I was caught up in a hunt whilst walking in the Lake District. It was one of the most horrifying experiences of my life. I came home and joined The League Against Cruel Sports-www.league.uk.com [I wish I could work out how to make blue clicky links!]

I found out a lot more about the horrifically cruel practices these people perpetrate in the name of sport. In my eyes they are as perverted as people who are cruel to children. If they really believed hunting with dogs was 'sport', they would be happy to continue follwing the the hounds using scents [drag trails] rather than pursuing living mammals.

Thank for the info about licquorice. Is this the liquorice sweets[like the black ones in Licquorice Allsorts]or something unsweetened that you get from a health food shop? I am moving to the Lake District soon and shall certainly need some.

Maybe these huntsmen singers would like to learn Jez Lowe's 'The Big Fear'. A poignant song about badger baiting. Check it out if you don't know it. It's on his 2002 cd 'Honesty Box' - very good.

All of you who are against causing terror and cruelty, stand firm - Keep the Faith