Fox Hunting in Pepperill

Today the Old North Bridge Hounds galloped through the woods of Pepperell, MA near the boarder with New Hampshire. As usual, I joined other nature lovers in spreading anise over the recently blooming foliage for the hounds follow. We did a couple of different tracks ending up back at the start for the “tea” which is euphemistically called the “macho men’s tea” as most are organized and carried out by women. The “tea” included grilled sausages form a purveyor German sausage in Saugus and rather potent baked beans that are a specialty of one of the Masters of fox hounds. All went well with my mother enjoying the event. For this hunt, my wife led the field, as she is very familiar with the territory and the owner of the property was ill and could not perform the noble task . The picture is a satellite view of the area with our path overlaid on the image.