19/10/2026
****Foxes hunted but the "trail" hunting smokescreen continues****.
VWH, Vale of White Horse Hunt.
Milking Parlour, Coates, Gloucestershire.
Monday 19th October 2026.
With independent sab’.
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Alex Bathurst was out in fine form with a drag near the RAC beagles kennels. When asked what was in it he replied an emulsifier, some bits and bobs, a “brew” in fact. He was recording himself and said he had been out 2 hours on his horse. Alex really made an effort, ok it’s taken 21 years but here we are a bit of theatre.
Alas the hounds and huntsman Phillip Hague did not appreciate his hard work. A fox did run from the direction of Kembleview and over to Milking Parlour and their line was covered in citronella. Hounds hunted another scent which went nowhere near where Alex had been and it is suspected that a brace had fled together, if so both escaped.
Then back into Kembleview and it was back to normal of the VWH. Riders holding up and saddle slapping, shouting “tally Ho over” , “tally ho back”, “aye, aye, aye” trying to stop a fox breaking to the A419. Terrierman Gary McCann and his gang were present and he made his was over to where a rider was pointing. Alex had disappeared. A fox did break in front of one of us and was promptly mobbed by crows (not uncommon when a fox is tired).
As this was on film and the police had been called they made no effort to pursue that fox but it is thought that at least one other was being hunted. They ignored the quarry right by a footpath and went to a few unnamed coverts back towards Milking Parlour and then disappeared over towards Tarlton. They were found packing up at 11.
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