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A rabbiting right-and-left

To say it was stormy would be a crashing understatement. Ciara was in town and she wasn’t happy. What was originally booked as a “catch and cook” day for two women with a knife-sharpening demonstration quickly morphed into a few hours harvesting some fresh rabbits for lunch.

The weather wasn’t conducive to a full day on the hill but, being an avid wildfowler, Alan from Danum Blades still made the hike north. I couldn’t think of a better way to demonstrate the full field-to-fork ethos than taking Alan ferreting, using what we harvested for our lunch, prepared by knives made and sharpened by Alan’s own hands.

The day started in typical fashion. First, we had a power cut,

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