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Good idea, watch this space.

As I have said many many times...It does not get any easier no matter how many dogs you have.... My thoughts are with you. I have been through it too many times. By far the best for you is to get a new pal ASAP. He looked a cracker, lovely eyes.

Try cranking a sit up and beg Fordson Major tractor. Ours ran on paraffin but started on petrol and easy to flood. As London Best says there is a technique and the lad who helped out on our farm....built like a proverbial out house....but only 5ft 5inches tall. He thought he could swing ours and the handle kicked back and knocked five of his front teeth out.

One to my wife's Skoda yesterday afternoon.................. 3437

Ordered a jigsaw and it arrived next day(UK company) ordered two fleece shirts and they arrived two days .... ordered Friday afternoon arrived Monday morning ...Amazon Prime items seem to arrive almost before I order them and often on a Sunday afternoon. I suppose the world has the good bad and the ugly on deliveries and service. Ordered some heating oil last week and was assured it would arrive today which it did at 07.00 and the driver got a Christmas present.

As said, cook it fully through should be no problem and usual hygene when preparing . Folk have to be struggling to pick up a dead bird and take it home to consume.

Pieces of tarmac ????? Hmmmmmmm?????? Ring a bell somewhere. ????

Nice one and as always give that dog a cuddle from me.

Excellent. We have a flat topped log burner and cook on it often. Just aheads up for everyone Nichola Cox 'Game Cookery' a book every shooting man should have on his/her kichen shelf.

Good to hear he is still enjoying himself.

Memories memories. Our transport back in the 50s was the Ford milk van and back then a van registration did not allow a passenger seat. Sliding side windows which would stick open and flat out at around 50mph...60 downhill but at your risk because the brakes would decide which of them was going to work, but rarely all at the same time.

I'm shooting mainly North Leicestershire so Midlands and we are seeing the usual numbers. All agree to only shoot one if you want to eat it otherwise eave it alone. However having had the opportunity to shoot dedicated woodcock shoots along the west coast of Cumbria and Scotland about this time of year in the past, then I see no reason not to harvest a few but again only as long as they are going to be used.

That is interesting because I have a good showing of coal tits both at home and on my outer flip top squirrel feeders. Until last year I had not seen a bullfinch for probably 40yrs.

Great picture. We have had some pretty good sun rises here at home this last two weeks.

Seeing plenty of chaffinch but not a sign here of greenfinch yet. Goldfinch yes in numbers but the bullfinch seem to have disappeared. Had at least two families last year. Hordes of blue tits, great tits, coal tits and long tailed along with nuthatches. It is strange that a feed table/nut feeder on one table will be cleared in 48hrs but another 200yrds away hardly gets hit. They definitely have their favorite places.

You can say that again but as we have not had a screen in our house for 38yrs don't miss it anyway. I went round today and topped up the seven feed tables in our small wood and also upgraded our feeders by the house and within seconds inundated with birds. Cost me a fortune but money well spent.

I'm not able to walk far these days like I used to but have a whole bunch of purpose built hides/cabins where I can sit and watch the activity. In one IBC hide I have a regular visit from a wren which checks every nook and cranny for food and only 18 inches away from me but not a care. A mass of bird life on the feed tables I have and a few rabbits mainly very young as I thinh the Rabbit disease has gone through. Shot a small driven day yesterday shared with a friend and we both agreed that there was far more to going shooting than killing things.

A spotted appendix , particularly with chopped dates is food of the gods I will have you know, with lashings of home made custard not this tinned rubbish.

YUCK!!!! Says something about it when you have to dress it up to make it edible.

Same here but I gibb against your suggest we should ignore bismuth. I shot 18.7grms pf bismuth yesterday and killed some 40yrd pheasants and partridge. Maybe reloading will again become popular. Willcertainly not give up shooting. I already shoot all copper bullets and the 410 bismuth loads are not a problem BUT you see I don't waste my money on fancy tattoos and these awful stinky vaour thingies. Sometimes in life you have to prioritise.

'fraid I agree with you Ditchie but back in the war years that and a thick slice covered in beef dripping was all that was available.

Thought about time we dogs should be tried by our own.....

I don't think my false teeth could manage the beads

On my pictures system up at the top edge is a series of choices and one is 'edit' or a similar meaning word. I click on that and on the right screen appears a choice from asjusting brightness to rotating. Click on rotate left or right whichever required and job done. Super pictures again Dave. I was shooting at Prestwold again, mixed bird day with 70-80% partridges. Superb cold bright day and the Keeper there has his head scrwed on and adjusted all drives bar one where the sun was behind us. I'm there again on the 30th so will try and remember to take afew photos.

I'm wondering if it could help me hit those supersonic partridges at Prestwold yesterday ??????????????