Shooting Times & Country

Drumming up the feel-good factor

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, goes the old saying. Over the past year and a bit, I imagine we’ve all become aware that we failed to appreciate fully everything we had around us, from game fairs, to the people. While we all appreciate these things to some extent, we simply think we’re never going to lose them.

The COVID-19 restrictions may have been lifted, but all those losses are still at the forefront of our minds. Personally speaking, the pandemic has been a humbling experience from which I have drawn many positives, and I will never fall into the trap of taking anything or anyone for granted ever again.

Regroup

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