EdSolomons Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Is it any good? Heard some decent reports a while back (I think). There is an England selection up there in April apparently. Worth a trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 You'll like it Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Aspiring to be Hodnet and Catton Hall, but not quite there with the clubhouse. Nicely maintained ground with a few decent layouts. Definitely worth a visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky T Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Always a good shoot at Coniston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Best pop it in the diary then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Let me know if you're going Ed I'll tag along and test out my new air horn on the stands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 It's a date! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian E Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Yes Ed well worth a visit ! Go on Gordon what is wrong with the club house at Coniston ? I'm really intrigued to hear this one. Edited January 18, 2012 by Ian E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Yes Ed well worth a visit ! Go on Gordon what is wrong with the club house at Coniston ? I'm really intrigued to hear this one. The kitchen is badly positioned and the hatch is too small. Rest is bang tidy though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I hate a poorly possitioned kitchen hatch. Might not go now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I wouldn't blame you I did once pay about £3.50 for a bowl of beef broth there - I was looking forward to some hearty, home-made countrified soup, only to witness them take a tin of Heinz from the cupboard and bung it in the microwave. Robbing swines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timps Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I wouldn't blame you I did once pay about £3.50 for a bowl of beef broth there - I was looking forward to some hearty, home-made countrified soup, only to witness them take a tin of Heinz from the cupboard and bung it in the microwave. Robbing swines. Now i know you are fibbing, £3:50 is your food bill for the week and you only eat Pot Noodles....... ******* students Like nick says always a good shoot at Coniston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Yes, the serving hatch is so small, you can't use it as a Buzzard-shooting hide. I'd give it a swerve, Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthitathing Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'd love to shoot there but I can never get my gun out of the cabinet ........true Story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timps Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 They had some lovely cabinets for sale at the ground as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian E Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) I hate a poorly possitioned kitchen hatch. Might not go now. Ed, you will be glad to hear I've rung Peter Manley and cancelled this year's England selection shoot there, due to the kitchen hatch not meeting the CPSA regulations :lol: Edited January 19, 2012 by Ian E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky T Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'd love to shoot there but I can never get my gun out of the cabinet ........true Story not one of your finest days Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthitathing Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 not one of your finest days Al I was a tad grumpy that Sunday for sure . Timps photo of the new cabinet helped things along...................NOT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timps Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) I was a tad grumpy that Sunday for sure . Timps photo of the new cabinet helped things along...................NOT!!! I was just trying to help, I mean a brand new cabinet for sale and yours jammed stuck and all, I figured the photo would help as you might want to buy it. Plus the fact we had to wait for our food as chard had got stuck in the small poorly positioned hatch to the kitchen whilst trying to buy a Buzzard sandwich..... Edited January 19, 2012 by timps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Sandwich? Show the meat some respect- at least serve it with some swan mcnuggets and a jus of baby owls' tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskymac Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Great place to shoot Ed, shot there a few times and enjoyed the targets, lovely part of the world and I always thought the clubhouse was spot on, especially if you get sat in front of their roaring fire after a cold day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Potter Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Ed, I think they use Keith Roe to set the targets for there annual!!! FITASC shoot and the ESP selection shoots, Northern region for the last few years. It helps because they don't hold regular registered comps so the place and targets always appears fresh. In my view the ESP shoots have been OK+, well run, some hard targets (4 single [FUG] long quartering away birds from a very high tower), nothing too simple or easy and the rest are all testing without being impossible. I suspect you will go away well satisfied, not singing from the rooftops perhaps but certainly not disappointed. The annual FITASC shoot is certainly worth getting on though, old style so only 72 guns and really enjoyable, all us old fogies camped in the cabin reminiscing about the ounce and quarter days See you there Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Sounds good! Only a few more weeks and I'll have the gun out the cabinet again and get back to trying to hit a few. If I see you up there I'll let you buy me a coffee and a curlew frittata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100milesaway Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 It also sports a rather nice hotel at the ground, quite pricey but nice, it's on Conistons website but lots of other nice B/Bs locally if you are travelling any milage. from Auntie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsosureshot Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Are you guys talking about Coniston Cold? As in, the hotel with shooting facilities/4x4 etc etc? Someone mentioned it to me recently, said it was a cracking place. Looked a little pricey though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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