fox hunting

The “Border” & the “North Tyne” foxhound packs When I was a teenager in Redesdale, over sixty years ago now, the “Border Hunt” was the main means of controlling foxes, which were the scourge of the many sheep farms in the upper reaches of the valley. In the North Tyne, the “North Tyne Hunt” performed the same service. In … Read more

Chorus:Hark away, hark away, oor the bonny hills o’ KielderHark away. Hark, hark I hear Lang Will’s clear voice sound through the Kielder glenWhere the Raven flaps her glossy wings and the fell fox has his den.There the shepherds they are gathering up wi many a guid yauld crewAn wiry terrier game and keen and … Read more