We started out by crossing over the corn field to Percy Woods driveway. The hounds had just crossed the driveway when they opened up. The pretty much did a straight run over to Bunk House and lost the trail around the pond. The run is the RED LINE on the map.
We then crossed over Millington Rd at Ward's Creek Bridge and headed into the woods. We weren't very far into the woods when the hounds opened again. Like the first it was pretty fast straight run and lasted about the same amount of time. The run is the Yellow Line on the map.
After that run we started back in the direction of Millington Rd. We had just turned opposite the Georgetown Farm driveway and paralleling Millington Rd when the hounds opened again. Like the first two runs it was short and straight. The run is the Orange line on the map.
So three short runs, each separated by about ten minutes.
We went back into the woods where we had been about 30 minutes earlier. We were about the same distance in as we had been on the second run but when the hounds opened they went left instead of right. Were off and running. It was about a twenty minute that was pretty much done at a canter and gallop with a little trot work but very few checks. There several high speed right hand turns thrown in for good measure,
The hounds were heading towards Vint Hill. We came through the lower gate on one of those fast turns and did a handy 21 MPH up the hill toward the house. They started looping around and for a while it seemed like they were going to cross Ballards Mill Rd and head into Chapel Springs. Luckily, or unluckily depending on your point of view, they didn't. They turned away from the road and then turned a couple of loops before losing the fox.
For the day the first flight covered 7.5 miles.
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