I'm a city lad, with an inbuilt passion for the countryside. Fortunately for me, the arrival of a whippet/greyhound pup, when I was about 7 years old, opened up that 'other' world better than anything could, but it was only at weekends that we could really get out an go!
I met John when I was about 12, my dad worked on a big landfill site outside the city, Sundays meant no bosses, so I could go, my trusty mutt too, and follow the ratters and other hunters who spent weekends at this mecca, just on the fringe of Altcar estate. John was local, older than me by a year and we met as he walked b