More in hope than expectation
Every cloud has a silver lining, even in COVID-19 lockdown. Saturday, 14 November was supposed to be our first main day and we were bitterly disappointed when Boris Johnson announced the new rules. However, it rained hard or very hard all day, with gales to boot.
Even if we had gone out in pursuit of our wild pheasants, we would surely have drawn stumps at lunch time — and a sandwich in an open barn, rather than game casserole and a chance to dry out indoors, would not have been much fun either.
“A newly shot bird with its muscles all still warm is easier to pluck than a cold, stiff one”
Spotting what was in
