A SAD LOSS TO THE TERRIER WORLD

[brickie 76]

I've waited to see if i could come up with the right words , to say what Dave was to me and to be honest i can't . For words seem inadequate , he was a good friend , a man who was very passionate about hunting, the kind of man many of us aspire to be , who had time for everyone and was very knowledgeable about all fieldsports.He will be sorely missed but not forgotten,for i have many great memories of days out spent in this mans company and i will cherish them . My deepest sympathy to his family R.I.P mate

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

I didn't know Dave,never met him,never even heard of him before this post...but as I read the sentiments I think of guys like him and the influence they had on me.

 

But by his influence Dave will liive on...that is immortality .Something I think we should all strive for.RIP.

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

I've waited to see if i could come up with the right words , to say what Dave was to me and to be honest i can't . For words seem inadequate , he was a good friend , a man who was very passionate about hunting, the kind of man many of us aspire to be , who had time for everyone and was very knowledgeable about all fieldsports.He will be sorely missed but not forgotten,for i have many great memories of days out spent in this mans company and i will cherish them . My deepest sympathy to his family R.I.P mate

 

 

This is what I am talking about...I want these words said about me when I am gone.

 

 

 

Maybe we ought to think of this when newbies come here and ask newbie type questions .How would a guy like Dave have addressed them ?

[sikastag_1 689]

heard this at the start of the week, very bad news , R.I.P.

[hunterboy100 0]

RIP DAVE HOPE THERE IS SOME GOODS EARTHS WERE YOU HAVE GONE WEFF

[Mars 42]

COME HUNT WITH ME AT THE DAWN OF DAY,

O'RE THE MOORLAND MOUNTAIN AND SCREE,

FOLLOW ME TILL THE END OF DAY,

THEN JOIN ME IN HARMONY,

 

NO GREATER PLEASURE CAN BE FOUND,

I HOPE YOU WILL AGREE,

THAN TO HUNT WITH HOUNDS WHERE THERE'S NO BOUNDS

AYE AND HUNT TO ETERNITY,

 

WITH ME YOU'LL HEAR THE RAVEN'S CRY.

RED STAG AND EAGLE SEE ,

SCENERY TO TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY

IF YOU WILL HUNT WITH ME

 

HARK NOW TO THAT GLORIOUS CRY ,

A FOX IS A FOOT AND AWAY'

THROUGH THE VALLEY SOUNDS THE CRY OF HOUNDS,

FLEE OR YOU MUST PAY

 

SO ONWARD FRIEND AND YOU WILL SEE,

WHAT HUNTING MEANS TO ME

A FOX AND HOUNDS AND GODS PURE AIR

WHAT LUCKY MORTALS WE ARE.

 

LOUDER AND NEARER DRAWS THE CRY ,

THE HUNT IS NEALY DONE

THE FOX WILL BOLT HIS BRUSH TO SAVE

THIS TIME THE HOUNDS HAVE WON

 

KILL HIM WE MAY BUT THIS I'LL SAY

HE'LL ALLWAYS GET FAIR PLAY

ON MOUNTAIN STEEP , OR BORAN DEEP

A CHANCE TO SLIP AWAY

 

SO ITS HOMEWARD BOUND THE DAY IS DONE ,

AS THE EVENING SHADOWS FALL ,

MAY THIS FIRST DAY NOT BE THE LAST,

YOU'LL HEAR THE HUNTSMAN'S HORN

 

A DRINK WITH ME BEFORE WE PART.

A HUNTING SONG TO END ,

A GOOD DAY GONE A NEW FRIEND WON

GOOD NIGHT MY FRIEND

 

RIP DAVE

[gonetoearth 5,144]

I attended the service today the bonnet family should be proud god bless every one who attended

[welshwizard 33]

I remember going to Dave's first Terrier Show and thought how much input he had put into making his Show a success, I never missed one after that, then he invited me and my Hunting Partner to come hunting with him. We never looked back. I am Sorry I did not know you Longer. You will be a hard act to follow mate. Save me a place on the other side. I will never forget you.

[Mars 42]

I attended the service today the bonnet family should be proud god bless every one who attended

 

I was their to, and the turn out said a lot .. their were terrier and lurcher men & women from all over the country,

He was a man who touched many lives and will be sadly missed...

[Foxgun Tom 75]

Many people were there from all over the country including myself! having spent a day travelling from Scotland staying one night in England and only arriving home a few hours ago today! I spent an hour stuck in the weather beaten traffic in the Lake District and it gave me time to reflect on Dave's funeral, the previous day. Of Course there was sadness but!! there was also a great deal of joy later on, when we all retired back to Dave's local! some of us eulogised and passed about photo's of our friend, while others in memory of a gentle, gentle man sang his favourite hunting songs, I'm sure Dave was there laughing and joking in the bar with the rest of us?

 

His young lad "Sean" has had to grow up very quckly in the last week and has shown a great deal of maturity for his young years! Your Dad would be extremely pround son as all your Dad's friends are!

 

My thoughts are with Dave's wife Lynne and the rest of the family

 

 

Tom

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

we all retired back to Dave's local! some of us eulogised and passed about photo's of our friend, while others in memory of a gentle, gentle man sang his favourite hunting songs, I'm sure Dave was there laughing and joking in the bar with the rest of us?

 

 

 

That should be said about all of us...

[Doohan 46]

Roeddwn yn segura i ffwrdd yn awr sbâr heddiw, fflicio drwy fy "Contryman's Weekly pan ddes ar draws Dave Bonnett's coffäol. Mae hyn yn rhaid i mi feddwl am dano, yr amser byr roeddwn yn gwybod iddo a'r amseroedd da yr ydym yn eu rhannu gyda'n gilydd. Mae hefyd yn got 'm rhyfeddu, felly yr wyf yn "Googled" ei enw a deuthum ar draws y swydd hon. Fi jyst wedi ychwanegu fy sylwadau eich hun:

 

Drwy gydol bywyd Rwy'n mesur dyn gan ei eiriau & gan ei weithredoedd neu weithredoedd. Yn seiliedig ar hyn, gallaf ddweud yn ddiogel Dave fod yn ddyn mawr. Mae hyn yn fy molawd i David Bonnett:

 

Pan fyddwn yn gyntaf gyfarfod & wyf yn dweud wrthych am fy gynlluniau byth, byddwch mocked mi, dy eiriau o anogaeth cefais yr hyder i fynd ymlaen.

 

Yr oeddech yn ffrind i mi yn ystod cyfnod o "tywyllwch", lle y gall rhai pobl wedi troi eu cefnau. Yn lle hynny mi a gynigir i chi yn llaw cyfeillgarwch. Mae eich geiriau caredig a gweithredoedd, ar yr achlysur hwnnw, oedd fel golau llachar, a helpodd godi fi allan o'r pwll.

 

Empathi a dealltwriaeth o'r fath yn rhywbeth y byddaf byth yn anghofio, a bydd yn fyw gyda mi am weddill fy mywyd. Fy unig ofid yw na chefais i ddiolch i chi yn bersonol.

 

Gyda chalon drom, yr wyf yn gwneud hyn yn awr. Diolch i chi David, efallai y byddwch yn gorffwys mewn heddwch.

[Doohan 46]

Double post

Edited July 5, 2011 by Doohan

[welsh_hunter12 119]

r.i.p dave i remember meeting dave at last years wean show he gave me and my mates some good advice on terriers

what a nice bloke.my heart goes out to his family and friends

[fellman 116]

the worlds an emptier place without you rip