Lakeland Hunting Memories - Volume Two
Lakeland Hunting Memories, #2
Reeks: Lakeland Hunting Memories
Wendy Fraser
- In
- February
- 2005,
- shortly
- before
- the
- "ban"
- came
- in,
- I
- sat
- on
- a
- cold
- sunlit
- fell-side
- with
- my
- son.
We
- sat
- waiting,
- trying
- to
- keep
- warm
- in
- the
- cutting
- wind.
- "Soon
- this
- will
- be
- gone,"
- I
- said,
- "and
- personally
- I
- don't
- think
- it
- will
- come
- back."
He
- looked
- at
- me.
- "Maybe
- you're
- right,"
- he
- said.
- "You've
- followed
- hounds
- all
- your
- life,
- you
- have
- loads
- of
- stories.
- Why
- not
- record
- them
- as
- a
- bit
- of
- history?"
From
- this
- casual
- remark
- evolved
- the
- popular
- website
- 'Lakeland
- Hunting
- Memories'.
Ron
- Black,
- like
- his
- forefathers,
- was
- born
- and
- raised
- in
- the
- English
- Lake
- District
- and
- here
- relates
- some
- of
- his
- memories
- of
- hunting
- with
- hounds,
- competing
- in
- fell
- races,
- the
- heroic
- exploits
- of
- his
- family
- members,
- along
- with
- historical
- accounts
- written
- in
- the
- 1800s
- and
- earlier.
- An
- evocative,
- and
- frequently
- amusing,
- record
- of
- the
- characters,
- social
- history
- and
- culture
- of
- the
- fells.
- Have
- a
- look
- at
- Ron's
- website www.lakelandhuntingmemories.com
