Why keepers are a bit like nuns and priests

There was a time when the vast majority of keepers and stalkers owed their career to an accident of birth. I remember reading something years ago stating that, much like nuns, both nurses and gamekeepers must never be attracted to their chosen profession by high financial reward; it must be a calling or passion, ensuring that only those who are fully committed are interested.

I would suggest that were this true, it is one of the few things that the latter cohort has in common with nuns. Keepers work extremely long hours, seven days a week; with today’s employment laws it is more expected than insisted. A friend of mine recalls his interview with a land agent