Hairy Pat

Hi Paul I have got 6 Jalepino plants in my greenhouse, I have been cropping the chilli's for 3 weeks and the green ones are fine I don't bother waiting till they go red, 3 or 4 in a chilli with seeds are spot on. Regards Pat

Nice to see the variety of fishing out there, shame it was Robson Green fronting it. Regards Pat

Driven day with the rough shooting club on Saturday followed by the annual shoot dinner. Clack some birds, eat some scoff, then get hammered on guinness and jamesons . Hopefully the winds will speed the birds along and the rain will hold off. Pat

The Wife got me some shooting DVDs for xmas from them, no hassles and prompt delivery . Pat

Tried the Mid Wales Clay Ground again, lots of sporting clay layouts and some of them are very testing, my eye is back in with a vengeance so I did not embarrass myself too much. Did some coaching with my Brother and he is making good progress. Loads of people doing DTL and I may have a crack at it in a fortnight. Pat

Hi Nick I won't argue with you, but I clacked two pheasants one after the other today and the stock does not bruise my cheek, it may be this way suits my shooting style. As they say 'if it works don't fix it'. Pat

Try the Deerhunter Ram jacket and trousers, mine have had several months of stomping through bramble choked woodland in all weathers and are still going strong. Cheaper I believe than the Montana's and with better designed pockets. Pat

If you see the whole length of the rib then your head is too high, you should just see the bead at the end, and as you get used to the gun, ignore that and concentrate on swinging through the target (bum, belly, beak) just looking down the barrel. Also try moving your hand position on the fore-end as this can affect head position, with my hand at the front of my Sil Pigs fore-end I have perfect line up, but if my hand moves back then I tend to lift my head and shoot wrong. Go to more gun shops and pick every gun off the racks in your price range until one fits, practise mounting the gun a few times and swinging. You will know when you have found the one for you. Pat

Hi All Off to the Mid Wales Shooting Ground 9am tomorrow morning (Sunday 14th) if any local shooters want to break some clays with my Brother and I you are more than welcome. PM me by 11pm or look for a 6'1" tattooed bearded skinhead sporting a Sil Pig V on the sporting clays. Pat

Cheers Taffygun I use the Mid Wales Shooting Ground as it's not too far from Shrewsbury. Well worth a visit in my opinion. I'll check out the clay2000, it's always interesting to check out a new ground. Pat P.S. Catamong I do shave. My head that is, a no.1 skinhead and a big beard help to make me look friendly and more approachable (some people say).

Hi All Any clay grounds near Brecon as I'm down that way for a weekend in February. Looking at a 30 mile radius. Pat

Bet it came as quite a blow. Pat

Alass no, she would neck the lot then fly into one of our 'blue remembered hills'. I'm afraid I'll have to dole the last of it out at our next driven day, it should get me a few (lots of) bevvies at the annual club meal afterwards. Look on the bright side the shoot I now belong to has loads of sloes on it, so I shall start making it again. Pat

I agree with Kirky & Webber, I use BASC as they seem represent the type of rough and game shooting I do. Pat

If they are from one source the use the Block Sender function in Message. Pat

Hi NTTF I've got some 15 year old Sloe Gin that was most appreciated when passed round at a driven day for the Rough Shooting Club. Due to its age it is very smooth and not too sweet, but sadly I do not have an export licence. So next time you are over this end of the water? I have also stored away every year since 2002 some Belgian beer called Chimay Blue. This is said to improve in flavour up to five years of keeping, and this year is the fifth for my first batch. I'll let you know if it's worth the wait. Pat

If you run a dry patch though the gun after the oiled patch it should remove the excess oil. I have never met anyone having problems with oil running into the action, it sounds like an urban myth to me. I always store the guns barrel up with a rag resting over the tops of the barrels to stop dust drifting into them, storing barrel down seems like an invitation to get foreign objects wedged in the end of the barrel. Pat

Dave K that is a top cook book, I recommend the pigeon breasts in ginger and honey. I am under orders to clack as much game and vermin as possible so the Missus can work her way through the book. Pat

As watching England under perform at rugby is too painful to think about, I am pleased the missus got us tickets to watch Wales/ Australia in the Autumn at the millennium stadium. Plus I much prefer the Welsh anthem to the grovelling dirge we English have to suffer. Coach trip down so a beer fest is on the books, I always back a home nation team against foreigners so the Welsh will get my support on the day. Time to brush up on the Cymraeg. Hope you all had a great day, roll on tomorrow for a walked on day with the phezzies. Nos da, iechyd da . Pat

It is a question of meat obtained to effort and time used, the most meat on a pigeon is on the breasts and is easy to get to. If you skin or pluck the rest of the bird the carcase is useful for boiling for stock or soup. I always breast my pigeons and skin my phezzies, as there is more meat on a phezzie carcase. Pat

Used the same reflex T8 on both my .223 and .243 and had no problems. Pat

Goose every year. NTTF nice sounding meal, but I would not fancy eating a shrimps ring . Pat

Started work at 6:30 first job was splitting the steel apart due to the ice on it, had a panic job in for a site in the w midlands, then grafted till 13:00, I got to leave 2 1/2 hours early. Better than clock watching any day. Pat

They will not harm you, we catch pouting on some of the wrecks and the worms come out from behind their eyes, but I think I would rather eat the worms than the pouting. Pat

I've had a drake 'n' duck mallard for the last two years on the garden pond in the spring, quite amusing to watch because they land on the roof of the house quacking loudly checking the coast is clear, before they land on the pond. Up to 16 varieties of garden and countryside birds a day regularly in winter. A big brown rat in one of the composters and tree rats who live in a neighbourhood loft. Pat