The Vale of Lune Harriers and The Three Counties Bloodhounds

Saturday 23 August 2008, from 10am

Valiants Equestrian Centre

This is your chance to get ready for the coming hunting season!

Novices and Beginners welcome. There will be heights to suit everyone up to 3"3 with many optional fences, and a separate Minimus ring for the littleys - with heights of fences that parents can jump too!

Nannies available to help give young horses and novice riders confidence if needed.

Price £10 per round

For further information please contact Emma: 07887 526634

For further information read the poster or contact Emma, 07887 526634.

Getting There

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Saturday 2 August 2008, from 10am

Starting from Canal Bank Stables, Ashton Road, Lancaster

This year the VLH held a fun ride through the idyllic scenery overlooking the Lune Valley, with a choice of two routes, of 6 miles and 12 miles.

Sunday 11 May, Claughton

Repaired fence - click on the image to see the ‘before’ state.

The sun shone as we worked on the banks of the Lune by Claughton, before finishing off with a quick drink in the Fenwick Arms.

Thursday 22 May, 5.30pm

Jump repair parties will set out from Kennels this Thursday evening, and then each Thursday in May.

Cartmel Racecourse, Saturday 31st May

The Point-to-Point Committee have arranged a dinner at which Mr Keith Thomas will be guest of honour as a thank you for all his efforts over recent years to make the Point-to-Point what it is today.

The dinner will be held at Cartmel Racecourse on Saturday 31st May.

Mike Gallimore, Course Inspector and journalist, will be the speaker - no doubt he has lots a juicy stories!

We would love members past and present to come, and enjoy this evening.

Booking Your Place

For tickets please contact Sarah Robertson:

• Wild Duck Hall, Bolton le Sands, Carnforth, LA5 8ER
• 07930 507296

Tickets are £35 each.

VLH
The Vale of Lune Harriers
cordially invite you to a
Candlelit Dinner
at Springfield House Hotel, Pilling, near Preston
Guest Speaker: Richard de Prez, MFH, Cheshire Forest

Saturday 26th January at 7.30pm

RSVP - Dress Formal

This is sure to be a most interesting evening. The Candlelit Dinner Booking Form is now available online.

Tickets for the dinner are £30 per person and will be allocated on a strictly first come first served basis.

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VLH
The Masters of the Vale of Lune Harriers
Cordially Invite You to
The March Hare Hunt Ball at the Grange Hotel

March Hare Hunt Ball, Saturday March 1st 2008, 7.30pm - 2.00am

RSVP - Dress Formal

The last two years of the social highlight of the year have been a sell out. Booking forms and formal invitations will be sent out in mid January. However for those who cannot wait the 2008 Hunt Ball Booking Form is now available online.

Tickets for the ball are £50 per person and will be allocated on a strictly first come first served basis.

No booking will be accepted unless accompanied by payment in full.

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Sunday 9th December

Johnny Richardson in charge of the trap.

Many thanks to Viki and Bob Sutton for organising and hosting the Christmas Clay Pigeon Shoot. We were fortunate with the weather and the shoot took place in glorious sunshine, though the clear skies meant the temperature was chilly to say the least. Thank goodness for the warming hotpot and mince pies, all washed down with mulled wine.

There was Down the line, Flush, and a Team Competition, as well as a trap for beginners - some of whom were a little less ‘beginner’ than others!

Friday 23rd November 2007

CLANG-PIP. CLANG-Pip.

The craked tones of the old skool bell summon various oiks, cads, swots, cissies, wets, wedes and bounders to assembl at the Longlands Hotel, Tewitfield for the Hunt Cultur and Temperance Soceity skool dinner.

Here at skool we are proud of our maners and once assembled for dinner whole skool erupt like an H bomb in an explosion of pea shooters and water pistols. We are much shoked i do not think.

Acktually once the master have said grace all boys descend on the skool sossages with mighty roar and within minits all is swept bare. Do not bolt yore food boys! All the older boys drink BEER which make them all very sprightly and matron must confiscate their bungees, pea shooters, catapults and water pistols yar boo sucks.

When the repast is finished the headmaster bawl Silence at the top of his voice and the whole skool fall silent. He holds up his glass and sa in a low voice

The QUEEN. Cheers cheers cheers for the queen we all drink and hurra for england. Naughty boys now sneke out past matron for a smoke. It will stunt their growth do they not kno?

It is time for the auction. Boys root thruough pockets amongst fluff, cigs, hankies and wine gums for any loose change wot have not already been spent on BEER. Headmaster call whitfield 1 to the front who do the honors and condukt affairs. Their are minor scuffles over some of the lots which push the price up nicely. It is amazing wot wine gums will buy these days.

Once the auction is over the whole sordid affair end up in a fug of even more BEER and drunken singing. Wot the boys will feel like in the morning is more than i can imagine.

But Seriously

The dinner was a roaring success and very entertaining.

A very BIG THANK YOU to the Longlands Hotel, Tewitfield who very kindly hosted the very successful VLH Gentleman’s School Dinner. The Longlands proprietors provided ALL the room and food completely FREE of charge

The VLH would particularly like to thank:

• the proprietors of the Longlands, Barry and Fiona, and all their friendly staff who were absolutely superb. The stern Headmistress and her naughty school girl waitresses all entered into the spirit of the evening and made it a most enjoyable evening.
• Mr & Mrs Kelly
• Mr Frank Towers
• Mr John Ronson
• Mr Clive Richardson
• Mr & Mrs Bowring
• Mr Ian Whittaker
• Mr Roger McPhail
• Hy-Fly Game Hatcheries
• Mr David Dobson & Bank House Fishery

A donation of the nights proceeds will be made to the North West Air Ambulance.

The kennels open evening was held on Friday night and was enjoyed by all.

Leonard Loses The Tug-O-War

Clive put on a hound show and this was followed by demonstrations of hawks, tug-o-war, and a manhunt as the Bloodhounds were let loose on the tail of some of the younger attendees. These were working birds, used for pest control and local airport bird clearance, so it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to hold them.

The Three Counties Bloodhounds Take A Drink After Catching Their Man

There are more pictures here, though unfortunately the photographer arrived after the hound show.