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Land Agent with a passion for conservation rather than preservation. All views are my own!
Cotswolds and Pembrokeshire
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Worth a few minutes of your time. Even more so if you have an adversity to
#muirburn
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@HawHillFarm
As I tell my children… just imagine… just imagine what swallows will have seen over the course of our winter… how they’ve hawked over the backs of zebra and buffalo…. And now have made our barn their home…
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On this date in 1944 my father went to sleep knowing in a little over 14 hours he would be flying a horsa glider into Arnhem on day 2 of
#operationmarketgarden
It would 9 months before he was released from the stalag luft he would ultimately end in. Fair do’s Pop...
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Had the owner of the alpaca actually cared for this animal, she would not ensured when its time came to go, it did so in a stress free way. By allowing these extras from This Country access to the property she has caused suffering to an animal she claims to have ‘loved’. 🙄
Watch Geronimo's final moments of freedom as he attempts to give police the run around before being taken away prior to termination.
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I’ve got ‘news’ for you... If it moves like a fox... acts like a fox.... has the physical appearance of a fox.... it is, in all likelihood... a 🦊. 🙄
Terrifying ‘big cat’ that’s ‘twice the size of a German Shepherd’ spotted in Somerset
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During WWII,
#spitfires
were secreted away under the canopy of this avenue to protect them from Luftwaffe bombers. If only trees could talk.
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Finished the f*cking thing. And guess what... had to put the bloody hens in it when it went dark as they were sh*t scared of it!! I give up....
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You know what… whoever was behind the wheel of this vehicle… should spend some check considerable time behind bars. I care not one jot for what took place prior to this. It is simply indefensible.
Ladywood Estate yesterday
Hunt host/supporter and wedding venue owner deliberately ploughs into hunt saboteur and drives off.
**NB graphic footage**
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Just spoke to a neighbour who does his fair share of shooting. He regaled how he had shot a woodcock on Monday. I asked did he enjoy eating it.. response….. no… I don’t like them… 🙄🤬
#whyshootonethen
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Cannot comment on the legality in terms of whether this is a highway or not. But it did make me smile!!
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I can shoot 350 pigeon over a field of laid peas to simply save the farmer some £ no one barely bats an eye. Suggest magpie control in order to assist as part of a holistic recovery plan for threatened birds and I am a pariah... odd world
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Shooting has gone down the same road as surfing. Way too many people doing it. With a big chunk falling into the ‘all the gear no idea’ category.
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No intention to lay blame with owner as I don’t know the ground, the extent of rights, nor the actual time of year, but it’s a great illustration how dogs off the lead can impact wildlife. Imagine this route with 50 dogs doing this each and every day😳
@Gameandwildlife
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As the dust settles on another grouse shooting season…. I know it’s only just started but only the 12th of August counts in the eyes of the perpetually enraged… I have a few observations…
Despite there being lots and lots of scientific evidence to the benefit of legally 1/2
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@samuelclayton
@pauljchambers
@giagia
This is my father. He died last November aged 95. I don’t have the foggiest which way he voted, mainly because it’s his business. As an aside he spent 9 months in a POW having been captured at Oosterbek during operation Market Garden. I know what he would make of your t towel.
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If buying a bentley bentayga isn’t bad enough…. keep the monstrosity running for two hours while you sit and watch you child play cricket.
#wankpanzer
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I’ve spent the day pondering whether to post this photo… came across this scene on a rural road just outside Cirencester. All debreasted so not dumped in the classic sense, but yet another poor look from someone involved with shooting.
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While the world apparently falls apart I spent the day chainsawing and burning. With dogs mooching around and the kids giving a brief hand before disappearing to ‘discover’ stuff.. I realised this was a scene from my childhood. I have become my father… and I love the fact.
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Countryside contradictions
What we want….
wildlife but not deer
hedgehogs but leave 🦡 alone
lots of public access but no disturbance
full bellies but no nasty farmers
the benefits extensive livestock but no slaughtering
conservation but no shooting
someone else to pay for it
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Post a video of a field full of hares…
Get told there aren’t any in Gloucestershire as they all get blasted by shootery types….
Explain the video was taken in Gloucestershire….
On a farm with a shoot….
Get blocked….
Funny old thing this Twitter….
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Two separate images of the opening day of the duck season. One involving a sustainable and selective harvest, portrayed by carefully posted photos and comment. The other.. exactly what I’ve been banging on about for the past weeks. Q 4 U
@BASCcentral
is 2nd 1 a good look?
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As ever I owe the beaming smile on my face to these three. No slacking, no easing off, no cover left un quested. A small day rounded off with a dusk visit to the pond upon the bank of which my last three cockers are buried and watch over the current crop.
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Alexa… show me a politician who really hasn’t grasped the underlying issue..
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There is a theme here…
The top picture was taken after a short afternoon of
@ExtinctionR
activists got together.
The bottom images were taken after 9000 of the rural community camped all weekend for
@TheGameFair
Please feel free to share so people can see the truth of the matter.
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So… another day in the field comes to an end.. good company and good dog work… on reflection would I have enjoyed it twice as much if I’d pulled the trigger twice as much as I did.. hell no.. that’s not what it’s about… if only more who shoot could get their head round that.
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Well, may I ask what you expected to see? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains...?
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So what…? How many police are involved at sporting events but support ‘the other team’ yet manage to retain impartiality. I hope
@wiltshirepolice
do not even respond to these foaming mouthed demands.
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I’m so pleased your ‘Gorgeous Girl’ has had a birthday. But do the environment a favour and buy her a bird book, or a bird feeder, or membership to the local wildlife trust. Just don’t buy this trash, it has the potential to kill things.
#stoplittering
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I’ve got news for you… it doesn’t matter you’ve been given ‘permission’ to walk the farm. Running your lab through the covers and then saying I’m rude for asking you stop doesn’t cut it. Your card is marked my dear lady.
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When you are eleven and a half and have done a full day picking up, a towel down, coat on and a hot footwell is the way to travel home… fast asleep upon arrival. Thanks old girl.
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Tomorrow I return to shoot a boundary day on this estate with three close friends. The bag is largely immaterial. The fact we will chat, let the dogs do their thing, praise a good shot and tease an easy miss makes it all the more enjoyable. I’m a very lucky man. I know that.
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Just heard from someone who had a pup I bred back in 2010 he had passed away in his arms. He grew up to be the spit of his sire and from updates I would get proved to be quite some dog. I am ridiculously sad at the news. I guess it’s what you get from responsible breeding.
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PRoW…? Nope.
Dog on lead…. Only after I asked….
Mouthful of abuse a few shoots back for being ‘cruel’.. Yep.
Welcome to the modern countryside.
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I was asked yesterday do I have dogs because I shoot…. My answer was quite the opposite. I shoot because I have dogs.
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Thankfully not my house. That moment when you realise robot vacuuming and a 🐕 don’t mix... 💩🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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Saw some really ropey gun/barrel awareness today. Despite not having a role on the shoot took the chap aside and explained the deficiencies.. the gun who was next to him (a guest) noticed I had acted and came up to say thanks. Don’t ever let these things slip unmentioned.
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On this day, 75 years ago this chap flew a horsa glider into Holland as part of
#OperationMarketGarden
This was day two of the op & there4 not much ‘element of surprise’ left. Five days later he was taken POW & taken to stalag luft 7. This was my dad. Miss you.
@ArmyAirCorps
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So this chap has been around for the past two seasons. Provided he doesn’t get run over (even by the standard of a pheasant he has no road sense) I will be applying a very hefty fine for anyone who decides he should be hanging in the chiller.
#reeves
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Over 20 years of work between them… I will cut them a lot of slack for being shall we say a touch feral!
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Don’t usually show this sort of thing but I’m proud of the way I control NNIS in the most humane way possible. No whooping.. no hollering.. no breaking the law… certain parties/individuals should take note that control, no matter what the species, should be done with respect.
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Sent to me by a friend who I said should definitely submit it in the
@BritishDeerSoc
photo comp. He called it John v Deer….
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A wee reminder - people groups best ignored (in no particular order)
Wild Justice
Guy Shrubsole
George Monbiot
RPUK
Mark Avery
Chris Packham
Everyone’s favourite geographer
Everyone’s favourite Cardiff lecturer
Ruth Tingay
Any group with Rewild in it..
Me when I’ve had a cider
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Nature does often need a ‘little hand’ from time to time… so why not say so… that is unless
#beavers
have now taken to using a stihl…. 🙄
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What a day. One of the most ‘honest’ shoots I have been lucky enough to shoot on. Great dog work, really good shooting considering the gale, spot on craic, all of the bag eagerly taken.. plus a return to a boyhood pub back in really good tenure.
#spoilt
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Many of the ‘hard yards’ of land management are done whilst those with an affection for their keyboard are still slumbering. 🦌 🌳 🥩
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So
@molevalley
in consultation with
@aigleuk
you think it’s reasonable for a pair of wellingtons 4 months out of the box to end up looking like this and is through ‘fair wear and tear’ and not through manufacturing defect. Revised approach required or small claims court beckons.
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I’m privileged... privileged not to live in this god damn swamp of a capital city. If covid means I never go there again, it will be blessing.
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I cannot ever remember finishing a days shooting in so much physical pain… trying to organise the beat and shoot as walking gun with broken ribs has taken its toll.. however the spanners had a ball… 🤕
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Question… if you are happy to shoot at the same 🦆 circling round trying to get back to only home it’s ever known.. that home a muddy bank of an overcrowded pond.. I would like to know why you would not simply want to shoot clays instead? It’s cheaper for starters?
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I wish all those who’ve ‘solved’ the demise of the two sea eagles would join the police and judicial service. All crimes would be solved in less than 12 hours and all from the comfort of the keyboard. What a great world we would live in with a deterrent like that.
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I remember my father explaining his emotions upon the news of the death of King George VI.. I couldn’t fathom why he should feel such a way about someone he didn’t actually know. I understand now pop. I understand.
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Clothes all laid out ready. Note at breakfast table. One excited daughter at the prospect of taking ‘her’ dog out on the first day of the shoot tomorrow. She’s been involved in all aspects of the keepering this year. How it should be.
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Hares sir…. Fousands of em…. Lovely to see and realise the protection they get is achieving results.
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I always feel lucky to get out on the moors with the ‘pack’. But the lead up to this years outing was tinged somewhat. You see I fear the years have caught up with this girl and it was in all likelihood going to be her last foray. At nearly 12 she gave it a good go though. ❤️
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For the benefit of all those who think growing vegetables is some form of panacea in terms of biodiversity... I have news for you... to do so commercially fields are invariably monocultures, relying on no form of competition. It also requires kit like this....
#justsoyouknow
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This isn’t some buzzard suicide pact. It’s needless and reckless wildlife crime. It has no place, regardless of the perceived justifications of the perpetrator(s). Theses are protected species and should be treated as such. Shame on however did it. May you receive due punishment.
We're appealing for information after five dead buzzards were found hidden in a hole in the ground on land on the edge of Bransdale in the North York Moors.
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Monitored 24/7 by trail cam
Inspected 3 times a day minimum
Used for specific purpose of preserving amber and red listed species
Do I like them? No.
Would I be without them? Hell no.
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Sadly not as quick as
@ScottReaProject
but not bad for a first lamb. Bit different to doing a deer.
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Shooting season review
28 days out with gun and dog(s)
11 counties
644,000 steps
2,240 floors ‘climbed’
2 slabs cartridges fired
80 feeders kept full
20 acres of cover crop planted
8 friends introduced to shooting
300 pheasant & partridge prepared
?? Bottles of port & sloe gin
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To all of those of you who are involved in fieldsports and put more back into the environment than you take out I raise a glass to you. 🥂
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My day.. no my weekend.... no my year has just been
#made
Why you may ask.... well folks I’ve just heard a
#turtledove
😍
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So.... I have always conditioned my dogs to livestock (amongst other things), they see sheep regularly, they are moderately well trained... but I would never ‘trust’ them... nowt wrong with putting them on a lead.
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Do you know what..? we can prove muir burn is necessary.. we can prove control of corvids and vulpines is vital.... we can prove the habitat creation.. we can prove the economic and societal benefits of shooting.. but only if certain cretins stop killing protected species. 😡🤬
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In these troubled times I bring you a boot full of cockers. You can thank me later.
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Now call me Mr Picky
@GeorgeMonbiot
this photo wasn’t taken last week now was it.... whilst I am also keen to improve soil management and water catchment quality, making things up doesn’t help. You end being caught out. 🧐
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Venison chilli 🌶 Slow cooked in
#aga
for 8 1/2 hours.... might even dig out a 🍺 to go with it.... doubt you’d like it anyway....
#game
#venison
#fieldtofork
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While certain peeps haven’t even warmed up their fingers ready for an other day of imparting their Sea Eagle ‘wisdom’ … some hard yards in habitat protection have bern done.
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My nephews new pup seems to have settled in and like most terriers has aspirations of taking over the country...
#terriers
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I think we can safely say they’re back!
#swallows
It’s far from a perfect world in biodiversity terms but I am tired of the negativity from some. Mornings like this give hope to keep striving.
@GrahamDenny9
@TonyJuniper
@Gamekeeper10
@lesbashford
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Given most of those who undertake deer stalking love deer and I mean adore the things, yet fully appreciate the underlying need for their control.. why can’t those who love badgers accept the same..? 🤷♂️
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The longer I’m involved in the ‘sport’ of shooting live quarry the more I realise pulling the trigger is the least important part of the ‘process’.
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This one will take more fuss than a wooden leg will take poultices….
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Bastard thing!!! How did I miss this when I check the dogs daily…! 😡
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“Crouching fox, hidden stoat”
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Dear
@BASCnews
I fully appreciate you will not dissuade those mindless types who think it’s ok to kill BoPs by simply removing their membership status. Therefore can I suggest the org campaigns for stiffer penalties and custodial sentences for those convicted of such crimes. 👍
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@guyshrubsole
@GeorgeMonbiot
what’s not to like about more public access? This is 3 months reality of a ‘lightly’ used footpath & I’ve not included littering as would have obliterated the infographic... limited respect by users & less by those pushing gr8er access
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Just imagine if the money being spent on this vanity event was used in the fight against poaching and/or dealing with the conflict which exists between man and elephants in Kenya… just imagine…. As you were.
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Odd species to use as a totem for the plight of the many threatened species which inhabit the uk.. unless of course it’s not about the animals… 🧐 💰
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It was on Remembrance Sunday three years ago I saw my father for the last time. This day has always been an emotional one. More so now.
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For someone so ‘close’ to the RSPB you really would think Alick would have an insight of who does it’s ‘dirty work’.
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If you live in London I feel very sorry for you. If you don’t… you are very lucky and for heavens sake don’t go near the place.
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An immediate observation…. Not many trees. Monoculture of grass…. Where’s
@GeorgeMonbiot
and his campaign for rewilding when you need it.. 🙄
Here are the horses of Kazakhistan, and watching them freely galloping is a fresh breath.
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Whatever you are up to today..
Grousing…
Protesting…
Puffin Wrangling…
Puppy collecting..
Harvesting/rain dodging…
Rugby watching…
Coffee drinking…
Lawn mowing…
Partridge pen building…
Be kind.
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While some:
• March upon Buckingham Palace demanding the 👑 estates are rewilded
• Have a fetish to glue themselves to the M25
• Mourn the demise of a disease ridden Alpaca
Others have to clear this sh*t up
🙄
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@_SimonReinhold
That’s more birds in one photo than we flushed in 5 drives today. The ‘bag’ was just sufficient for every single person there to take brace home and we saw more biodiversity than we would have done if there wasn’t a shoot on the farm. That’s the right message.
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Look at that poor, poor dog. If you can’t see the need for harsher laws in respect of dogs theft, puppy farming etc after seeing this post then I would suggest you have a word with yourself.
Please retweet to HELP FIND THE OWNER OF THIS STRAY SPANIEL
#WALSALL
#LEAMORE
#WestMidlands
#UK
Please share widely, he could have been stolen form another area. FOUND 8 JAN, NOW WITH VETS
CONTACT OR INFORMATION
#dogs
#England
#Spaniel
#DogsofTwittter
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While the falconry outrage bus was doing laps of the local park… efforts to control the expansion of the grey menace continued… I do wonder when the penny will drop.. most conservation doesn’t involve a keyboard…
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A very rare visit from that prowling hound has thankfully pretty much passed. I cannot express enough my gratitude for the kind words and messages sent in support and the offer of an ear to listen if needed. Today is another day as they say. A far better one for that matter.
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So good to have had a really strong crop of partridges this year. I must admit I enjoy the keepering as much I do the shoot days.
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Some people just don’t deserve nice things.. or the oxygen to breathe if I am honest. 🤬
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