ROCKWOOD HARRIERS HUNT - TWO MEETS IN FEBRUARY

ROCKWOOD HARRIERS HUNT - SATURDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY 2019.

Briestfield -

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Reminds me of a rhyme from schooldays - "See my finger, see my thumb, see my fist and you'll get some!"

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But she's not like that.

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Yeoman farmer stance.
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Fortified wine - bottle or glass?

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I only got the odd distant view of the Rockwood today.

The housing is on Thornhill Edge.  Pity it had to be.  It looks ready to cascade down the slope and then swallow up this attractive area.  Suppose it will do before long.  It is the edge of Dewsbury too. 

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Rockwood Harriers Hunt - Wednesday, 27th February 2109

From the Kennels -

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Irresistible warm sausage rolls etc.

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A fluke of weather and it is a hot February day.  Any shade is welcome.

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Cloudless blue skies and strong shadows.  When the chill returns it will take some getting used to again.

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Finally setting off.

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And taking off.

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I feel bad about this gate.

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I went to open it and failed because it appeared to be securely chained and padlocked.

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But seen from the other side it could be unhooked. 

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It's an ordinary enough gate but an attractive place.

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I was just struck by the similarity there.  Is that an example of mirroring?  Both those two including their horses look so similar in posture and general appearance..

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A gossamer veil for a muck midden.

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Mud, Mud, Glorious mud

Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood,

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So follow me, follow, 

Down to the hollow

And there let us wallow

In glorious mud.

(Flanders - the Hippopotamus song)

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It is a hot job today.  Suppose it will be snow in April but there is still March to come.  At school we were taught that Britain had an equable climate but could never understand how something so changeable could be describe as equable.

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A full stop.

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Goodnight.