Another blog from Baz.

When does a Hooligan become a Lunatic,an odd sort of question you may think, if you want the answer then ask the Gypsy Queen

She might answer she might not , all-in I think No- comment!

Imagine Dennis Reay and Caroline Graham disappearing into the undergrowth at Ward Hall, Dennis (forward) Caroline (backwards)Only to emerge almost immediately – ” roven to bits”.

One or two Cockermouth  lads had a go about the dog produce trails, nothing wrong with that, so now its my turn ” what was going on at Ward Hall on Tuesday “. That was a FP Golden at its best.

Hound of the week” Little Messy run four  won three all at Helton , two AI and a Restricted.

Co-incidence ! Maidens at Windermere Duncan wins with My Way, Tony  is second with “Proper”. Draw for 200 club ,next to take part. winner Duncan and Amy, second Tony. what price that happening!

Steven Fincher came to Ward Hall on Thursday, the former chair of the Aspatria and Wigton area informed me that on being checked for a new hip , he was told that one leg was two inches shorter than the other. now that has solved the problem when he used to lay trails , as to why he went around in circles!”

Again!  What mixture are you using ? It’s this new mixture that’s to blame ! what new mixture , the rule states Paraffin and Aniseed and has done since conception. nothing new hounds hunt aniseed.

Frequently asked !”I can’t smell the mixture,” i you can smell it after it has been laid then it is two strong.

Why doesn’t my hands and clothes smell of the mixture like it did many years ago.

Answer: the smell on your person after laying a trail in the past was the smell of the steep which the rags were kept. There was no rule to say rags must be kept in official steep therefore the trail rags used were kept in , to put it politely , anything that was soluble with paraffin and the number one suspect was urine, together with sump oil. TVO  .diesel, maiden’s water and there weren’t any official rags so the promoter had the choice of either using his own or borrowing from Tom ,Dick .or Harry.

Hence you only ran your hounds where the particular mixture suited them.

When the trailer went for a pint afterwards he cleared the pub out, especially when he went straight there without washing.

You smell like you’ve P******* yourself ” said a stranger.

“It’s not mine ” was the reply  It’s somebody else’s.