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Hash 1573 – ST. ANN’S CHAPEL

Circle up was at 7:30 pm at St Ann’s Chapel. Squashed Balls was chatting to me, not me to him, but somehow I ended up being nominated for this job. (Ed: Ah yes – the mercurial finger of Fate [for which, read ‘GM’] strikes again! Like the divine index finger of the National Lottery, only in reverse…)

Nutcracker took charge of the circle and warned everyone to keep an eye out for cattle on the hash, as there were sheep in one of the fields! (Ed. nothing more dangerous than a sheep with bovine aspirations!) Who Gives a Shit was the only one organised enough to pre-order chips, which meant he got his very own dedicated cheesy chip stop.

Know Nuts and Nutcracker laid a cracking trail, even if hashers didn’t listen to Know Nuts’ clear instructions of where the OH was and how we would get to it! (Ed. so uncharacteristic of hashers to ignore critical navigational clues…)

Back at the pub, we discovered we had a new RA – apparently, Anchorman’s twin brother: he looked identical, it was uncanny… all apart from the moustache! It was in fact our very own Overshot, who had got a bit of colour back (in his hair [Ed. which was also looking particularly lustrous and thick…🤔] ) following his illness last week. He thanked Squashed Balls for stepping in and taking over his duties while he was so poorly last week.

Shaggy did her best to injure herself, managing to vault a cattle grid and run straight into a barbed wire fence, but somehow came out of it completely unscathed. (Ed. no challenge in simply walking through the perfectly serviceable pedestrian gate at the side of the barbed-wire entwined gate now, was there? Where’s your sense of adventure?!)

Yeuck had to be rescued after getting stuck in a bog and nearly losing one of her trainers in the process. Anchorman went into blind panic and had no idea what to do, but luckily for Yeuck, Lactaster was there to save the day. (Ed. if it’s not live TV, he just goes to pieces…)

Someone was also spotted stealing a red cabbage, although I know absolutely nothing about that particular story! 👀

Anchorman managed to miss a massive arrow and ended up at the Journey’s End, where he decided to stop for a swift half. Whisperer and Shaggy made exactly the same mistake and soon joined Anchorman for a bit of libation. (Ed. if by ‘libation’, you mean an extra half a mile or so of hill: guilty)

Cowpat was really tired tonight after doing her housework – just how big is her house?!

Fob Jockey was in a bad mood, and we said nothing more about that. (Ed. Judicious. Don’t poke the bear…😆)

Birthdays were a big issue tonight as Overshot believes some hashers might not be attending because of his atrocious singing of the ritual birthday song. It was Nutcracker’s birthday this week, and Dirty Nights’ too (although that later turned out to be a fake Facebook birthday). Nutcracker was given a choice of two cards – the joker or the ace. If she guessed correctly, she could decide whether Overshot sang in his usual high-pitched tone or had to tone it down. She won and opted for the low-pitched Overshot (Ed. after the rather confusing nomenclature around the two vocal options was further explained: singing in a ‘normal’ voice – Nutcracker’s original choice – was defined as what would be ‘normal’ for Overshot [i.e. glass-splintering soprano]…) I’m not sure the hashers fully understood what had just happened, but they were delighted to still have hearing in both ears after the rendition. (Ed. it’ll never catch on…)

Down downs:

• Know Nuts – Hare
• Nutcracker – Hare and Birthday
• Cow Pat – for being exhausted and nominated but nominating Lowt’arse as she was standing next to her
• Lowt’arse – being nominated by Cow Pat
• Fob Jockey – for being in a bad mood
• Lactaster – saving the day
• WGAS – his own chip stop
• Yeuck – sucked off in bog

On On to TOTNES

Photo credit: Beefy

🏃 📸 🍻   You can enjoy a couple more photos from the St. Ann’s Chapel hash on 11th March 2026 by checking out the Hash 1573 photo album on the SH4 Facebook page. 🏃 📸 🍻

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Next SH4 Hash 🐷👣: 
HASH 1574 –  18th March, 2026 

CIRCLE UP 7.25pm

King William IV, 45 Fore Street, Totnes, TQ9 5HN
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ON DOWN:
As above.

Hares: Overshot & Whisperer
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For more info, please see the Hash 1574 event page on the SH4 Facebook Group.

Add your photos of how the evening went down (on Weds 18th March, 2026) to the Hash 1574 photo album  on SH4’s Facebook page.

📝 If you are the lucky Scribe at TOTNES on 18th March, please submit your edition of The Words to thewords@sh4.org.uk by Sunday evening (22nd March, 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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