RICHARD NEGUS IS A PROFESSIONAL HEDGE LAYER AND WRITER. HE IS A KEEN WILDFOWLER AND HAS A PASSION FOR GREY PARTRIDGES
As a child, the Easter holidays were my favourite. Daylight in abundance meant lengthy outdoor adventures were possible. The sun warmed, rather than sweltered, and there were chocolate eggs to look forward to. My son Charlie has followed me in my leanings and relishes the start of spring just as much as a randy cock pheasant does, gathering up his harem of hens. Yet I cannot have the boy sitting around, idling away the lengthening days, so I set him to work. He is now sufficiently gangly for his legs to reach the pedals of a small tractor. Richard Gould and I
