Boxing day walk, Shap

Sarah Lake District, Poems Dec 27, 2018Dec 27, 2018

A russet blur runs

arrow-straight

through green fields.

A fox, fleeing

the baying hounds.

Published Dec 27, 2018Dec 27, 2018

4 thoughts on “Boxing day walk, Shap”

shazza says:

Dec 27, 2018 at 12:44 pm

I was near Shap , the Sunday before Christmas. I have family in Askham, near Lowther Castle. Was there a Boxing Day hunt?

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1. Sarah says:
  
  Dec 27, 2018 at 1:55 pm
  
  There was. We heard the hounds all afternoon and saw people walking with them. The fox was quite a distance from them by the time we saw it, I guess the noise had spooked it. And it was sunny, Shap seemed to be the only place in South Cumbria not under thick cloud!
  
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  1. shazza says:
    
    Dec 27, 2018 at 3:05 pm
    
    That’s unusual for Shap!
    I’m glad the fox was spooked. Lovely poem. X
    
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  2. Sarah says:
    
    Dec 28, 2018 at 8:31 pm
    
    Thanks, glad you like the poem. I was pleased the fox ran away!
    
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