Posted by Midlander on
Thursday, 29th of October 2009 • Full article
GAME Fairs Ireland enjoyed another successful game and country fair, despite the worst summer weather for years, and the beautiful grounds of Birr Castle Demesne were left in good condition despite the throng of visitors.
Posted by John Rowing on
Thursday, 29th of October 2009 • Full article
HAVING spent my life ranching cattle in East Africa I can endorse Ray Charles' warning about Lyme’s disease, or as we knew it, tick fever (The Countryman's Weekly 08/06/08).
I know two young men who suffered from this and they seemed to recover fully after spending many weeks in hospital. This was due to excellent nursing and their levels of strength and fitness as the many weeks without physical movement for tick fever puts a tremendous strain on the heart.
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Thursday, 29th of October 2009 • Full article
A TRIO of teal skimmed the edge of the saltings as I looked up from winding in a decoy. It would have been a good chance if I had been in the hide but, after six hours of patient waiting without much of a chance of any description, their passage went unsaluted. When your luck deserts you it really does desert you!
Posted by By Jeff Griffiths on
Wednesday, 30th of September 2009 • Full article
I MET Steve at the shooting club when he overheard me talking about a night’s lamping rabbits with my air rifle on a small five acre plot grazed by horses.
Posted by By Jeremy Lucas on
Wednesday, 30th of September 2009 • Full article
THE rivers have been blessed with rain again this summer and our fears of prolonged dry weather were confined to May and early June. While fishermen have complained about not being able to fish the swollen waters, the spates and heavy flows have at least protected fish and other wildlife by diluting the agricultural pollutants.
Posted by Brad on
Wednesday, 30th of September 2009 • Full article
Periodically our local hunt organise a ‘Fun Ride’ in and around the forest adjoining my land. I applaud such events for in this way youngsters as well as older people who ride are brought into contact with the sport which needs all the support it can muster following the ban on hunting with hounds.
Posted by By Nimrod on
Wednesday, 30th of September 2009 • Full article
AROUND us the harvest is largely still standing but parts of it are lying down! Only one or two fields have been snatched between the near constant downpours which, we are assured by the forecasters, are likely to make this August the wettest on record.
An increasing number of farmers in my part of the West Country have grown grain to meet growing demand but the yields this summer will, I suspect, be poor and the grain driers may have to work overtime.
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