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I've just buried the old girl, 15 and a half, she's had cancer for about 3 years but the other day she ran a deer for a few hundred yards (!) and gave herself a hernia so it was time. Had her from a pup off MB and she's been a brilliant dog. Good manners, obedient, clean in herself, clean in the house, never any hassle, didn't like teeth but great at everything else. Shame they get old. She's now in the garden with her 3 mates. D.

I put a post up last summer off a young bitch from my litter i had back . Last season she dabbled but never consistent. This year due to a couple off injuries she was my main bitch . Ran 3 times a week sometimes 4 never injured apart from the odd cosmetic and a fantastic season shes had. I was her 3rd home but was with guys i knew so i knew the reasons where genuine and nothing on the dog . Best decision i made when she come back was shes staying put .

11 months old

Dog and bitch 6months

Freddie 11 months old

I was happily retired, unexpectedly unretired for a few months , back home and now bored stiff. So I was thinking about getting a lamping dog. I was forbidden. Bitch. So she overheard a phone conversation about me and a pal buying a shrimping boat, just to fish locally in decent weather conditions. She went f****n ballistic. "How old are you? You're not twenty any more you know. You've just buggered off for months and left me recovering from an operation. Er no. You had your sister and your mate a nurse staying here. Part of the reason I took off. You're a f****n idio

My gaff at a few different locations

Wifey's Cottage pie. Cheers Arry

Next week will do me good crack this year

My grandson is mini me my genes are strong and hopefully he will carry it on as he grows luckily I pick them up from school 3 days a week and they live a couple of yards away so we are out together all the time plus he only spends @bout 4 days a month with his dad so I’m the male roll model in his life poor little fecker lol

Nice couple a hours walk getting ready for Mick and wanger

Walk up to the Avon Dam on Dartmoor. Cheers Arry

My youngest girl passed her driving test yesterday, she was so nervous/anxious the night before I wasn't sure she'd even go... that's it now I've got 3 taxi drivers to pay me back for the years of lifts lol

Took my mates young’un out into my office for an early evening stalk, this young roe was ideal for him, fingers crossed for a growth spurt so he can start dragging them off the field

Made a chicken and chorizo bean casserole Tuesday which was very nice ta, yesterday I put the leftovers under a mash top and had it with savoy cabbage.

A week before I lost my Dad,I was fishing a mark and caught a decent conger,I was on my own at the time,as I was unhooking it,the top circle hook caught one of my fingers,the eel decided to do a death roll ended up wrapping and pinning my hand to its head anyway I got it unhooked and my hand was sore as f**k.. got back to the car and I ended up leaving a rod and rocket multiplier on the side, realised next morning when getting my stuff out the carwent back and it was gone,I've joined various local groups, offered a reward as they were given to me by my Oldman ,and from a matching pair...cho

Bit of bushing on Dartmoor

Well first nice day of this year and it was great to be out with the sun on our backs. But things didn't turn out to as far as the Rabbits were concerned. First burrow a dig, not too bad two foot, but a half grown one. Then the next just one at home then more young and two more kills. Early for half grown Rabbits, we always get a few but this many this early on. Still its was lovely to out for a change with out getting wet. The farm collie always follows us out and will mark but then sits next to the ferrets. Cheers Arry

No,please God no

Steak Pie. cheers Arry

Gammon steak dinner Cheers, D.

Few new pie lines again today , chicken Balti pasties , ploughman’s pork pie pickled onions wrapped in pork with generous piccalilli layer mature cheddar and pastry cross lid . Also a pork and honey sracha sauce .

New pie to add to our extensive range of pork pie specials, however this is beef . It’s a beef and mustard pie , designed to be eaten cold . Did a test run of samples for customers ti try and a good feed back .

Thats what got me hooked over 60 years ago. I nagged my father to take me out when I was a but he was reluctant, as I supposed it was his space and they could bugger off to the pub after. Then one day he said yes. The first Rabbit I saw was when I place on a mound of dirt about a meter high surrounded by nettles higher than me and about a meter from the hedge. About 20 meters from where the action was but told to watch this one run net on top of the hedge and to grab the Rabbit if it got in it. I just stood there eye glued to that net and sure enough a Rabbit came up the hedge and was in the n

A few years ago l was kindly given some ferrets to replace my aging gang by THL member "Bob the ferret". Sadly this generosity coincided with the dwindling of the bunny population in my area. By the time my ancient workers had reached their use by date there was nothing left for the youngsters to hunt. Hence these particular ferrets had never seen a live rabbit. Today that changed when an old friend asked if l would mind getting rid of a rabbit or two that had been accidentally fenced inside a garden he was about to help landscape . There were about 60 old holes in a b

Pork fillet stuffed with apricot and chestnut stuffing wrapped in bacon ,was nice served with mashed swede and sprouts, i destroyed the roast tatties and binned them in anger

Mince beef stew with carrots, turnip, leek, shallots, tinned tomatoes and creamy mash, 4 hours in the oven, amazing, I’ve eaten very well today

As age creeps up on me at an alarming rate I keep meaning to do the same. Just recently gave a load of my pike fishing gear to my grandson and I was joking to his dad when he came to pick it up it will be less stuff of mine to go through when I croak. It's the fairly large book collection on hunting related and nature i need to get my head around sorting out. The same day his dad took him pike fishing and he caught one on the tackle I gave him that was great to see the pic's he sent me.

Lamb Roast. Wifey don't like the Sprouts. Cheers Arry

Not been here long and I’ve had a chub and just had this double take . My mate at the side has had a chub , a 9.1 and a 12.9 pb as he was putting the 9 back

Why would it need to be an increase in income tax specifically? Why not a moratorium on overseas aid ? Why not cut all benefits to illegal immigrants ? Why not a tax increase on the likes of Amazon ? Why pay an estimated £35 billion to give away the Chagos Islands ? Or how about cancelling net zero and the huge subsidies and drill for our own oil and frack for our own gas ? There are many ways of increasing military spending. Cheers.

Went down the pub this lunchtime and felt like I’d won the lottery. A new friend brought in a 4lb zander and then another pal brought me a haunch of roe and 2 rabbits. I had a lovely lunchtime. Guess I’m busy tomorrow. Jok.

Prices going up won't affect me I only ever put 30 pound in

Nothing better than free food, I’ve just dropped an old poacher who had a stroke a couple of years ago a full roe carcass off, I had to run away from him because he kept trying to give me 20 quid

I know I'm an old bugger but I struggled to day. Photos are a bit deceiving it's steeper than it looks. It was beautiful day and dry for a change, only managed three but no young this time. Although they were all in young. Post and wire again, so put run nets behind nearly every fence post. I said to my mate where next, he said I know a place that does a nice cup of tea. Yeah my place so thats where we went Lol. Cheers Arry

It’s looking a bit shabby but it’s been hard work since the help left ! lol

Nice couple hours out this morning for a handful of fat bunnies ferret beat the dog to the longnet on one as well

Just got back from doing the nc500 with my daughter been an epic week amazing wether was ment to do it in summer but had a car smash so never got around to it , we car camped each night-4 was coldest it got and I saw +8 , just had artic army sleeping bags and an electric blanket run off a battery, epic trip and epic memories made

My half cross to a 3/4 so 5/8 from this line

Last Waterloo Cup 21 years ago today; Cheers.

Bought two boxes of mussels from Waitrose on offer , only my eldest was brave enough to get stuck in , mopped it up with some Greek olive bread , yum.

My lad in the white shirt