Back in the day, a lad round ere I used know had 2 Tom Riley deerhound lurchers. Not half crosses , just lurcher x lurcher. He was very friendly with Tom and used go up Caithness and stay with him every season to run a few hooves with his dog. He always came back with some mad stories lol. Must admit I used to enjoy Tom's articles in edrd. I was bang at myself up Scotland on a weeks hunting holiday most seasons back in the day, sadly our paths never crossed as I would of liked to av ad a brew and met him. Nothing to do with deerhounds tho, but I did have the pleasure to be invited to Tommy