Brighton H7 #2428

Brighton H7 #2428

I had the opportunity to hash with one of the older hash clubs in the UK today. The Brighton H7 (a.k.a. Brighton & Hove, Horsham & Hawards Heath H3, or BH7) was founded by Robin 'Robo' Salter on 5 Jun 1978, and was assisted by Pete Eastwood, Pete Beard, Phil Mutton, and Nick Cheney. He had previously hashed in Pakistan with the Islamabad H3.

The BH7 was originally called the Vale of Sussex H3 named after the ordnance survey map covering the run area. “The first run was from the Devils Dyke pub on the south downs, and Peter 'Local Knowledge' Eastwood is the only survivor still attending regularly with almost 1800 hashes to his name”, according to John ‘Bouncer’ Biggins.

Our hare for this auspicious occasion was celebrating his 80th birthday, so we had a sip stop in his back yard, before carrying on to the end. It was a pleasant 6 km trail.Weiterlesen