the legendary Victorian hunting enthusiast, the grocer John Jorrocks, would have enjoyed living in 21st-century Britain, for he wasn’t very politically correct. One of his most memorable quotes was: “There’s nowt so queer as scent, ’cept women.” I’m not sure he would be allowed to say that today. I thought of that quote on my last day’s shooting of the past season. There had been a hard overnight frost, with the temperature dropping to -3°C; the sun shone brilliantly all day, there was no wind, and in the
