The Vale of Lune Harriers and The Three Counties Bloodhounds

The Vale of Lune Harriers are this months Hunt In Focus in The Masters Voice, with Johnny Richardson making the front page and Hunter’s Fact File, and also an in-depth conversation with Clive Richardson.

Well worth a read.

Once again the Vale of Lune has been mentioned in the letters pages of Horse & Hound as a welcoming and friendly hunt:

Back in the hunting seat at Christmas

Sir - the weekend before Christmas I fulfilled an ambition to go hunting again after a five-year break and serious back surgery.

The staff and members of the Vale of Lune Harriers made us feel so welcome. Despite the constant rain and low cloud, I felt as if we were riding in sunshine. Even though I am no longer able to jump, we had such fun galloping through lovely countryside.

I am still sporting a smile at the thought of our day and my horse, Paddy, is still “hunting” in his mind, his eyes bright. We plan to go again.
Fiona Long.

Thanks Fiona for spreading the word about the VLH.

New Hunt Quad

The Hunt is very grateful to Mr Tony Dowdall, a keen hunt follower, for providing the hunt with a new quad to assist with essential works such as fence building and repairing and following the field on Hunt days.

Handing Over The Keys

The keys to the quad were officially handed over By Mr Dowdall to the Hunt at the Bridge Inn Meet on Saturday 10th November, and it was put straight into use laying the trail. As you can see it’s already very popular with the hounds.

Hounds

Word from impartial obervers (college staff) reaches us that the Vale of Lune Hounds were well received at Myerscough College Open Day and Country Fair on Sunday 3 June.

Impartial word is that the Hunt went down famously, and the two demonstrations in the International Arena were in front of some of the biggest crowds Myerscough has ever seen. Such is the measure of our popularity that we’ve been invited back next year.

Our thanks go to Mr Clive Richardson (Master and Hunstman) mounted on Oliver, Mr Paul Conway (Whipper-In) on Rolo, both in the ring, and Mr Andy Bryan (Kennelman) behind the scenes, and of course to the 10 ½ couple Hounds for representing the Hunt so well.

There is a full-page of photos from the VLH Hunt Ball in the June issue of Lancashire Life.

We have just updated our website to make it easier for us to keep you up to date and informed.

The old website is still available for those of you who had bookmarked your favourite pictures.

The new website complies with the latest internet standards which make it more consistent on different browsers and computers, as well as being more accessible - passing all the requirements of the British Disability Discrimination Act.

We have added an RSS feed for those of you who use a newsreader so that you will be automatically kept up to date with the latest news, and a new map of the hunt country to help you find your way to the meet.

We hope that you will find the new site informative and easy to use. If you have any comments then please email us.

We must thank Gwen Parry-Jones for managing the website for the last year.