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flossietoo

flossietoo

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flossietoo

flossietoo

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I saw one about to run out into the A518 at Gnosall when I was on the bike. All I could think to do was shout: "Hare, no!" With an impressive degree of self-awareness he realised he must be the hare under consideration and went back into the field to hop another day.

I love hares. There's something a bit magical about them. I also like the fact that if you look at something and try to decide whether it's a rabbit or a hare, it is definitely a rabbit because a hare is unmistakable. It's the same with barn owls and wood pigeons.
 
Withnail

Withnail

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flossietoo said:
I can't understand the directions on your link, Tek.

A bit of an alternative adventure would be to get off the railway line at Outwoods etc...
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As far as i can see, you proceed to describe the route on tek's link.

The directions from the end of the extended line to the A41 were a bit difficult to decipher -
flossietoo said:
From that roundabout you need to go right, not straight on the A41...Instead, go right, then left at the next roundabout. The pub is on the right.
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- but i think i understand it now. Without having been there, the map looks like the A518 is 'straight', the A41 'left' but conditions on the ground must be a bit more obvious - ie you are coming at the roundabout off the cycle way such that the A518 is more obviously 'right'.

I've only ever seen a hare once - it is in memory seared for its majesticness.
 
monkey bidness

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flossietoo said:
I love hares. There's something a bit magical about them. I also like the fact that if you look at something and try to decide whether it's a rabbit or a hare, it is definitely a rabbit because a hare is unmistakable. It's the same with barn owls and wood pigeons.
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I think that I have seen hares in a field on the right of the WFTM before you arrive at Derrington's Millenium Garden. I am reasonably sure that they were not rabbits and absolutely positive that they were not barn owls or wood pigeons.
 
Withnail

Withnail

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One way of telling whether that small furry mammal is a hare rather than a rabbit is to imagine, by its gait, if you would need a greyhound to catch the fecker.

If you would, it is.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Pictures of hares in Staffordshire are hard to find..

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Withnail said:
One way of telling whether that small furry mammal is a hare rather than a rabbit is to imagine, by its gait, if you would need a greyhound to catch the fecker.

If you would, it is.
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Course it is.
 
monkey bidness

monkey bidness

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Withnail said:
One way of telling whether that small furry mammal is a hare rather than a rabbit is to imagine, by its gait, if you would need a greyhound to catch the fecker.

If you would, it is.
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The family of Feckers I saw were just lounging about at a considerable distance cross the field. It was their ears which first caught my attention. I didn't have a greyhound handy to test their gait/pace.
 
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