Fellewell
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Crikey! Well it's made my hackles stand up just reading the name. Were you prison visiting at the time?
Is Hunting becoming ridiculously 'Elite'?
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Crikey! Well it's made my hackles stand up just reading the name. Were you prison visiting at the time?
JanetGeorge
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lol, no, i was in a tv studio - if I remember accurately he was sprung on me - I didn't know he'd be participating - but it WAS nearly 20 years ago.
I DID have a policy when doing LOTS of tv/radio interviews about hunting was that IF someone was from an extreme group, I declined an opportunity to be interviewed in a head to head. That virtually ALWAYS resulted in them being dropped and me getting someone more 'aceptable' to me. The LAST time I remember doing it was at the first Countryside March - the BNP tried to jump in and grab some of our publicity and I ensured they didnt get the chance - I think it was Radio 4. I said: 'no way, Hose' and THAT story was dropped completely (they had plenty more in store!) I WOULD have done a head to head with a sab - or a sab representative, but not with John Curtin given HALF a chance. He was FAR worse than the average sab.
Herne
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What we don't know, unless I have missed something - which is possible, I haven't been following the case - is what was happening behind the camera.
Why was he going like a bat out of hell through the gate in the first place?
If it was just because he is reckeless then that is one thing.
If on the other hand, he was going so fast because he was already fleeing from aggression by other antis - which is by no means impossible - then not stopping under those circumstances becomes a lot more understandable.
But as I say, I am not up on the facts, so I am reserving judgement...
Why was he going like a bat out of hell through the gate in the first place?
If it was just because he is reckeless then that is one thing.
If on the other hand, he was going so fast because he was already fleeing from aggression by other antis - which is by no means impossible - then not stopping under those circumstances becomes a lot more understandable.
But as I say, I am not up on the facts, so I am reserving judgement...
tootsietoo
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Going back to the OP - the subs do seem to be going up really fast. And yes, I could only hunt in my twenties because I lived in an area of the country where subs were very low. But it is still reasonable value in comparison to many other equestrian sports. I had 26 days fun out of last season's sub (with the children included!). To have the same number of days eventing would have cost me £1000 more than hunting, and I would have had to shell out for a lot more training!
I've recently started doing some running and triathlons, and although it's cheap to start training, I am always surprised at the price of entry fees to races considering there doesn't seem to be much to them. If you do 10 or so of those a year you're still looking at between £500-1000 on entry fees!
I think the price of hunting is reasonable for what you get (and considering what the hunts need to pay for). And it's definitely not elitist!
I've recently started doing some running and triathlons, and although it's cheap to start training, I am always surprised at the price of entry fees to races considering there doesn't seem to be much to them. If you do 10 or so of those a year you're still looking at between £500-1000 on entry fees!
I think the price of hunting is reasonable for what you get (and considering what the hunts need to pay for). And it's definitely not elitist!