Northern Trip 2023 Poem
On the second weekend of March this year, we were kindly hosted at the Manor House, Cranborne courtesy of Lord and Lady Cranborne, and Lady Georgiana Campbell from the Committee. It was a perfect setting. The Portman hounds met by kind permission of Lord and lady Shaftesbury who hosted a fine meet. Tom Lyle MFH…
AGM 2023 speech
This year’s AGM took place on Friday 16th of June at the Duchy of Cornwall. We had a number of speeches at this year’s event, including the one below from Charlie Pye-Smith. His next book Rural Wrongs, the sequel to Rural Rites, is available for pre-order HERE. The AGM ended with a trip to the…
Annual Dinner 2022 Speech
On Monday 7th of November, we once again enjoyed an excellent beef supper at the Carlton Club on St. James’ street. We were fortunate enough to be joined by Revd. Dr Jamie Hawkey, chaplain to HM The King who gave an uplifting speech, which can be read below. Ladies and gentlemen, I begin, I must…
Hurtling to Hounds by Deirdre Hanna
Written by Deirdre Hanna and featuring illustrations by Rosemary Coates. Hurtling to Hounds is the perfect book to get us all out beagling again or to enjoy by the fireside at the end of the day. Now available for purchase using the information in the link below. The majority of the sales proceeds will be going…
Download the 2019-2020 Edition of The Surteesian
The latest edition of our biennial magazine, The Surteesian, is now available to download for free. Please click here to access the online file. Within you will find a variety of thought-provoking articles written by some of our members and associates, tales from the last two Northern Trips and all of the entries from…
“First They Came For the Hunts – Lessons from an Insider’s View of the Hunting Act for the Role of Tolerance in the Rule of Law” By Daniel Greenberg
Fellow Surteesians up and down the country, it is wonderful that our Chairman and his colleagues on the Executive Committee have found a way for us to be together this evening.
Competition Winners
Original Entry Winner Virginia Cunningham Two Glimpses of Riding in Wales I Up in Tilley country after a Meet at the edge of the world Where the familiar and domesticated touches the untamed… And Fortified with the fire of a Percy brew, We clatter and slither through stream and bog to a high crest,…
2018 AGM AGENDA
AGENDA FOR 2018 AGM & AFTERNOON TEA AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS 18th May 2018 2.00pm: Welcome and a glass of sherry. 2.05pm: A look at the Society Records 2.30pm: Annual General Meeting 3.00pm: Arrival at Black Rod’s Garden Entrance. Talk about the House of Lords given by Lord Cope in Room G (off Royal…