hi lads i went beating today &after a bad start to the day [crashed the motor on the way] keeper came to my rescue and we set off beating . with the snow being so deep it wasnt long before koda was carrying balls of snow & ice on his chest and feathered legs ,i cleaned off at the end of each drive to ease his burden but the last drive we do is a bit big & consists of driving birds to a more suitable wood . we achieved that & set about working the plantation which is hard work at the best of times but double hard today with all the snow and koda set off already carrying