Walk out on the mountain.

[Ideation 8,216]

Today, being Sunday, is the day johnnyboy68 and I for a good walk out and mooch with the dogs. Unfortunatly this week, my lad Finn, was in sick bay, after cutting his leg last Sunday. Today we decided to have a walk out on the mountain, which is the past has held well.

 

Young Tom appeared at mine early, with his two young ferrets, and after a cup of tea, and with the addition of one of my jills, we set off, leaving Finn howling the house down.

 

Picked up Johnnyboy and his two dogs Gem and Luna, another jill, and off we went. Got onto the mountain, and immediatly there was an obvious difference from last year. This same weekend last year, we were wading through snow, this year, there were still green ferns, and lots of thick cover.

 

Had a bit of a mooch, and managed to get a decent mark on a nice small set. Entered Toms young sandy jill, that i bred out of my old jill Ruby, and in short order she had the rabbit in the net

 

We carried on mooching a long the mountainside, and it was very quiet. We did manage to put up a black rabbit, that confused us and the dogs for a second, lying against black earth, unfortunatly it got through some fencing, which slowed up the dogs long enough for ninja bunny to disappear without a trace.

 

We continued a long, and got s decent mark on a big old set, which in the past has held well. We netted it all up and entered the two older jills, and it went quiet for a very, very long time. We were getting a bit fed up, when eventually the two jills, evicted both the occupants into our nets.

 

We carried on having a good walk, taking in the scenery, enjoying (in one sense ) the summer weather. I was in a bloody t-shirt! But the rabbit numbers were right down, and even the squirrals were low on the ground.

 

After a lunch break, and a cup of tea, the dogs put up a rabbit out of some tight cover and had a great run on a rabbit, dissapearing over the hill. We walked up, and found them trotting back. Good old Gem, come to get us to take us to the rabbit, she about turned and led up and over and straight to the hole Nets on, and Toms other young jill, that Johnnyboy bred, was entered, and dissapeared off the box, into the gloom. After a very long time, the rabbit showed at the net, saw young Tom (slack ), and buggered off, back down to face the young jill. Soon enough, we were digging a foot or so through soft soil, to a dead rabbit

 

The rest of the walk was fairly uneventful, but none the less, very pleasant. Good company and always nice watching the dogs work, despite not putting as much up as usual.

 

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[johnny boy68 11,726]

Was a quiet day mate BUT I do love a good mooch about the mountain watching the dogs work.The scent was poor today though nothing sticking can't wait for these temps to drop though.

[simonrocco 175]

well done pal sounds like an enjoyable walk out i cant belive the difference in the weather up here in cumbria its blowing a gale and raining and getting colder now and everything is dying down. it looks like its still summer down there in wales atb pal

[tegater 789]

You are really are blessed with some beautiful countryside. Nice pics, thanks for sharing!

[malc1 544]

well done lads the temps will drop soon and we can have another mouch at the mound again hope fin get better soon nice pics and good right up and johnny get something to stand on makeing gem get up that tree

[tegater 789]

You are really are blessed with some beautiful countryside. Nice pics, thanks for sharing!

[troter58 1,711]

looked a good mooch lads the rough dog looks well clued up very nice dogs atb troter

[johnny boy68 11,726]

well done lads the temps will drop soon and we can have another mouch at the mound again hope fin get better soon nice pics and good right up and johnny get something to stand on makeing gem get up that tree

Thats my squirrel tree malc had loads of tree rats out of there over the years.......there ain't another tree for 100 yards so they got to hit the floor.

[johnny boy68 11,726]

looked a good mooch lads the rough dog looks well clued up very nice dogs atb troter

Cheers mate she's served me well over the years,she's just a natural.

[malc1 544]

well done lads the temps will drop soon and we can have another mouch at the mound again hope fin get better soon nice pics and good right up and johnny get something to stand on makeing gem get up that tree

Thats my squirrel tree malc had loads of tree rats out of there over the years.......there ain't another tree for 100 yards so they got to hit the floor.

well done lads the temps will drop soon and we can have another mouch at the mound again hope fin get better soon nice pics and good right up and johnny get something to stand on makeing gem get up that tree

Thats my squirrel tree malc had loads of tree rats out of there over the years.......there ain't another tree for 100 yards so they got to hit the floor.

i was well chuffed when i saw that lump had burst on alices head she in fine form ill keep bathing it now and hope it dont come back

[Ideation 8,216]

Malc - Thats one of my favourite photo sequences, 'squirrel hunting with lurchers, an idiots guide'

 

Oh and one last photo -

[KittleRox 2,147]

GTood write up and interesting pics

[johnny boy68 11,726]

well done lads the temps will drop soon and we can have another mouch at the mound again hope fin get better soon nice pics and good right up and johnny get something to stand on makeing gem get up that tree

Thats my squirrel tree malc had loads of tree rats out of there over the years.......there ain't another tree for 100 yards so they got to hit the floor.

well done lads the temps will drop soon and we can have another mouch at the mound again hope fin get better soon nice pics and good right up and johnny get something to stand on makeing gem get up that tree

Thats my squirrel tree malc had loads of tree rats out of there over the years.......there ain't another tree for 100 yards so they got to hit the floor.

i was well chuffed when i saw that lump had burst on alices head she in fine form ill keep bathing it now and hope it dont come back

Yeh Jai said earlier I hope she's all fine now mare.

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Malc - Thats one of my favourite photo sequences, 'squirrel hunting with lurchers, an idiots guide'

 

Oh and one last photo -

 

You must have that feckin camera trained on me all day mun.

[KittleRox 2,147]

Malc - Thats one of my favourite photo sequences, 'squirrel hunting with lurchers, an idiots guide'

 

Oh and one last photo -

 

You must have that feckin camera trained on me all day mun.

 

tell him if he,s gonnae insist oan taking pics he,ll need tae get santa to get you a new hat for your xmas