wish me luck

was just walking over the fields wondering how you were getting on! Hope you have a really really good day, tell us all about it!

Looking forward to hearing all about it!

Good luck

Hope you had a good day and it wasn't as wet as it was here! I was stopping on one drive and nearly got blown over!

Helen

no rain here, but long day and guns were poor shots!! ah well look forward to hearing claires report!!! x

dont really know where to start

totally blown away by the whole experiance

NOW i know what Springers were born to do - seeing them out there flushing the birds - in the hedgerows - in the undergrowth - doing what Ruby does everyday but in a controlled way was totally awsome and that is not a word a use lightly.

i was mouth open at them in motion - totally brillant

started our day off with a cup of coffee and a nip of sloe gin

My friend Sarah and i didnt know what to expect but we were bundled into the back of a Landrover with four men and six Springers and off across the fields

Me being Claire took three steps into the field and tripped over straight onto my face - well broke the ice anyway

although we were only probably two-three miles from where i live i had no idea most of the time where we were - saw lakes i didnt know existed - woods that appeared from no-where - in fact if we had been left behind would have struggled to find my whay home

after two or three time bundled into the Landrover with now totally muddy and steaming Springers were were covered in mud but was totally enjoying the experiance -

back for lunch - the biggest steak pie, potoatos, spring green, sweede, etc ect

with a few very large V&T - followed by chocolate bread and butter pudding

feeling quite full and sleepy but no we were off again - thought the morning was brillant but this afternoon was better. I went with "the guns" and saw the Labs retreiving the birds and ended up carrying most of them back the the Landrovers

Got dropped back into the village at 5pm with two brace of phesants and a huge old grin on my face

Ruby just attacked me, sniffing and sniffing me

"where you been Mum??????"

been invited to the beaters day next Thursday but i cant go but will go again next season and the Gamekeeper even said he would help me with some training for Ruby


What more can i say - on a total high - BRILLANT

will go to bed tonight dreaming of Springers in action - wonderful

Oh wow it sounds fantastic!! So glad you had a great day...just the description of it all has left me with a smile on my face

BRILLIANT!!!!!

So glad you enjoyed it, never mind falling over, hey, bet u giggled!!

that is half the beauty of beating, seeing "unseen" countryside.

great report, sounds like a fab shoot you have there so go and make the most of it!

So glad you enjoyed it Claire, been wondering all day how you were getting on.

Great you enjoyed your day, another convert me thinks

We were just up the road from you at Ashton, not such a good day as yours with in minutes of starting this morning Dufus let out a yelp and came back with his paw in the air, so I called it a day and dropped in at the vets for a quick check, of course he's walking around now as if nothing has happened

Wow Claire...you've had a day and a half!

Sounds like loads of fun

Claire, your report has me grinning from ear to ear , so i can imagine how your feeling, wish i lived closer to the countryside

Made me smile
What a fantastic day.

so pleased you had a mud, sorry good time .i'm sure you will be keeping a lot of those sights you saw, in your head as memories for years to come.