As per usual 2 stalkers were on duty to follow any sab or monitor. Their role is quite simply to enable the hunt to carry on hunting foxes by doing the following:

1. Wear high viz near us to alert the huntsman and other officials as to where we are and telling them via phone or radio.

2. To make a lot of noise by singing, shouting, clapping, playing music etc, anything to drown out horn calls, hounds anything incriminating.

3. To meander in front of the camera to stop any filming.

4. To chunter on all day about trails “ohh that’s where they laid the trail” etc is a particular favourite.

Why on earth would anyone go to all this trouble if they were following a trail? A fox ran past a sab near Stanway Grounds, hounds hunted another fox near the railway line. Later they were found near a favourite haunt, the railway line which hounds often cross over. Hounds were heard marking to ground and then chased a fox over the B4077 near the war memorial at around 10.45. It is suspected that they killed there. Both huntsman, Ollie Dale and Kennel huntsman, Simon French were off their horses. Terrierman Chris Trotman had his hazard going on the quad and looked worried. With a masked up man nearby who was clearly wanting to go into the undergrowth. Most of all the stalkers response which was to try and push past and in front of the camera.

Ollie was then seen on his feet with the pack walking down the B4077 as the traffic built up.