A small hunt with a big heart
West Percy, Netherton, Northumbs
“IT’S Sod’s Law,” said West Percy huntsman Giles Bennett. “Ever since you came out, the hunting’s been great.”
On New Year’s Day, they had a 15-mile hunt with a four-and-a-half-mile point.
“And we had another screamer the following Saturday,” added joint-master Craig Anderson.
Typical. Perhaps I am some sort of hunting Jonah, cursed to bring a bad day to whatever pack I visit.
I had seen enough of a spark to be able to imagine what these hounds could do if conditions enabled them to catch alight; after a clever cast by Giles below Boo and Tom Chrisp’s Low Trewhitt, they wheeled in unison and roared off on a recently laid
