Beating:

Ah,

the first day of beating at our local estate. It was great to see all the old faces again, the usaul beaters banter in the back of the wagon, the smell of wet dog and mud, taking the 'P' out of the guns. Love it!

It was a fairly sedate day, with 4 drives in the morning and just the one after lunch. Finished by 2pm, so had time to do some gardening afterwards.

The guns were ok shots, some of them better than others, although I think a few should have practised during the closed season as they missed some really easy shots. The total was about 120 birds for the day. That's not many between 8 guns. Thankfully it's not one of those pile 'em high shoots.

It started off fine, but around lunchtime a horrible shower came through, while it didn't manage to dampen our spirits, it did make wading through the mustard and sorgam a little tricky.