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Just like to say how proud I am of my son today he won the British championship for ju jitsu over the moon for him

After an MRI Scan it has been revealed that my prostate cancer ends no further treatment. After X-rays on my shoulder(following a fall whilst setting some crayfish traps where I maybe should not have been) they say that mild osteoarthritis is my problem. Heard the cuckoo again. Saw my first rabbit in ages which was a black un. Heard that rabbit population on one of my old perms is on the mend, East Midlands Airport. Her in doors still loves me. What a day. Jok.

I stopped over at mums and seeing some nostalgia posts appearing in the forum thought I'd take a few pics of photos she has of collie lurchers I had in late 70s and 80s. I am indebted to her for helping me out on those occasions when work or landlords meant I couldn't keep dogs from time to time. She had a soft spot for lurchers and always had a rescue or 2 as well. I still have a first cross collie and they rate each other. He remembers where she stashes old dog toys and leads her on a tour of the house to collect them up each visit. Sadly at 91 and with Alzheimer's she can no longer hav

Only in the winter of the miners strike when me and the wife and a two year old only got 20 pound a week to live on every rabbit hare pheasant partridge counted not so much to eat but to sell i also took risks poaching that i would have never done if it was not for being on strike i was also very fortunate in having two good pot filling lurchers at the time a mix of beddy/grey/collie/grey.

Red hot today,so I went to a close lake to look for snapper turtles, on the way there I saw a sheet of ply, my first thought was "Snakes" so I lifted it gently (I also replaced it extra gently), I had flip-flops on, the mother at one point ran over my toes.

Picked her up Saturday and by Sunday morning managed to upset the whole street Lovely character and sticks to me like glue. Completely different mentality from the bull cross as you would expect I guess lol. Around the ferrets like they are equals and job done pretty much straight away. She is not out to kill every thing at least not yet. Unlike the old chap who was a slog from the word go. Collie grey x collie grey. Her brother is spare just good working home wanted ideally. Pm me for contact details ( llandeilo) Looking forward to the next year pottering about

I always like a walk on a full moon with a lurcher, done it now for 35 years, and still like it. Went out last night 10 pm with Buck , i take me small lamp just in case lol, .Buck was out in front, i go on these few fields by me, i find a hole in hedge and pop in lol, never much on here the odd rabbit, or munjack or fox, but norm dont see alot when out, but thats ok it just nice 50 min walk for Buck before i feed him , and shut him up in his kennel for the night. Buck gets his head down, i knew something been there , the way he was moving, i was watching him along the side of the hedge , wh

9 years ago today Lee Rigby was brutally murdered by islamists on the streets of Britain. I bet the MSM won’t mention fukc all about this so it’s up to ordinary folk like us to do just that ……

So the Easter bunny didn’t leave me an egg this year but did drop off a new 7lb7oz baby granddaughter

Well some of my cousins aunts and uncles came down from Chicago for Thanksgiving and I'm generally pretty anti social but since I spent Thanksgiving with my gf and her family figured I'd say least hi. Well a few hours later we're cleaning some fish we caught a few before out the pond about a 3min walk from the stove. My uncle who's cleaning the fish used to live down here and do stuff like this all the time but he moved up to Chicago a good while back and ...idk it was nice talking to him and the other men folk..all of them where so happy to be here doing stuff like this. Then we wh

Started wotk at 5-30am yesterday, its been a killer this week on the roof... finished at 1pm and buggered off to the beach .. Me and my brother treated ourselves to a jet ski a while back, business expense as a safety craft if doing dock yard work (you know the score...)... So we went full kit up, barbie, fishing gear, canopy.. even.got an inflatable sofa for the girls.....we were in for the long haul... lol Geth (white van man) was 2 beaches down on the kayaks with his lad (oliver), we flipped down and took Oliver for a spin... then he started catching bass... he is a proper little

He’d be about 15mths now and shaping up to be a handy fox dog. Mum was whip/bull/grey father was grey/Irish and Airedale terriers.

a pair with a brace...3 up 2 down

I still have a team of lurchers (cripples & pensioner's) just! I'm down to the 4 lurchers now,old Don is still here with me,he will be 14 on his next birthday,Boots will be 10 year's old come the 1st October & I have his two pup's as I call them although they will be 4 year's old next week on the 9th September,Bear broke his neck a long while back now & unbelievably he fractured another bone in his neck back in February whilst out working,he must be one of very few dog's that's broken his neck twice & is still alive,he's ok again now,not great but just ok,his sister Rose snappe

My 15 yr old Grandson played in a cup final today ,had a good game ,I was already very proud ,there was a little family group from Portugal watching ,I think they had a connection to one of the players ,the old grandad walked over sought my grandson out and told him in broken English they thought he was very good ,pointed to the little group and they were all clapping him ,my heart nearly burst out my chest with pride .

After 12 good years I lost my Collie x Grey in may last year , I posted on here if any one knew of a litter and had a number of messages back( thanks ) , so this is a bit of a follow on. This is Nell my 3/4 grey 1/4 collie 7 month old bitch , who I got at 8weeks . Nell is out of proven working stock from the North East of England bred by a lad who had both the mum and dad. I know this cross is not for everyone , but they suit me ,this is my 3rd collie x . As a more mature owner ( wrong side of 65) my activities are more focused on mooching and picking up the odd bit of fur and feather he

After 7 years of mind numbing call centre work I've finally took the plunge to go fully self employed bait collecting. The place was slowly eating away at my soul

Just had an Email telling me that my daughter has passed her kent test with flying colours and that I can choose any of the Grammer schools in kent for her.Not bad for a kid with ASD and selective mutism who a couple of years ago I was worrying if she could continue with mainstream school.Gunna cost me a few quid this weekend I reckon.

Late seventies I received a big bonus and a tax rebate in the same week, so me and the Mrs decided to take the kids to Blackpool for a long weekend. They each wanted to take a friend so their mates were sent home to ask permission. They both came back with parental approval so off we went. Packing was done in ten minutes. A couple of changes of underwear for us and the kids including some gear for one of the lad's friends who was a snotty nosed poor bugger and had arrived with nothing other than the clothes he was wearing. Everything fitted into an old army rucksack and off we went. The

Pups comming on well ,made her first kill today , just turned 5 month old , flushed out the reeds and the little bitch was on it in a flash, she's very quick, her strike was bang on , she's going to be a good little worker

13 years old,the wife's made him her lap dog,....plus the greyhound bitch is coming in season,and he's still up for a jump the dirty old dog. ( And before anyone asks,the dog is 13 years old,not the wife,lol)

A true friend of the countryside and everything involved with it

Couple of pics of my son's two lurchers this morning when I had them out,the older one is Roxy (dam to my two Bear & Rose) she's a 5/8 Grey x 3/8 Bull the younger animal is Lucky,she's just a pup again out of Roxy,she was the sole puppy in the litter,her sire is a dog called Thor & he like Roxy being a 5/8 Grey 3/8 Bull so obviously that's what Lucky is too.. Lucky will be starting her working life just now,she's been very immature but in the past fortnight the change in her has to be seen to be believed,the switch is firmly on now & she will 100% do all & everything put in fro

A mate of mine was clearing his yard, asked if I wanted anything...loads of timber and scaffold boards...well be rude not too.. I've a lot to do here, timber is mental money at the minute... First job...build a bench for the new cottage kitchen.. sand the boards up Had some off cuts of gate posts, ideal for corner posts Clad in with scaffold boards, hide all fixings...hey Presto a free bench (just my time and screws) next... scaffold board shelves.. Weekend of graft and the Kitchen is coming together now...

So this is an , I guess you can call it an article? Idk , it I wrote this for another site but I've shared it around and eveyone seems to like it. Figured y'all might as well. If this isn't the proper place to to it I'd really appreciate it be moved to the appropriate place. Thanks you. So So , probably three or so years back I post some pics of my uncle and some of the old heads making sausage, crackins' n the like. Talked a lil about how it was a microcosm of what we used to do.....some things I remember being a Lil kid growing up round here ,and alot of folks found it interesting. Well

7 years old and born hunters already and a smasher of a we dog they have too

1 found this old photo must have been early to mid eightys ,,i never knew much about the bitch apart from she was sal x grey , i got her off a keeper he got a call from his boss on a chrismas day some lads were coursing on the land , anyway they fkd off after a chase but this bitch was still chasing and they left her , 2 days later she walked into the farm yard in a right state pads ripped and bleeding and so on , ,anyway the keeper fed her chucked her in a kennel , he rang me ,said do you want a running dog/ so i went to the yard she was in a right mess , but i took her nursed

At the grand age of 2 and 2/3rds Jess caught her first rabbit and second. She’s well honed on the ferreting front which is what she primarily will be “but” itchy feet found me trying her on the lamp about a month a go and to put it bluntly she was horrific not watching the lamp and seeing nowt… tonight was a different story and you’d think she had done it for years. Conditions were shite nae wind and relativity light but I thought f**k it let’s see. Into the field and picked out a bunny and off she went, to be honest I don’t think she saw it and just went down the beam and stumbled across it,

In these times of doom and gloom I had a real nice bit of news the other day... A friend of mine donated his kidney to one of his best mates, they'd played in a band together as teenagers (the lad he donated to actually got to the finals of the voice)... I spoke with him last week, he was sore but in good spirits... I know everyone is a tough man etc blah... but to me that is a huge thing to do, real show of courage..to put yourself under the knife for a friend is massive...imo Hes a good lad anyway, but showed a real bit of class with this one

Born hunters these lads

In the 1980s we lost badger digging in the U.K., not because it served no useful purpose, but because of the irresponsible behaviour of a very small and unrepresentative minority of dog owners - I wouldn’t insult myself or others by calling them “terriermen”. Their very public action, callous unthinking and completely unacceptable behaviour, created a public perception of terrier work which made it almost impossible to defend. Northern Ireland has only recently fended off hostile legislation which sought to ban terrier work and in the main this was due to the efforts of the I.W.T.F. T

Caught this on the phone tonight

A big thanks to Morton for this lad . Atb

I'm off fishing later so we popped out for a quick walk and picnic. We found parasol, beefsteak and field mushrooms aswell as spearmint, watercress, blackberries and a few other bits.

In March we had some guests stay with us in the cottage from Liverpool, a lovely couple and young daughter... they moved on to Cornwall after 3 nights and had a bad stay, we offered them the cottage for a night as they travelled back as it was empty anyway and broke their drive up.. They've stayed in touch with my wife and booked to stay this week... they wanted to thank us so offered to cook for us at the cottage, the chap has a bbq events business and she has a long established cake shop, she is pretty amazing as a baker to be honest.... I thought it would be good, but wow.. they w

It’s official .Daughter gave birth to a boy early hours of this morning after nearly 50 hours of labour ,bless her .7lb.14 On our way up to the hospital soon as wife gets home to see the little man .New chapter in our lives . Pics to follow Im sure . I was amazed how long they let her stay home but I guess beds are at a premium .

Great replies lads I USED to be, real heavy handed with my lurchers,...I learned this from my Father and his old man... They both took in, cur dogs for training, to work the sheep and cattle... Some of these animals were exceptionally tough, both physically and mentally... In fact, the best of the bunch had a definite urge to hurt and even kill the livestock... When properly schooled, these hard types frequently made the best workers, but it was an emotional roller coaster getting to that point. SO,.. training wise,...I never really stood a chance, I was simpl

That's lovely to see, they can bring so much comfort to people, DC off of here sorted me a pup for my mum, she lost my father last year and this little creature has transformed her life, giving her a project and most importantly companionship. Also a puppy/dog promotes social interaction and exercise, I couldn't have envisaged how important it has been.

ive posted this before , but many years ago, as a lad at school. on my way home if i had no money for the bus, i used to take a short cut up some back streets to get home, there was this black snout sticking out under this here gate, me being a dog lover fer as far back as i can remember, climbed on top of the gate see whats [BANNED TEXT], what i saw browt joy to my heart, a thumping great black greyhound type dog, so every day on my way home from school, or should i say state pen, an evil place, i used to see if the dog was still there, and hopefully waiting for me, cos it used to lick my ha

Excellent turnout at the Morpeth Hunt today. Master addressing the supporters; Must have been around 100 mounted followers; Got to say, it's a very uneven pack; Even the odd Welsh hound; Nancy the deer/grey pup and the hounds getting to know each other; Cheers.

so late yesterday afternoon I had another wander.... 2 from 3 again ..the 3rd was off the 2nd slip ...heads up spotted another....but they missed ...but a very good effort....

All being well I'll be having a white one soon, strange times . It's been almost 30 years since one graced my yard, hopefully she'll see work and be a welcome member of the team

Thought I should probably have a go at a couple of rabbits with her. Like an endangered species here first one she was all over like a rash but a bit over excited and it made cover, the second one she ran like a pro, had it out of cover a few times, struck and lifted it but cartwheeled into the hedge and lost it. Third time lucky .... she ran it well, picked it up, killed it put it down again and then thought she’s better retrieve it. Considering she’s never seen a lamp or run a rabbit before, I was pleased.

Heres my collie cross 7 now done everything ive thrown at him over the seasons. His dam was same i mated her to her own nephew to line breed from a very good line of collie lurchers with grey collie n whippet mainly in mix. lost countof munties n hares hes had ..no hes not a hare dog but like his dam he caught more than his fare share. Having ran collie greys for over 30 yrs before these are just as clever but can work things out for themselves not just trained robots that look pretty stood over warren.Great noses hunt like hounds and its hold ur breath time sometimes when running in woods li

A old friend of mine did this for me and have to say myself it's one of the best tattoo's iv'e ever seen any where...

Cracking morning frosty and still. Was ask by a mate to give him a hand with this hedge. So with the long nets and poke nets on top of hedge we ended up with 28 that a brilliant day for us. Except for a little spell in the middle which we had young popping out it went pretty smoothly. Cheers Arry