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Lovely place, some interesting things nearby, Colchester is a bit of a dump but castle is good, Lavenham, Dedham nice, Mersea is interesting ... loads to do

Depends what shooting you are doing but I’d echo boots and gaitors over wellies unless you are attending several driven days per week and don’t have time to clean boots.. For clothing, Seeland and Deerhunter have proven good for me when cost conscious. However Musto stuff is great and lasts well so is good value in the long run.

Have a shower after you swim? Or does the pool count as your bath for the day ?

Suggest you make yourself aware of the general licence, not pussyfooting around but ignoring the law is a threat to shooting.

Potentially a can o’ worms, but if you felt that the Pigeon pooh was a danger to human health ( kids playing in garden city on swings covered in pigeon pooh as an example) and you had tried other methods to scare them then you could shoot them under GL but you might find neighbours get upset and call plod citing ‘ suspicious man waving a rifle out of the window shooting animals’, best to be as quiet as possible.

We have a large black glass garden table that i the domestic technician just can't seem to get the water marks off... any ideas?

Hi Im just looking to start out and trying to decide what starter kits to buy.. How long does beer last in pressurised barrels? (I can’t drink 40 pints over a weekend anymore) I’m thinking bottles may be the way forward? Any ideas how ling beer can live in bottles? Bizarely by fluke I picked up a Wherry Kit and St. Peter’s kit on my recent travels so it sounds like the wherry is the best one to start with Can I brew in the garage or is it too cold?.. Im interested in starting due to the economics and variety available Thanks

Still no evidence of the 500M revenue generation... are that many people buying that much wedding tat?

Two things here, should the Royal family be trimmed? Yes, why on earth are Sarah Ferguson and Mike Tyndall on the public expense list? secondly, where have these magical 500M figures come from? How are they arrived at? It’s an awfully convenient number...

Great, thanks I will take a look

Thank you, 308 it is!

I read that 5.56 destabilises and tumbles at 400M + and so key holes and wounds, can’t remember where I read that though, think it was by accident than design

I suppose so... cant really put a roof on the tower!

I’m going to help out a pest control company friend who doesn’t have a rifle ( his work is trapping Vermin and bugs) on some land that has a regular fox issue but is noise sensitive. I understand that you can reload .308 to sub sonic, are there any other options? I’d be looking to ditch my 243 and trade in so I need a rifle that will be leagal for U.K. Deer.

How about shot curtains like they had at Commonwealth Games?

Errr, he opens by saying ‘ we are now going to reenact the conversation and show highlights of the conversation’. ... sadly the ****wits that want to believe this won’t care what the truth is...

Yep, that’s the stuff! , it’s flipping huge and spiky... good for sheltering under when it rains.. Quite the botanist me!

Makes sense, it does look quite cool (on someone else’s land) very Jurassic Park... Almost as cool as the huge Rhubarb looking stuff that we also have...

Brilliant, thanks, it’s all over the woodland trust land here and has spread onto the estate... The kids wanted to plant it in the garden...guess not!

Hi Guys Any ideas? It’s not in any of my plant books..

Hi Im looking for an air rifle that my sons can use but have hunting suitable power. Light weight will be a big consideration as we can cover some distance to get in air rifle distance of rabbits Thanks

Shame that you are so far away otherwise you could try mine. Disadvanages - Wind drift, Loud, Meat damage if you don’t head shoot. Advantages- very accurate, point and shoot out to 130M with 100M zero, convincing on rabbits and foxes (out to a sensible range), cheaper to feed than cf

Stupidly I didn’t have my phone.. We do have a good population of Owls so could well be that , Buzzards are nearby but I’ve never seen them on this stretch and we do have the odd sparrow hawk..

A quick mooch around tonight looking for Branchers and I stumbled across a neat pile of grey Partridge bones with a handful of feathers attached. It’s was a very neat job with pretty much just keg and wing bones left behind. Any ideas?

Think I might grow a beard...