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More potent than medicine

WITH LAURENCE CATLOW

LAURENCE CATLOW, A PASSIONATE SHOOTER AND ANGLER FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, HAS WRITTEN FIVE BOOKS ABOUT SPORT WITH ROD AND GUN.

In my last article I told you how, over the course of the summer, I fell victim to crippling attacks of anxiety and how, by involving myself in the activities I loved, even though this was sometimes initially difficult, I began to find my way back towards a better state of mind. I told you how flanking on the local grouse moor, how clay pigeon shooting, how working on my little shoot and how a return to my rivers all brought soothing comfort, with hope

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