l eader board\, with 15.7 miles\, were Triple Top\, Nice Tackle\, Dirty Nig hts\, Anchor Man &\; Fob Jockey\, who all followed a non-existent trai l\, almost ending up in Hallsands\; 12.5 miles was the average for the Lon g trail\; around 7.5 miles for the Shorts.\n\nThe pub was very welcoming\ , with a roaring fire and good beer - so much so that Doggy Style had d ifficulty getting us onto her minibus for the trip back to the centre. (Ed . what\, and forego a few more hours in the company of that wonderfully co mforting and festive seabird taxidermy? Unbelievable.)\n\nOnce showered &a mp\; dressed in our Christmas outfits\, most notably Tradesman's Entrance  as a naughty elf and Shaggy and Dirty Nights in sparkly little number s\, we awaited our RA\, Overshot\, who teased us with a countdown to RA time. He regaled us with stories of the previous night's shenanigans and m isdemeanours on the day's trail - way too many to list here (you had to b e there!) (Ed. deftly swerved\, Yeuck.)\n\nDown Downs went to:-\n\n Rizzo \, WGAS\, Nice Buns\, Rusty - Hares\n Triple Top\, Nice Tackle\, An chor Man\, Dirty Nights\, Fob Jockey - Geographically challenged\n Oli ve - took 30mins to find 2nd pub on Friday\n Tradesmans Entrance - prob lem finding centre\n Rubbery - Draymaster\n\n\nThere followed a tasty ev ening meal\, then Taskmaster-style quiz courtesy of Fluffy Dice &\; Si lly Shunt. Thanks to Jules for her rendition of Roald Dahl's 'Three Lit tle Pigs'. Rubbery and Nutcracker did the honours as Mr &\; Mrs Clau s\, distributing the Secret Santa gifts (Ed. a surprising number of which remained mysteriously unclaimed on Sunday - Nice Buns was still valiantly attempting to repatriate them at the following Wednesday night's hash...). Then we danced the night away with Overshot's disco.\nSunday morning we blew out the cobwebs with a Hair of the Dog run\, laid by Muckspreader & amp\; Pull the Udder (Ed. a treat of wake-up run\, taking in quiet lanes a nd some private land boasting lush coastal views in crisp\, sunny condit ions) then back to the centre for an amazing cooked breakfast\, lovingly prepared by Twisted Sister\,Rubbery and Over Exposed.\n\nWhat a great w eekend 🙌  (Ed. emphatically seconded!!)\n\nThanks to the organisers  😃 (Ed. 👏💖🙏)\n\nPhoto credit: Rubbery\n\nPhoto credit: Rubbery \n\nPhoto credit: Nice Tackle\n\nPhoto credit: Rizzo\n\nPhoto credit: Rubb ery\n\nMany\, MANY more photos of the weekend's displays of athleticism an d general festive silliness can be enjoyed here: SH4 2025 PreXMAS Lube Par ty photos Fri 28th &\; Sat 29th November and here: Hash 1556 Sat 29th November 2025 PreXMAS Lube Run\n\n👣 CATEGORIES:Hash Trails LOCATION:Slapton Visitor Centre FSC Start Bay\, Slapton\, Kingsbridge\, TQ7 2RA GEO:50.300607;-3.664284 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=FSC Start Bay\, Slapton\, K ingsbridge\, TQ7 2RA\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Slapton V isitor Centre:geo:50.300607,-3.664284 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR