WAVENEY & NORFOLK HARRIERS 28 January
catherine.austen@futurenet.com
@cfausten123
Waveney & Norfolk Harriers, Northgate Hall, Norfolk
WHEN the North Norfolk Harriers were disbanded in 2022 due to pressure from hunt saboteurs, their future looked bleak, with their rare West Country harriers sent to various packs across the UK. However, the Waveney Harriers stepped in to rescue this desperate situation, and the outcome has, thankfully, been a happy and successful one.
Now the Waveney & Norfolk Harriers, the amalgamation of the two packs meant that most of the North Norfolk's hounds were returned home.
The Waveney Harriers are the custodians of a beautiful pack of studbook harriers, which are slightly smaller than the West Country harriers they have taken on board.
The Waveney have been busy teaching the North Norfolk hounds their way of trailing across their country and it is fair to say it is going well, with Blossom, one of the North Norfolk Harriers’ bitches, taking supreme at the 2023 Festival of Hunting. This serves to help highlight how well the
