Oh deer, hounded out!

 This was the scene as we headed out for a walk this morning young hounds on the scent of some deer that had been chased into the village streets from a hunt ('La Chasse') which we could hear going on on the other side of the river.

Paulie saw two young Roe deer  trying to get out of the road leading to the church but then turned right and fled as we approached unfortunately they then turned right again taking them back into the village and towards the pack of hound. In their panic they tried to get through a set of gates by bashing against them several times. 

I managed to shoo them away from the gates and get them to head in the direction out of the village - which they did in a hurry!

Hounded out of the house...

We were working at 'Le Bourg' in Barrou yesterday when there was the sound of horses on the street...turns out the hunt had lost the pack of dogs (not for the first time). I heard barking from behind the house and on investigating arrived just in time to see them marauding through the garden of the house and the immediate neighbours gardens as well. Watching the sea of hounds all looking for a way out I heard Pauline screaming from the front of the house...three strays had come in off the road and into the house,she made a sharp exit into the safety of the 'little house'. I turned round to see the hounds and their wet noses against my recently cleaned French doors trying to join the pack! Managed to chase them around the back to join their mates - Grand Rue was blocked by hunter's vans/cars all looking for their hounds - not your typical day in the village!