Rich rewards as Snuffles gets her truffles

By John Thistleton
Updated April 18 2018 - 10:34pm, first published May 27 2013 - 3:00am

When the first fierce frost triggers the truffle season at the foot of Mount Majura, Sherry McArdle-English packs a trowel, mincemeat treats and tweetie bird toy into her bag before hunting for the ''black gold'' fungi.

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