July 2025
1405. 7th July, Fishbait, TBC
1406. 14th July
1407. 21st July
1408. 28th July
June 2025
1400. 2nd June, Soggy Bottom, The Three Merry Lads
1401. 9th June, Jinx, TBC
1402. 16th June, Crystal Tips, TBC
1403. 23rd June, Smittie, TBC
1404. 30th June, Sticky Shaft, TBC
March 2025
1390. 3rd March -Soggy B and Rawhide, Birthday Hash, Maazi Hathersage
1391. 10th March - Uglyman, Fox House, Longshaw
1392. 17th March - Glowworm, Little John Hotel, Hathersage
1391. 10th March - Uglyman, Fox House, Longshaw
1392. 17th March - Glowworm, Little John Hotel, Hathersage
1393. 24th March - Sticky Shaft, Fast Eddy joint Birthday Hash - The Droppingwell, Kimberworth
1394. 31st March - Mincer; The Moon Inn, Stoney Middleton
February 2025
1386. 3rd February -Prof, The White Hart Inn, Bradwell
1387. 10th February - Trunks, The Three Merry Lads, Lodgemoor
1388. 17th February - Prof, The Old Hall Hotel, Hope
1389. 24th February - Smittie, The Bulls Head, Ashford in / on / by the Water
1387. 10th February - Trunks, The Three Merry Lads, Lodgemoor
1388. 17th February - Prof, The Old Hall Hotel, Hope
1389. 24th February - Smittie, The Bulls Head, Ashford in / on / by the Water
January 2025
1382. 6th January - Smittie, Ranmoor Inn, Fulwood Road , Sheffield
1383. 13th January - Monty's Batman, The Peacock, Owler Bar
1383. 13th January - Monty's Batman, The Peacock, Owler Bar
1384. 20th January - Mincer, The Travellers Inn, Birdwell
1385. 27th January - Shunter, The Scotsman's Pack, Hathersage
1385. 27th January - Shunter, The Scotsman's Pack, Hathersage
1370. 21st October - Uglyman, Hammer & Pincers,
Ringinglow
The one where plans were finalised
Fourteen Hashers and Two hounds assembled at the Hammer and
Pincers for the first time in an age.
The Soggy Bottom family put out three Hashers + a hound, G-String and Glowworm
made an appearance from Hathersage, Speed Bump and yet to be handled Joseph
came from Dronfield, Fishbait and Tilly from Grindleford, Smittie, Trunks and
17 Mile Jinx from the Fulwood area, Shunter of Woodseats and a well illuminated
(front / back / head & spare lights) Mudslide and myself from Crookes all
made the journey.
Punctuality was the name of the game, and we were soon off
across the road and Porter Valley bound.
A few of us ‘rear enders’ sensed a bit of competition in the air this
evening mainly due to the lack of calling. The pack comprised of three prime
checkers in the form of Shunter, The Apprentice and Mudslide so this could
prove to be a quick run.
We soon found ourselves crossing the Porter Brook and
heading up towards Fulwood only to be caught out by a signature Uglyman long
back to check, upon a second check we found it was up the river past ‘Prof’s
bend’ and on to another check at Forge Dam. I had my suspicions and soon found
the trail heading along the south side of Forge Dam. I managed to suck most of the pack in only to
found myself done again by a long b-2-c.
The actual route took us up Priest Hill towards Cottage
Lane, the scene of many a previous race to the summit. Off Cottage Lane we
headed right and up the hill which eventually lead us to the Hash Rest where
some home made flap jack was awaiting us.
Don't let the poo bag appearance fool you, the snacks were delicious!
Fuelled and sensing we had broke the back of the run we
headed on towards Ringinglow road Crossing at Wigley farm. Half of the pack,
lead by Smittie, seemed to think we hadn’t had a controversy for a while so
headed up the farm drive presumably in the hope of seeing an annoyed farmer +
dog, but it was a calm night and there was no such drama, we regrouped heading
towards the Limb valley.
Despite woofed promises that they would behave, both hounds
had to be escorted on short leads / carried through the field of sheep all
whilst protesting their innocence.
Enroute, we discovered a strange new marking which turned
out to be a decent effort by Uglyman at a pair of Spectacles, which in turn indicated
a nice view, which indeed there was; a glowing moon with a glittering Sheffield lying beneath it.
Unfortunately there is no picture of the actual view...
A nice strut through the limb valley eventually led us to
Coit lane and across Castle dyke playing fields, then it was back down
Ringinglow Road to the H&P. All in all
a nice run in great Autumn conditions.
On On Sticky Shaft
…and finally
It proved a productive Hash:
Shining Cliff Weekend - all sorted, with Hares, Cooks
and hopefully enough flour.
The Christmas Party
- Theme sorted, artwork complete, thanks TW, start and end venues
booked, a hare has been appointed (Mincer), a poll has been pinned to the
thread, now just awaiting final confirmations.
The Diary - full and now taking bookings for 2025,
some slots have already been taken in the makeshift 2025 section of the 2024
Diary
The Actual Diary – It’s heading towards that time
when a new one needs to appear. There was talk (by Uglyman) of an electronic
diary, cue sharp intakes of breath. With
an upcoming Hash in Wharncliffe Side, will Fast Eddy appear and save the day?
He’s underwritten this annual admin cost for as long as I can remember, it would
be some feat of heroism were he to turn up next week, mid paternity leave, with
a shiny new diary…
1369. 14th October - Monty's Batman, Robin Hood, Baslow
Begging, Bananas, Bread and Bolving
Pre 7:45pm, our hare MTB had out done himself on flour stinginess and had to go cap in hand to our landlord for a loan. Many thanks by the way to the Robin Hood and its landlord!!
Struggling Pubs face increased demands from Hashers
@7.52pm was about the time that the Crookes bunch turned up
and the pack were long gone. I asked the friendly landlord if he had any flour
to spare, he looked at me aghast, but confirmed parking was for free.
So off we set in pursuit of the others, there were two
obvious directions, but MTB had carved out a third and off we set up the hill
back towards the Sheffield road, which we incidentally did not take to get
here, hence the tardiness.
Mudslide, ever one for a challenge, decided to rely on her
night vision to climb the hill, fortunately there was a first aid kit waiting
with the pack and a couple of medical ‘professionals’ to fix the damage. Trunks was also on hand with his spare torch,
so a patched up and illuminated mudslide took her natural front runner position
and saved the rest of us lazy buggers from having to check too much.
...and the moral of the story is
As fast as the latecomers ran, the trail was all up hill so
we didn’t actually catch the pack until the hash rest, where ten of them were
waiting for us. Will’s Banana cake / bread was the topic of conversation with a
lot of pleasantly surprised looks amongst the pack. I can confirm it was indeed
yummy, filling and two pieces were consumed. Lost lad looked more than happy to
receive treats from an unused poo bag.
A glorious red mushroom was purposely left on the wall by
one of the pack, but we’ll come back to that later. From there it was on on
across the top of Yield wood and towards the glittering lights of Baslow where
we spread out in the village to look for the route.
We inevitably found ourselves at the ‘Group Kissing’ gate
into Chatsworth, I few open minded hashers squished themselves in, lost lad got
caught up in the excitement. Fortunately
no fingers or otherwise were lost in the transaction and we all found ourselves
in the dark and eery Chatsworth House grounds.
Mind yer bits and pieces!
Jurassic style noises were heard from the woods, we all knew
what they were but proceeded with some caution towards the treeline. There were the occasional sightings of a
fierce and protective stag with his doe Harem. The spectacular rutting /
bolving season was underway.
I must break off at this point to mention that we do have
greatness within our ranks, one hasher who shall remain nameless is a regional
champion at bolving (…or bolving impressions?) and is immortalised by a plaque in some
village hall around the Hope Valley. When last pressed
on the issue she was too modest to give us a demonstration but confirmed, ‘It
was a proud moment’. Local generic farmer and bolving enthusiast ‘Billy
Cornfield’ was interviewed about the victory at the time and simply remarked,
‘It was Crystal clear there could only be one winner that year, she was Tipped
for greatness but just walked away from the whole scene, a sad day for the
sport…’.
Anyway, back to the trail. We made our way past the horny deer
and annoyed sheep and headed up the Hill, it felt like the whole run had been
up hill that evening, finally atop the hill and above the tree line the trail
plateaued.
From there it was back in the direction of the pub, MTB surprised most of us with a new trail avoiding the long slog back up the road to the pub. This new trail proved tight in places and eventually made its way down to the stream. We were confronted with warning signs to avoid the damaged bridge, no handrails apparently, but as most of us were born before the era of intense ‘elf and safety’ we crossed anyway, there were no casualties. From there it was a sprint finish to the pub.
A great run, discovering some new paths, at 9.5KM it was at
risk of been muttered about but with everyone back at a reasonable hour it was
time to enjoy a beer and some post Hash Chat.
Special shout out to Milkmaid and Cummingtonite for filling
up the diary on their debut press ganging.
Special mention to one of our hashers for arranging a post
hash date in the pub and presenting not a bouquet of flowers but a shiny red mushroom to his companion. Apologies from
my side for trying to get her to put her name in the diary.
Epilogue
A very satisfied looking Monty’s Batman was later seen returning
three quarters of the loaned flour to the landlord, thus cementing his
reputation as a spectacular conservationist.
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