The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #103815   Message #2119100
Posted By: Cats
04-Aug-07 - 02:43 PM
Thread Name: foot and mouth - effect on rural fests last time
Subject: RE: foot and mouth - effect on rural fests last time
We cancelled the Fox and Hounds Weekend of Singing which is on Dartmoor. The lane which goes to the back of the pub was cordoned off with police cars and when Jon went up a couple of weeks before to see Frank who owns the it, the only peple in the bar were him and 2 police officers. 'Fox' has sheep in both the fields next to the pubs campsite. Nevertheless we survived which is more than can be said for many of the farmers livelihoods around here. Living between 2 farms and sharing my drive with one of them, I watched the cows come down my lane for milking this afternoon and thought there but by the grace of the gods ....