Hash 1567 – ERMINGTON

Well! After a week of torrential rain, almighty gusts and generally awful weather, it was nice to circle up in what felt like a nice break from the carnage of the extreme weather we’ve been having… You will have seen Dimmers’ live coverage of the seawalls at Torcross being washed away: I showed the footage to the Met Office and they have agreed to name the next storm after him, in honour of his great work in keeping us all informed, minute-by-minute!

A really good turnout this week at the Circle Up; no idea if there were any virgins or visitors due to Blown Off not caring – they could still be out there!

Muckspreader and Nice Buns had inside information on the Hash from my local gamekeeper. Also, Anchorman was seen spying on the hares during the laying and, of course, claimed it was a complete coincidence! (Ed. he’s obviously been standing too close to Overshot…)

Once the Hares had given good instructions on the flour being laid on the left, right and in the middle there was some chat about there being some busy road crossings, and then we were off!

A few shenanigans from the Hash :
Anchorman pretended he didn’t know where he was going by going the wrong way from a check at the beginning. (Ed. Cute. None of us were fooled, Anchorman 🙄)

Keeps Tripping was seen to have a nasty slip in the mud, which apparently was his one and only fall since he started hashing (Ed. I mean, it’s not as though the name might suggest otherwise…).

Cowpat did a very impressive ninja-style roll and stood back up with not a mark on her (Ed. what wizardry is this?!) 

Ching Chong was guided through the scary tunnel by cheeky Gomez. (Ed. Did you not read the words from East Allington, CC??) 

Dirty Bum Bum was so startled by the llamas that she stumbled into a massive puddle (Ed. and there were a few of those to choose from…).

The beer stop was a real treat: Nutcracker and Twisted Sister did a great job. One of the locals came out to see what on earth was going on – she thought it was a search party, with all the sparkling lights and torches! But Winnie couldn’t even be bothered to go to it; she just went back and had some alcohol that was stowed in her car. (Ed. textbook hashing!).

Other than that, the Hash was plain sailing: well marked, and marshalled at dangerous points. (Ed. Bravo, hares!) 

Hekkel was already back in the pub before everybody else after doing the Long; Dirty bum bum accused Olive of doing the Short as she was back so quick!

Overshot treated the assembled hash (those that hadn’t scarpered early to avoid a down down [pure speculation, of course…]) – including an unfortunate table of locals trapped in our midst – to another star RA-ing turn, awarding Down Downs to:

• Lowt’arse and Barbarella – for laying the Hash(anti-clockwise…)
• Lady Godiva – for new shoes (Ed. having shamelessly omitted to mention them at Circle Up)
• Cowpat – for her impressive ninja-roll
• Blown off – stood for Winnie’s DIY beer stop
• Gomez – for leading Ching Chong down a dark passageway
• Dirty bum bum – for her llama-induced puddle swan-dive

On on to IVYBRIDGE next week

Photo credit: Beefy

🏃 📸 🍻   You can enjoy a few more photos (hurrah! Beefy’s back!) from the remarkably (almost) rain-free Ermington hash on 28th January 2026 – and add any others that you may like to add to the collection – by checking out the Hash 1567 photo album on the SH4 Facebook page. 🏃 📸 🍻

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Next SH4 Hash 🐷👣: 
HASH 1568 –  4th February, 2026 

CIRCLE UP 7.25pm

Leonard’s Road car park, PL21 0RU
Https://what3words.com/gloom.sweeping.rezoning

ON DOWN:
The Exchange, PL21 9AB
Https://what3words.com/etchings.chatting.movements

Hares: Lowt’arse and Barbarella

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For more info, please see the Hash 1568 event page on the SH4 Facebook Group.

Add your photos of how the evening went down (on Weds 4th February, 2026) to the Hash 1568 photo album  on SH4’s Facebook page.

📝 If you are the lucky Scribe at IVYBRIDGE on 4th February, please submit your edition of The Words to thewords@sh4.org.uk by Sunday evening (8th February, 2026) – 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 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 Rusty 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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