Doggie folk muzzle the recession

THE News of the World had for much of its colourful life the proud motto ‘All human life is there’ inscribed beneath it’s bold, red masthead.

The very same could be etched above the turnstile to welcome the thousands of spectators to the National Coursing Championships every February.

These hardy souls, wrapped in wellies and heated by thermos flasks are the same people who make the journey every year. Like giant, ancient tortoises, in a David Attenborough documentary who make an epic pilgrimage through the Galapagos to find somewhere to lay their eggs, they continue a family tradition.