Grandalf Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Very late to start this season due domestic problems and a trapped nerve in my back. However, this morning was the morning. Reveille at 03 stupid hours. Dogs out, dogs in, breakfast (porridge), ablutions and on the road at 0410. Had been carefully briefed on where to go by well meaning friends. Missed the turning into a field gate on a main road where the 0530 speed limit seems to be much higher than the one enforced during daylight hours, and had to settle for somewhere else. (Amazing how many different tones of car horns there are and how loudly they sound in the wee small hours of the morning). Anyway, as it happens all this was to my advantage. Long walk to my alternative marsh but down a long and even concrete road - the locals will have recognised the place already - over the railway crossing and set up on 'Dave's' gate. I usually prefer the next one but changed my mind today. Before 0700 the first skeins were airborne. Had one down at two minutes to seven followed by a watery retrieve for Merlyn. She, like me, is getting on in years but also very keen. By 0730 I had my bag limit of pinks (4) and then just sat back and watched the action for the next two hours. Tens and tens of thousands of birds came past me, over me and, in a couple of cases, damn nearly through me. On and on and on in a seemingly endless procession. And the sound - Never ever forget the sound of pinks. Wonderful to be back in the real world. Having arranged a lady to care for The Memsahib for the day there was no way I was going to waste the day by going home. I sat in the hide and had a prolonged walk around the local area until 1330 then took a leisurely stroll back to the truck. Never saw another person at less than half a mile until I got back to the village where we park. No other fowlers in my local area and no shots heard from the surrounding area. Watched 5 Chinese Water Deer going about there business. Numerous other birds flew over the area and a fox was 'chased' down the railway line, which sits on an embankment, by a man in an orange boiler suit and white bone-dome with a large hammer over his shoulder. The Charlie was about 400 yards in front of him and ran along the track for over half a mile. Full marks to my old lab for noticing this first - at a range of about half a mile. I had to get the binoculars out to see what it was. She is, like most other old dogs, selectively deaf but there is obviously nothing wrong with her eyesight. Anyway, a fantastic morning in a fantastic spot. It may not be 'real' fowling but for a gentleman of my years it will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morty Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Loved that thanks for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 A fine post of a fine outing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler23 Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 That's a perfect a morning as a man could wish for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.5x55SE Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Well done to you Grandalf pleased for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooops Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Great write up Grandalf, thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Glad the read you got out and bagged up on the Pinks. Good to read your report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Glad that you have managed to get out Grandalf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clodhopper Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Great read well done.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Good write up and good to see you are getting out again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Magic....many of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Excellent write-up Ben. We have thousands os Pinks here this year, it is an amazing sound as they take flight and come over you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Surely the best sound in the world outside of a bedroom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Reading that Ben I felt I was there with you. Good on you Ben All the best, dougy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Read part two Dougy. A Non Magic Morning. Things change... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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