A royal spaniel reborn
Aug 11, 2021
3 minutes
ABOUT 30 YEARS ago, on a bitterly cold December afternoon, I joined James Darley and his spaniel, Duncan, for a pheasant hunt at Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire. I use the word ‘hunt’ advisedly. It wasn’t a conventional rough shooting outing. Most of the time, I recall, was spent pursuing and trying to outwit the same exceedingly wily cock pheasant. It was due to the determination of Duncan and his handler that the crafty old bird was eventually bagged.
To put this story into perspective, I should add that Duncan
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