THE HUNT SABS DO IT AGAIN — IT IS AN EXCELLENT READ

Saturday 13/9/2025 Cubbing meet Ledbury foxhounds. Joing us today we also had the company of one of our good friends from @Hereford hunt saboteurs, always lovely to see them. Hounds met at Underhill farm, Pendock. So, a 7am meet and a mounted field of 22 excluding the huntsman Peghead and his sidekick whip- also a rather small child perched precariously on a little grey Welsh mountain pony who who being held on a lead rein by a woman who should have known better as the little pony was clearly very exited by the whole thing!!! Today's pantomime set off with the inclusion of the terrier boy:s quad and so our morning began. This meet runs parallel to the M50, certainly not ideal for either them or us- made for difficult hearing at times! When hounds did enter covert it was clear they were blatantly hunting, plenty of saddle banging could be heard and the usual trying to whoop the hounds up into a frenzy!! Once they realised we were present the disappearing act was introduced- sabs however, being resourceful creatures soon reconnected with their adversaries - the huntsman's wife Vikki quick to get on her phone and warn hubby we were on the outside of the covert- wasn't long before out he and the hounds popped and off they ran!!! Clearly in a very short period of time -(we heard nothing which would indicate that hounds had rioted) Peghead could be heard trying to gather his hounds this went on and on!! Next we find the whip no longer mounted on his equine but on the back of a terrier quad, stopping periodically and peering over hedges and gateways- one suspects they have lost not just the plot but hounds!!! Sabs found a single lost hound a short while later it was completely indifferent to the horn calls from the whip, wouldn't come to us either eventually it turned around and ran up the hill but not in the direction of the whip!!! By 10.30 the only box that was left at the meet was the hunt lorry, it had at this point moved onto the drive so our assumption was they were now "All on" and were on their way back to kennels imminently. Horns and hollas.. the sabs with attitude.