Colne Valley Beagles and other things of interest.: BADSWORTH & BRAMHAM MOOR HOUNDS

Badswworth and Bramham Moor Hounds - Copyright image by David Swanbury

The Badsworth Foxhounds, or to be precise, the Badsworth and Bramham Moor Hounds, or BBMH if you are fashionably into acronyms, had a Meet at High Hoyland on Valentine’s Day. I thought I would go along to have a look and walk around the woods with them a bit as a little sun was promised after a misty cloudy start. So here are a few pics. All big men on big horses with big hounds, or so it seemed.

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Someone had gone to the trouble of providing some warming liquid stimulant as well as an assortment of M&S nibbles such as small sausage rolls and also some nice fruit cake with a bit of cheese.

Through the courtesy of the local farmer the BBMH had the Meet on a bit of spare ground on his land.

What would we do now without mobiles!

It was only a small Meet given that it was midweek and also probably at the edge of the Badsworth territory.

And it was a bit muddy underfoot there too.

I think the hounds took turns to say hello.

Not the official Badsworth site but an interesting one here - LINK

A few words of welcome to the small throng of supporters and riders.

Moving off.

This corn bin for feeding the pheasants will have been upended by the deer I was told.

The huntsman collected up his hounds and moved off to another wood. I departed shortly afterwards. It was an enjoyable walk in a touch of February sunshine after a few dark dismal days. The nip of sloe gin I was given on the way round went down well. It it was delicious.

Wednesday 15 February 2017

BADSWORTH & BRAMHAM MOOR HOUNDS

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