TRINITY FOOT & SOUTH HERTS BEAGLES 25 February
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Trinity Foot & South Herts Beagles, Cainhoe Manor, Beds
IF you are going to go for a day's hunting in South Bedfordshire, where better to start it than under the bedroom window of the hunting lodge where Henry VIII used to stay when he hunted in the area? With clear blue skies on a fresh spring morning and an eager pack of beagles in front of me, we can gloss over the fact that the word “allegedly” should probably feature in that sentence.
Senior joint-master Matthew Higgs, who has been master since 1988, had brought 12 couple of beagles to the meet at Cainhoe Manor, a splendid 16th-century, timbered manor house, sitting on top of a small hill outside Gravenhurst. Our host, Tim Burton, follows the pack most weekends and Cainhoe is a regular meet.
It was gratifying to see a large gathering of around 40 foot-followers at the meet, which
