Adventures of Nick & Ted Age 63 months

At long last we are getting back to some kind of normality. The easing of the lockdown meant that I was able to take a long-awaited trip to Cumbria.

The trip was both for work and pleasure. I needed to get some images for Fran Ardley’s gundog training articles in Sporting Gun, but I was also keen to get a few pointers for young Percy, as I had a looming working test. I took both Ted and the young dog, and I realised how quickly Ted’s fitness had tailed off since the end of what shooting season we had. It is really hard to keep the dogs fit during the off season and though I am keen for