IF you like jumping across country over every conceivable obstacle, get a day out with the South County Dublin Harriers. Visitors are welcome by prior arrangement. I joined them in Clonee for their pre-season hunt, where casual dress was the order of the day.

They had a large following and I seldom have seen such an enthusiastic group of people, who live for their hunting. It is a drag hunt, so they can hunt country that would not necessarily be suitable for other hunts, as it is tight but with a drag line you can lay it in a direction that you want hounds to run.