IN some families, hunting runs so deep that it is passed down without fail through the generations. James Andrews is the fourth generation of his family to hunt a pack of hounds of some variety or another. His father, grandfather and great grandfather were all masters of hounds; his brother, Rupert, is master of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds, and James has hunted hounds for much of his adult life.
At the end of this season, he will complete 13 seasons as master and huntsman of the South and West Wilts (SWW). He is nearing his mid-fifties and an outsider might see this as the time to bring his hunting career to a close. But James has no plans to stop and is off to hunt the Cotswold next season.
There is something mildly bionic about the man who, unlike many fellow amateur huntsmen, has continued to work alongside his duties as MFH. At
