The Welsh countryside has been shaped over the centuries by its rural community, a sense of common culture and a passion for sport. Shooting is fundamentally tied to this landscape.…
The Field
Must-Buy Game Fair Kit
Kit to covert at July’s Game Fair RANNOCK HSP SHOOTING WAISTCOAT HARKILA A shooting waistcoat that looks good and does the job. Harkila’s example will be available on stand with…
Properties with tennis courts
From Victorian halls to former orangeries, all these properties have one thing in common: tennis courts. Since summers are rarely spent inside these courts should provide the perfect excuse to…
Field Interview: Paul Whitehouse
Being the fishing consultant for Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing has been the best gig of my professional life. I’ve been part of a great team of talented, dedicated professionals,…
A full-bore experience Bettws than the rest
A WARM WELCOME Entering the courtyard with its pheasant sculpture centrepiece, all of a sudden, the many months of anticipation become very real. You have finally arrived at Bettws Hall,…
Sporting Diana: Captain Amy Cooper
At two years old I remember being sat on a little grey pony named Smokey. It was a far cry from the King’s Troop. I haven’t wanted to get off…
The most remote churches and chapels
There is something so intensely moving about remote churches and other places of worship. Perched on the top of a cliff, nestled into some isolated hillside or buffeted by sea…
The Perfect Lawn Tractor
There comes a moment in many a life when a person finally says “Enough.” My mowing ‘enough’ moment came last summer, prompted by our loyal, 20-year-old Westwood sit-on lawn tractor.…
The River Tweed – a journey from source to mouth
In October 1938, shortly after declaring that there would be “peace for our time”, Neville Chamberlain repaired to the River Tweed for some fishing; much-needed respite following the travails of…
Muntjac – why do they need to be culled?
While out in the countryside, I am sure that an ever-increasing number of you have heard that little rustling noise and then spotted a small, tan-coloured figure with a white,…