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Am with you. Lovely stuff. Their vodka is pretty good too. Though of course they sold out of the crisp business a bit ago

Cheers - I shall get emailing my mates !

Sounds brilliant - what do they charge ?

JDog - write a book, I'd buy it !

I saw 2 when shooting at Forthampton on Friday. First one missed by two guns, second one came out sideways from some maize and so not near enough to the line

As a cheaper option today's Shooting Times has 2 pages on him plus your favourite picture !

Really sorry to hear that - best of luck !

That's a bargain - Goldsmiths gave me £900 for mine (same age) as a part ex recently - and that wasn't instead of a discount on the new one as I'd already agreed a price whether I did a part ex or not

That's a shame. I'd keep looking on there though - lots of odd days came available last year, though often with only a week or twos notice. And plenty of choice geography wise. I've had a good few days over the past years and they've all been good. Good luck !

Have you looked on guns on pegs ? There were some days in Bedfordshire the other day when I was browsing

Hi Mark - am not far from the Midlands so count me in, depending on dates !

Am shooting tomorrow morning if you fancy a few hours ?

Hi - is 18th Dec still available ? There are 3 of us.......

Cheers - that could be handy as I've only got 4 crows !

Guys - any thoughts on using crow and pigeon decoys together ? I've got a few crow decoys that i have never used and given the odd crow often has a look at my pigeon decoy patterns I thought I may mix things up ?

Am with you on that - I managed a couple of hours on my new permission today. Less than a dozen pigeon around, and only managed to get a few of those to commit. And one remarkably slow crow ! There are nearly as many in my garden currently. And dozens on a field of rape that was cut the other day on my other permission - but they've asked me not to shoot so as to not spook the young partridge ! Fingers crossed they are going to combine the field over the lane from my house shortly - I've been studying the flight lines from my sunroom (comfort !) and there are two that look good - they converge near a convenient dip in the fie

Of course I did - it was cheaper than many of the other options ! Have dined like a king all week, and had some amazing wine too. But good to be back home to the Ebrington Arms fish and chips. In fact I best go post about them on the 'best restaurant' thread !!

L'Enclume in the Lake District is awesome. Think it's just got a 2nd star. Best tasting menu ive ever had, and ive eaten in a dozen or so Michelin starred places. Really liked Nathan Outlaw's place in Rock, and took a client to the Hand & Flowers a while back in Marlow - now that is 'pub food' in another league ! And if you're ever in Ireland, then the Cliff House hotel in Ardmore - the chef is a genius and well deserving of their one star No worries - get yourself down there - finest mashed potato in the world !

But it's actually called Dinner, so I'm afraid no, it wasn't contradictory at all !

Not contradictory in the slightest - Dinner being Heston's restaurant in the Mandarin Hotel in Knightsbridge

Was really disappointed last time went to the Ivy - my wife's fish and chips suffered from the fish being overcooked and my hotpot (their signature dish) was pretty average. We went to Dinner in the evening and that was awesome.

Had lunch at Hotel Splendido today (fabulous), just felt I had to share the price they were charging for their rabbit main course - 39 Euro !!! Oh, it's in Portofino, Italy in case any of you fancy selling some to them !

When I used to live up in Saddleworth - Buckleys the bakers had a sign on their vans "no pies left in this vehicle overnight". Always made me laugh when I saw one

Yep, I'm up for that.....

Hi bunnybasha - Am not too far from you and up for the trip