GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES – TORRINGTON FARMERS
“The roar of the race-course died behind them, in front were their fates, they rode to find them….” John Masefield, 1878 – 1967, poet laureate from 1930 – 1967 So […]
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GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES – TIVERTON STAGHOUNDS
“Over 1000 feet above sea level with grand view of Exmoor,but grazed by sheep with resulting hazards for unsuspecting racegoers and falling riders” MacKenzie and Harris – Hunter Chasers & […]
GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES – EXMOOR
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 – 1882 The Exmoor Hunt was started […]
GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES – SOUTH TETCOTT
“Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light. Bryant McGill, American author, “Voice of Reason” I was looking […]
GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES – DULVERTON WEST
In recent years the Dulverton West fixture has been one of three late season meetings held at Bratton Down, with its moorland turf, unpredictable climate and panoramic views across high […]
GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES – EGGESFORD
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.….” […]
GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES – STEVENSTONE
“I wasted time and now doth time waste me. For now hath time made me his numbering clock…” William Shakespeare – Richard II It would have been the 25th anniversary […]
GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES – AXE VALE HARRIERS
“The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away.” The Two Gentlemen of Verona […]
GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES – FLETE PARK
I was looking forward to reporting on the Dartmoor point-to-point at the idyllic setting of Flete Park last weekend. For one reason, it was to be the 40th anniversary year […]
GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES NORTH CORNWALL & FOUR BURROW 1983
GRANVILLE’S REMINISCENCES EASTER 1983: NORTH CORNWALL & FOUR BURROW “Oh to be in England now that April’s there” Robert Browning 1812 – 1889, English poet, died in Venice. I would […]
