Am evening with Sir Ranulph Fiennes

[mackem 26,439]

1 minute ago, Leo Sayer said:

  all the rocks and limestone slabs,  looked like a moonscape in places 

Grikes and Clint’s?Used to be big numbers of rabbits living there,if you go take a few pics.

[Leo Sayer 2,558]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

Grikes and Clint’s?Used to be big numbers of rabbits living there,if you go take a few pics.

We never got masses up there, but like high 30,s. We was only young and I remember drying to drag the rabbits off in post office sacks lol. If I go yeah deffo pics 

[Leo Sayer 2,558]

8 minutes ago, mackem said:

Grikes and Clint’s?Used to be big numbers of rabbits living there,if you go take a few pics.

Some very early days up mallam 

 

[cragman 2,770]

I got bought tickets to see him at buxton a few years ago. It was ok but he’s a big anti so if I got bought tickets again, I’d return them 

[tatsblisters 9,689]

Sounds an interesting evening. When I was a member of the Yorkshire falconry club we used to have speakers come at the monthly meetings at the Rockingham Arms at Wentworth. One was a chap called Brian Patterson from the Midlands who did an interesting talk. 

[steve66 3,449]

Had tickets to see Jason fox  ,sadly went down with Covid and couldn’t make it

[OldPhil 5,748]

On 15/09/2023 at 15:07, Leo Sayer said:

Some very early days up mallam 

 

Hunted rabbits over much of the UK,..Malham was always good fun.....

 

 

 

 

Edited November 21, 2023 by OldPhil

[Leo Sayer 2,558]

10 hours ago, tatsblisters said:

Sounds an interesting evening. When I was a member of the Yorkshire falconry club we used to have speakers come at the monthly meetings at the Rockingham Arms at Wentworth. One was a chap called Brian Patterson from the Midlands who did an interesting talk. 

I think if I remember right Brian was big into gosses ? And a very respected falconer 

[Leo Sayer 2,558]

11 hours ago, cragman said:

I got bought tickets to see him at buxton a few years ago. It was ok but he’s a big anti so if I got bought tickets again, I’d return them 

I know we're your coming from and I get it. But I put that to the side to listen to a very interesting man. 

 

[Leo Sayer 2,558]

7 hours ago, OldPhil said:

Hunted rabbits over much of the UK,..Malham was always good fun.....

Great pics Phil, who can forget old speckle and spud . Atb 

[tatsblisters 9,689]

2 hours ago, Leo Sayer said:

I think if I remember right Brian was big into gosses ? And a very respected falconer 

Yes he was mate we stopped with him on an hawking holiday up near Blair Atholl some year's. Another interesting chap though I can't recall his name that did a talk and slide show about when he worked in Saudi for one of prince's on a peregrine breeding and rearing program. 

[Leo Sayer 2,558]

46 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Yes he was mate we stopped with him on an hawking holiday up near Blair Atholl some year's. Another interesting chap though I can't recall his name that did a talk and slide show about when he worked in Saudi for one of prince's on a peregrine breeding and rearing program. 

We add a week at Blair Athol ourselves. My friend who passed away used to do the ferreting for a Cheshire hawking club , they used to go to Biggar. He would ferret all day and they wud let him lamp his dog on the night. I never got an invite as I was considered a bit of a rogue by a few members lol . I did go up on my own tho at some point and met sarah Moffat through my mate . 

[tatsblisters 9,689]

27 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said:

We add a week at Blair Athol ourselves. My friend who passed away used to do the ferreting for a Cheshire hawking club , they used to go to Biggar. He would ferret all day and they wud let him lamp his dog on the night. I never got an invite as I was considered a bit of a rogue by a few members lol . I did go up on my own tho at some point and met sarah Moffat through my mate . 

I remember ferretting around a nearby caravan park in a pine wood and another wood were you could see the castle that holiday was through Brian Patterson and he had secured permission to fly on their but I remember the lad's with the Harris hawks been disappointed as due to the deer cull we were not allowed up on the moor to have a crack at the blue hares. 

[low plains drifter 10,478]

On 15/09/2023 at 13:19, Bush Rummager said:

Maybe during the interval I could take the stage and tell my own survival story from when i fell down a hole fcking my ankle up on kinder scout one night and endured a terrible 4 and half hour walk back to the car unaided with only 2 cheese slices for nourishment the whole time! Some feat eh! Lol..

And me, I could relay my vivid Timothy Taylors Landlord and Carlsberg mix induced dream which featured 3 car loads one of which had ridiculously high volume makina booming out the window of people screeching up to my camp

[dytkos 17,793]

At Gary Hoskers, early 80s, spot me with a perm lol ffs  

Cheers, D.