A damp morning and the thick grey mist has barely lifted enough to reveal the lush green grass of the fields beneath it.
Through the fog comes an unmistakable cry of the countryside as around 20 hounds career over the moor at speed with heads firmly forward and planted to the ground followed by an immaculately turned out huntsman and whip working them with the different sounds of a horn to signal different commands.
Others that maybe can’t or don’t ride, equally make a day of it following the route where they can by car armed with a flask, packed lunch and a pair of binoculars. Social events fundraise for the local community but also worthy causes such as the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Oliver Hughes is the managing director for the British Hound Sports Association .
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