It
seems that nearly every time I want to use my camera these days it is a gloomy overcast
day. It just does not have the speed in these conditions to
capture anything moving and be reasonably sharp. Still, beggars can’t be choosers and I have
to put up with it - and blame the tackle.
So, a few recent pics from the Colne Valley Beagles and the Rockwood Harriers. Looking at the CVB followers below, compared with those of the Rockwood further down, one can readily understand that beagling is not about glamour!
The Colne Valley Beagles, are probably playing at being the Holme Valley Beagles on this day as this is HVB country, but the huntsman wears the CVB kit and not the red coat and colours of the HVB.
Fell sticks are an essential part of the kit, for leaning on at the top of the nearest hill, along with survival clothing.
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The
Meet!
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no glamour here!
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The
character playing Shylock is actually the ‘Cap man’. Yes, one has to pay to endure this misery!
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I
think the hounds must have ‘Gone Away’.
At least the sun broke through.
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Someone
was ‘walking’ a pair of Harrier pups and the retired beagle is sensibly clad in
a warm coat.
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This
of course is the ‘resting hill’ where with luck one can see all that needs to
be seen while only shuffling occasionally from one side to the other.
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The
hills are alive with the sound of characters.
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The
sun was fleeting and there was nothing to see apart from the rainbow and the view.
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A
Rockwood Harriers Meet at Ingbirchworth.
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The
kennelman unloading hounds.
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A
small ‘Field’ in anticipation.
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‘Bloody
wire!’
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Nearly
through.
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Made
it.
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There’s
no set techinque.
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But
one way or another we will overcome.
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It
is not going to go.
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Definitely won't go. Try again.
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Blowing
up some stray hounds.
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And
blowing and blowing!
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And
waiting.
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And
waiting.
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The
end of the day.
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Rockwood
Harriers from Cubley Hall.
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Hounds
arriving at the Meet at Cubley Hall. LINK
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Remember
the comparison with the CVB followers!
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He
looks like the archetypal CVB follower!
Actually as a fleet of foot, lissome youth, he was a Whipper-in to the Holme
Valley Beagles in the days of Barry Bridgewater as huntsman.
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It
became too dark for any more ‘snaps’.
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