Colne Valley Beagles and other things of interest.: November 2016

ROCKWOOD HARRIERS – two Meets

The Rockwood Harriers at Emley in a chill wind, apart from in the yard of this farm. Have to be a bit tough to live in this exposed spot. Well maybe it makes you tough. Lovely on a nice day though.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

A burst of sunshine makes a huge difference to the colour from the previous picture.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

I think the choice was Port or Whisky and one needed fortifying given the chill at Emley. And there is a distinct possibility this lady made the sausage rolls.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

Whips are sometimes a bit liberal with their chastisement.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

The warm sausage rolls, made by Thorncliffe Farm shop at Emley, were particularly delicious. Despite being a pedestrian I managed to get one, well two actually but they were only a mouthful each, but missed out on the drinks.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

What were once slow country roads now have fast traffic.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

A welcome puddle.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

Emley is a bit on top of the world and the views are superb but the wind chill there is at its worst.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

Lone Ranger.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

The Rockwood Harriers from Cranberry Crossroads. After a wild wet night it calmed down, was fine and relatively mild for the meet and the rest of the day and ...........

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

....what a blessing! In disguise, a Joint Master addressing the multitude.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

That doesn’t look too promising to me. Did she get over? Answer at the end.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.

In the background is Stocksbridge. Here is a quote from Wikipedia as to why it is so named –

In 1716 John Stocks, a local farmer and landowner, occupied a Fulling Mill halfway along the valley where a flat, now dry flood-plain, created by the meltwater at the end of the last ice age, extended southwest from the river. At this place he reputedly built a footbridge over the river, perhaps so that his workforce could reach the mill from their homes on the north side. This originally wooden structure, Stocks' Bridge, gave the place its name, not only because it was about the only thing there apart from the mill itself,^[3]:40 but also because as a crossing place it appeared under that name on Thomas Jeffrey's map of 1772, thereby effectively establishing itself as a place name. On various occasions this bridge was destroyed by flooding, and was eventually replaced by a stone structure in 1812.

Rockwood Harriers Hunt. Copyright image by David Swanbury.