Howesyke SHOOT NORTH YORKSHIRE

There was a reassuring clinking from the back of Rob Brown’s 4x4 as we left the warmth of the gunroom and headed up to his moor. It was reassuring because despite being late August the weather was looking as though it was soon going to be “yukken it down” as an old Yorkshire friend of mine used to say. The less brave amongst us might just need to retreat to the bothy at some point.

The moor in question was Howesyke, tucked away at Thoralby near Leyburn in North Yorkshire. Rob, one of five keen shooting brothers, had taken Howesyke Farm on in 2009, recognising there was a challenge on there to transform what