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LOOKING BACK

I can still vividly remember my early teenage years when Greg was sent a Dear John email (actually more of a single line bomb) out of the blue from the hunting publications he'd been a regular contributor to for some years.

Being abruptly cast aside as Gun Editor of the existing publications was a puzzling one for Greg to comprehend, having passionately poured years of time and energy into this position. What to do now?

Following a lifetime of working on the land across varied forms, Greg and Fi were operating their own orchard and vineyard and managing a large deer farm at the time. This could sound appealing and somewhat romantic from the outside, but at the coal face, running a productive and profitable horticulture operation requires intense and focussed months of labour, particularly around harvest time (which seemed to always creep into the roar for some apple varieties). You're at the

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