We had another great day hunting in the Blue Ridge with Keswick Hunt. Tony Gammell is a terrific huntsman and my friend Jennifer Nesbit leads the field right on his heels. We viewed a big red at first cast who proceeded to run around Mount Sharon for the next 90 minutes! From the western side of this mountain the views of the Blue Ridge were beautiful, hazy, blue and magical. From the other side where we eventually stopped one could conceivably see all the way to Washington DC or Fredricksburg to the east. It was a lovely day, perfect footing and everything hunting in Virginia promises. I love coming here and one day would like to have a "hunt box" and see these
great friends more often. Yesterday Rosie Campbell and I chose to hunt with Piedmont Hunt, where her son-in-law Spencer Allen is the huntsman. They have so many fox and so much beautiful land to hunt over. We put 4 fox to ground and accounted for one and were back at the trailers in 90 minutes. That's a lot of fox!!! Said "Hi" to some old Marlborough friends, Jack and Caroline Helmly and Laura Dietrich. Tomorrow we are hunting with Old Dominion Hounds in Flint Hill where the legendary Poe brothers are still hunting at 90+ years young. Always a pleasure to see such hunting legends.
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