Up Country [21/03/1990]

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Up Country [21/03/1990] (Up Country)

North East Film Archive
Kielder Forest
1990-03-21
Sound

A rare sight in Keilder forest as scores of husky dogs show that it's snow-less fun in the mud.

Husky dog racing competitions in Britain are held on snow or, more frequently, mud. The annual Husky dog racing championships host races in five categories for sleds or buggies pulled by teams of experienced, and specially trained husky dogs. The drivers of the sleds are known as 'mashers', and 200 of them run over 1,000 sled dogs at the biggest annual competition in the Cairngorms.

The Rural North East

Flesh-eating plants, blonde hedgehogs and other natural marvels await in the rural North East.

Charles Boden is a farmer's son who read English at Oxford University before becoming an agricultural journalist. Keen to capture what he saw as a vanishing way of life in rural England, he moved to Tyne Tees Television in 1985 to produce programmes about farming, nature and rural traditions in the region. He is best known for his film 'The Last Horseman' which followed a year in the life of the last farm in Britain to still use horse power instead of machinery.

14 videos in this collection

Up Country [14/03/1990]

Newcastle International Airport
1990-03-14