The Royal Oak

Hummery: Apparently a Nepalese-run pub (not to be confused with a pub of the same name in The Lake District per TripAdvisor) which would explain the eclectic food on offer (ex chips) and the sky-high prices for soft drinks.

Overheard on the hash (12th January 2016) 

‘Shiggy' ‘Oh, there’s a muddy bit’ ’More Shiggy…’ [about 100m later] I'd give it a rest Jess, that was the dry bit'Matt breaks the harsh reality of a Stokenchurch Muddiest hash to Jess.

‘Where's the hare?’ [shouted from behind]‘He's with us.’ [shouted back]‘Where?’ [shouted from behind again]‘Here….look, Hare….here’s the Hare……HARE ON!’  ‘What's the opposite of Hare On Sooper? ‘Probably F*ck off at present!’

‘Alex was that you?’ ‘No it was the dog’ ‘Sheesh, that was foul!….foul enough to want to make me run up that hill to get away from the smell’

‘Right that’s it - I’m off. I’ve had enough of this’ Ken throws a minor wobbly at being asked to run down through yet another boggy hill when there was a perfectly good road heading back to the pub

‘It says 6-back……6-back everyone….come on 6-BACK!’ [Gerry turns around and runs back….about 7 miles in, on a muddy hill in the howling wind, with everybody all over the place] No it doesn’t [other members of the hash inspect the markings more closely] Now it definitely doesn’t [a big boot comes in, crushes any signs, and proceeds on up the hill….OK, so it might just have been me!]

‘Do you reckon we should re-introduce down-downs…..I’m thinking about the hare?’ ‘Nah, I think the bumps would be better considering tonight’s run’ Matt & Andy ponder new hash rules

‘Oh, the Grand Ol Duke of  York, he had 10,000 men…he marched them up to the top of the hill and then marched them down again…’ Kev’s ‘loss of bearings’ was taken in good humour - initially.