Dave at kelton

Yep get to a rental place or a place that specialises in vintage clothing. The Ballroom Emporium Oxford would be worth a try near you.

Great photos!

A pal of mine breeds and works them. He is a seasoned dog man and was A Panel spaniel judge. He always describes them as a handful so……..up to you! I know people love the minor breeds thankfully but there is a reason most fowlers use labradors!

Ever thought of taking up fly tying if you don’t do it already? Wets the appetite for the coming season when hopefully the weather will be better for a fly rod!

That is fantastic . If we hadn’t been away I would have come over for a look. Hope it goes well!

Occasionally had crossbills on my shoot in Oxfordshire.

Love the lambs foot knives

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Priced at?

Don’t beat yourself up about those last few weeks. You did all you could and behaved responsibly. They aren’t humans and can’t tell us what is wrong. It’s the vets job to diagnose and yours to follow the advice. Even then the vet has to follow a thread in a case like yours so I wouldn’t be overly critical there either. It’s always horrid losing a dog but it’s what we sign up for when we pick our pup. Hope you get over it quickly!

Will pm you tomorrow

I have had emtec for twenty years or more and great. I have always had them fitted at a fair. Always under £100.

For me it is when I walk out across the Merse for a morning flight and hear the skylarks singing on high. I heard them this morning!

Brother in law has lived in France for 18 years and on face it seems idyllic but…..he just makes ends meet as a pensioner and is poor as a church mouse. We visited last year and beautiful as it is I wouldn’t go there!

It put a goose on the deck this morning on the shore as it has been doing for 150 years or more!

Duck!

I have a Yildiz 28 that I bought with both stocks for me and the grandkids to use easy to,change and great gun for the money. Had it on the shore with tss too.

Thanks it was the pancakes that were the last straw. Bloody awful so,I told the management I would put my hand in my pocket for a change.

Who can recommend a good quality non stick pan? Ours are knackered and I don’t want to buy rubbish. Just needs to suit an induction hob. Thanks

Thanks! My first was black but I prefer yellow on the Merse. I started with springers then decide I valued my mental health too much and moved over😂😂 When I started with yellows thirty something years ago they were a novelty in the field. Now they are everywhere it seems!

I try to train a new dog every two years to maintain a team of three or four at any time. One has been retired this year as deaf so back down to three working. Had a telephone call from a pal ten days ago offering me a dog as she had too many in the kennels and this little chap…Jack….wouldn't get the attention he needed. So Jack arrived here on Thursday. What a little sweetly! Lovely nature, follows me everywhere and if I dare sit down tries to lick me to death. Pedigree is 95% red ink so the potential is there I just need to realise it! All down to me now.

Tolley double 8

Thanks, he hears the geese before I do. Stays laid down but head goes up and nose in the direction of the geese.

With the lack of geese this year we have been doing a lot of this!

Toughest time pal we have all been there and know what you are going through