the barbarian

My present permit expires on the 18th of February, my renewal notice came through at the end of November. The firearms lady said due to Covid they were carrying out video calls where possible. The proforma medical form requirement came about after the shooting in the south of the country last year.

Cumbria firearms do require for the medical proforma for shotgun license renewal. I have recently submitted my proforma to my surgery and it took from December the 2nd to January the 6th to get it back, the doctors fee was £30 which I thought was quite fair. My application for licence renewal was sent off on the 6th of January and I had a video call this morning with the firearms officer, just a few questions to answer and show on the video call my security arrangements, cabinet etc, check the reference numbers on the guns I have against their records. They were happy with everything but mentioned the delay in sending out the new permit could be several months but they would be sending me a section 7 within the next couple of weeks.

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15 Carrion Crows, 7 Rooks and 7 Jackdaws yesterday afternoon on spring drillings. Total = 119

15 Wood pigeon while shooting over barley drillings Wednesday afternoon. Total - 281

20 Wood pigeon off a barley stubble yesterday afternoon. Total = 1215

Just been and picked up 2000 of the "new" clear pigeon cartridges this morning, at £260.00 a thousand they are certainly a bit more expensive than the last lot of 2000 black clear pigeon cartridges I bought, (32grm No6 fibre wads)

10 Wood Pigeon this afternoon while shooting crows over decoys. Total = 916

Out on the stubble fields yesterday afternoon, 29 Wood pigeon and a good few crows. Total = 894

13 Wood pigeon yesterday afternoon while shooting over crow decoys on a stubble field. Total = 865

19 Wood pigeons off the stubble yesterday afternoon. Total = 852

12 Wood pigeon this afternoon Total = 758

My pension statement dated 04/06/15 which is based on the new state pension that came into effect 6th April 2016 states the following Estimate based on NI contributions records up to tax year 2013/14, which shows 46 qualifying years will be £258.17 per week and may be higher by the time I reach retirement age (January 2018). This pension is made up of the state pension plus "SERPS" contributions. SERPS is now called S2P. (state 2nd pension). I also have a Final Salary pension + a Defined Contribution pension which comes from my Previous Employer which I worked for for 46 years +. Now been early retired since Christmas 2015 and loving every minute of it.

10 Wood pigeon yesterday afternoon. Total = 513

39 on the drillings yesterday afternoon Total = 494