Colne Valley Beagles and other things of interest.: HCVB AT NETHERLEY AND THE BOXING DAY MEET

Holme & Colne Valley Beagles meet on Saturday, 23 December 2017 at Netherley.

Hounds coming to the meet.

Will the fog lift?

Aah! Be careful young man as there is lot of '#Me too' about these days.
(What is #Me too you ask? - LINK )

Looks a bit like a word from the wise. Current HCVB huntsman and an ex-HVB huntsman and master.

Retired Pennine foxhound until recently owned by our late Treasurer.

Deciding if it is fit to turn out due to fog.

Decision made - it is and they're off.

Doesn't look too good though.

But it cleared.

Levitiating Whipper-in.

Big John. He is usually sucking a very fragrant pipe that can be smelled for miles around.

As I reminded him, this gentleman once featured on an upmarket website as a model for posh country clothing - as the archetypal English country gentleman. You can see why. He's a natural! (Actually he is munching though his energy bar here).

Some have the sense to dive through the wider space but others will slide through lower down.

Trying to open a gate while hounds patiently wait.

You can tell him what you want but he probably won't take any notice.

HCVB Boxing Day meet at the Fleece.

It was driving snow, sleet and fine frozen rain a lot of the time I was there which wasn't for very long.

Hounds arriving at the pub - snowing, well sleet.

Some smart gear there with 'snow white' breeches - Masters. (I can see a nickname developing here. A previous Master suffered the sobriquet - Snowdrop)

There were far more still in the pub than outside.

The city gent there is a former HVB Master and huntsman.

Hounds anxious to be going.

Ready for anything!

Hounds still anxious to be away.

I plodded up to the moor with other hardy souls in the settling sleety snow. It was driving head-on most of the time and my camera is not waterproof so I took no more pictures. Nor were my new this season Regatta boots waterproof as claimed, for they soon filled up with an uncomfortable cold sloppy wetness. A bad buy despite being otherwise comfortable. Tomorrow I am off in search of another make that hopefully will be waterproof. My so-called waterproof mittens were wet through too.

Despite a change to drier weather approaching I decided I had had enough discomfort for one day. So after I had eaten my lunch of fried pepperoni and mushroom in a toasted bread bun I retired to the warmth and comfort of home and left the others to do their thing high up there in the white wet wilderness.

Tuesday, 26 December 2017

HCVB AT NETHERLEY AND THE BOXING DAY MEET

Holme & Colne Valley Beagles meet on Saturday, 23 December 2017 at Netherley.

HCVB Boxing Day meet at the Fleece.

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