Hash 557. Holland House estate, Nr Golden Grove, St Thomas 2 Aug 2020

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August 2, 2020

August 2, 2020

11:00 To 15:00

$700

Event Description

This Hash is on the flat farm lands of the Holland House Estate, which is located in the Plantain Garden River (PGR) plain. There are no hills!  The location is a working farm environment (arable), which is bounded by the sea to the east, the PGR to the south and the Blue Mountains a backdrop to the north and west.

NB:  It is also a crocodile farm.  There are crocodiles within enclosed pens, which you may be able to visit, and some maybe in the river!

Hash Details

Chicken, with rice and peas. A vegetarian dish.

$600

Ben and Mary + Clueless Sherlock

Hash Directions

The journey time will be about 2 hours.  LEAVE EARLY!  Start time is 11.00am.

Travel on the main south highway, through Albion, Yallahs, Morant Bay and on to Port Morant.  This is the A4 route on Google maps.

After Port Morant, and the bays on your left, just continue on the main road.  Do not deviate. You will soon pass through Golden Grove community.  The Johnson’s gas station is on your right, as you pass through.

After you pass through Golden Grove, you enter on to a very long, dead straight road, which passes through the cane fields to your left and right.

You cross over a flat bridge, which is crossing over the PGR.

Just after you cross the bridge take RIGHT turn into the cane fields, on a marl track.  NB.  Look out for the JAH3 sign.

Once on the plantation follow the JAH3 signs to the Hash circle.

  1. NB. Some of the roads are flooded! All passable by SUV’s, but would be tricky for low cars.

Try to car share.  If road is flooded/impassable, the meeting point will still be at the right turn, but before the flooded track.

See this Google map reference:https://maps.app.goo.gl/73LymVXGyuHWQnxn7

Hash Extras

NB. It will likely be very wet and muddy underfoot. Bring extra shoes for your drive home. We may wade/cross the river but we will check levels. COVID 19. Please comply with current guidance. Distance, masks, limit touching others!, Over 70? Stay at home. In Quarantine?, please don't attend this one. HISTORY The history of Holland House estate is rich in colonial past (yes, I know!) and the sugar trade and slavery. The estate was a sugar estate with a cattle mill, windmill and two watermills. In James Robertson’s map of Jamaica, 1804, is plotted in St Thomas in the East parish. In 1771 the estate was bought for £100,000 from John Kennion (Liverpool)

July 29, 2020

Ben: 876 474 3742 Clueless Sherlock: 876 878 0270

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One Review

  1. MAHALIA WATSON
    MAHALIA WATSON

    Super super super for a first-timer!!

    Great energy great spirits

    August 8, 2020 at 3:17 pm Reply

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