General Chat
Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!
- The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
- You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
- And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
- The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.
Quick Search
Single word search
Icons
- New posts
- No new posts
- Thread closed
- Stickied, new posts
- Stickied, no new posts
Don't like pigs anyway!
Profile | Posted by | Options | Post Date |
---|---|---|---|
|
Sharron | Report | 5 Oct 2015 21:53 |
We have been to the New Forest today,driven about all over the place, Rufus Stone, Fritham, Bealieu, Bucklers Hard, East Boldre. |
|||
|
JoyBoroAngel | Report | 5 Oct 2015 22:03 |
There's a black pig runs wild |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Sharron | Report | 5 Oct 2015 22:20 |
Don't want to see that pig either! |
|||
|
JoyBoroAngel | Report | 5 Oct 2015 22:22 |
I think ours is a so called micro pig |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Sharron | Report | 5 Oct 2015 22:30 |
Just like the pigs in the forest, he would know if I was coming to see him and decide it would be a good day to spend in his sty or wherever he goes. |
|||
|
JoyBoroAngel | Report | 5 Oct 2015 22:37 |
The last thing I would want to bump into on a country walk |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Sharron | Report | 5 Oct 2015 22:51 |
I think a tiger might be a little worse. |
|||
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 5 Oct 2015 22:51 |
I've been 3 times in the past 3 weeks, and haven't seen one either (or I would have told you). |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Sharron | Report | 5 Oct 2015 22:53 |
We did see a herd (?)of eight donkeys near Fritham. |
|||
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 5 Oct 2015 23:43 |
We saw about 50 spooked ponies gallop onto Whitemoor, which was a bit strange, but then we saw a stallion. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Dermot | Report | 6 Oct 2015 09:48 |
The lowly pig was once a totem of prehistoric Jews. |
|||
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 13 Oct 2015 12:29 |
Well, Sharron, yesterday, the 'driver' and I walked through Ober (near Brockenhurst). We walked over the heath (used to grow vegetables during the war), and took the long route through the woods. We sat down for a tea on the edge of a cycle route we came across (boggy ground around us), watched some late dragonflies and heard a grunting sound. Initially, we thought it was pigs. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
RolloTheRed | Report | 13 Oct 2015 14:21 |
http://www.newforest-life.com/New-Forest-pigs.html |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 13 Oct 2015 14:58 |
Just for the record, I am aware of how pannage works - as is my driver. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Dermot | Report | 13 Oct 2015 16:33 |
Cornwall being mentioned jogged my memory of a comment early today on Radio 4 that there are now more Polish speaking residents in that lovely county than indigenous Cornish speakers. True or false? :-S |
|||
|
+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 13 Oct 2015 16:51 |
Probably True - Cornish as a language was 'dying out' until recently. There has been a resurgence since the County was granted some sort of special status a few years ago. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Dermot | Report | 13 Oct 2015 17:02 |
Britons are not generally known for their expertise in foreign languages, which is sad in itself. But the demise of any 'local' language should be avoided at all costs. |
|||
|
RolloTheRed | Report | 13 Oct 2015 17:08 |
If you still can't find any Hampshire Hogs then try here: |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 13 Oct 2015 17:58 |
They have Wellow boar on Winchester Market on a Wednesday (during shooting season). The 'firm' who run the market stall - which also sells deer of varying types - is based in Butts Ash. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Caroline | Report | 13 Oct 2015 18:49 |
Butts Ash as in near Hythe Hants ?? |