On Monday Eggesford met at Smith’s Farm on the edge of Puddington. Accompanied by a pack of terriermen, consisting of convicted badger digger Seward Folland, Richard Elliott, Jake Crabb and Tom Bounsall, they spent most of the morning south of the village, between Brindifield Plantation, Comins’ Copse and Woolsery Mill.
We caught up with them here as they headed back north and into the fields north of the meet. The aforementioned terriermen stationed themselves at Hence Ford, holding whips and making noise to push back any foxes being driven their way. The hunt eventually left this area and Jason put hounds in at Washford Moor Linhay for the last half hour. Gates aren’t relevant in Jason’s world, so he encouraged the hounds into the field via a gap in the hedge and himself tried to force his horse to climb the 8 foot bank to access the field via the same gap from the road. His horse was having none of it though.
Heavy rain put an end to the day earlier than expected. The hunt hung around the meet for half an hour blowing for lost hounds but eventually gave up and drove back to the kennels, probably still missing some of their hounds.
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