Welcome to Exmoor, one of Britain's few remaining areas of wild moorland. In earlier times, Exmoor was a Royal Forest and staghunting has taken place here for over a thousand years. Here you can read all of our latest news, even before it published on the main website.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Death knell for hunting ban as police abandon monitoring operations

Police forces are to stop monitoring hunts in a change of policy that sounds the death knell for the hunting ban.  Click on the link below to read what today's Times has to say:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6289896.ece

 

 

 

Friday, May 8, 2009

Vote-OK

Dear All,
You will all be pleased to know that we have organised another leafleting session in Exeter for 14th May at 10.00H in Exeter!
It will take about 2 hours and involves putting leaflets through letter boxes. You will be home for lunch.
The last leafleting session was embarrassingly badly attended for a Hunt the size of the D&S.
I sincerely hope that this one will be better attended.
 
It really does make a difference.
We cannot expect politicians to help us if we don't help them.
Even with a huge Conservative majority , repeal is not a foregone conclusion especially if we can't be bothered to help them.
Let me know if you can make it, so I can organise transport /sharing cars etc.
 
Yours sincerely,
Matthew Cookson
Riphay Cottages, Dulverton, Somerset
0779 257 4160 mob  or 01398 324 011 home

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

WINNER of Charity Race

CONGRATULATIONS to Miss Fran Bell, MSH (Hayden James) winner of the Charity Race at Holnicote on Saturday, 2nd May 2009.
The magnificent sum of £9000 was raised through sponsorship by the 8 riders for the Devon Air Ambulance and Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance services.
Other results:
2nd - Graham Illing (Paolo Conti)
3rd - Gerald Greenway (Polka)
4th - Donald Summersgill (Supreme Hill)
 

Friday, May 1, 2009

Good Luck & Thanks

GOOD LUCK to all in the Charity Race at Holnicote tomorrow (Saturday, 2nd May), at 12 Noon.
 
A HUGE thank you to everyone who contributed to John Stone's testimonial.  We wish him the best for the future, and he promises we shall be seeing him next season.  There is a strong rumour that he will be carrying the gun!
 
Pat