The Boxing Day Hunt
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:35 am
My neighbour, Major Reginald Fortescue-Hythe, invited me to the taditional South Somerset hunt yesterday. It's a big event out here and I've got my own jodphurs. Mandatory wear in the country when us toffs visit the almshouses on Christmas Evening to dish out leftovers.
I must admit I was tempted. His daughters (both posh spunkers) always attend and are well known to be up for a good back-scuttle at the post-hunt celebration in the Prince Leopold, especially for newbies but I politely declined despite the added promise of free tipple as I'm an animal lover.
But it raises a moral question. Would the usual woke handwringers be won over next year if we hunted Spuds fans, not foxes ?
Tally Ho !!
I must admit I was tempted. His daughters (both posh spunkers) always attend and are well known to be up for a good back-scuttle at the post-hunt celebration in the Prince Leopold, especially for newbies but I politely declined despite the added promise of free tipple as I'm an animal lover.
But it raises a moral question. Would the usual woke handwringers be won over next year if we hunted Spuds fans, not foxes ?
Tally Ho !!