Upland keeper
was quite disappointing to read the letter in Shooting Times entitled ‘The Old Guard’ (Letters, 7 April). Having watched the transformation of the countryside and its management in recent years, perhaps it should not have surprised me as much as it did. I have noticed there has been a surprising number of young men simply walking away from a career they longed for, but why? Having been responsible for numerous students over the years, it’s true that, even on my part, there were
