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Barrow for me.  Mental battle continues.  Not quite as bad as Friday, but still had a couple of flinches.  Two stands in particular I mucked up.  A rl rabbit and lr crosser, nothing difficult, but I flinched on the first target and then had that in my mind so was holding on to everything for the...

Went back this morning.  Couldn't find the first bird (a lr crosser) on a sim pair over the pond yesterday. Shot it on it's own, two hits.  Then shot 8 sim pairs and straighted it. Sim pair of lr in the valley where I dropped two pairs yesterday.  Shot a pair on report, then 7 sim pairs, dropped...

Kibworth today and more of the same.  Started off fine, then started hanging on and flinched four times, through the middle stands.  Last four stands I only dropped two targets.  76 again and I made massively hard work of getting to that. I need to stop thinking about not missing and turn it...

Churchills as well. Stand 10 lr was a midi rather than a battue. I had a day of having the yips. Two trigger flinches and on 7 stands I dropped either the last pair or the last bird. Trying too hard and hanging on as a result. Totally stuffed the sim pair on 6 missed 7. 17 away on the first 6...

College Farm today. Shot the first half of the course fairly well, was 7 away after 7 stands, even managed to straight a sim pair. Stand 8 was a floaty incomer followed by a quartering away looper. Could I hit the first bird? No. It looked straight to me, but must have been curling as having a...

Redricks for me. Good start, straight on the first two stands.  Then the first of three poor stands.  Held far to far back on a quartering battue and so annoyed I missed the second clay as well.  Smashed the second pair, then missed the next pair, just poor concentration.  Stand 4 and I muck up...

Churchill's today. Perfect weather, not too hot and no wind. I had a really good start, with everything feeling easy. Halfway around and only 3 missed. Started feeling a bit nervy, but got through the first 10 stands only 6 away. Stand 11 I did one of my regular sim pair meltdowns and dropped 5...

I know someone that shoots one. Had issues with ejector timing. Been back to the factory more than once.

Maintained or start in front and pull away are my usual approach to crossers / loopers / battue. I'm fine with sharply quartering stuff that you can get away with shooting at, it's the quicker stuff that just needs a little bit of lead. I'm either way out in front or off the back from slowing...

Tried taking the low one quickly on the first two pairs, I just couldn't generate enough lead quickly enough. At least taking it later I managed to hit one on each of the last three pairs. Coincidentally I was a College Farm with Cheryl on Thursday for a couple of hours. Agree she's really...

Barrow for me. Only the 2nd time I've been and the first time in several years. Shot the first half of the course OK, even managed to straight a sim pair convincingly, with just a high rl quartering away looper I couldn't find. Then Stand 7. A sim pair of lr battue that would have been stiff on...

Kibworth today for their monthly Reg shoot. Enjoyed the targets, not too many going aways today! Managed to straight the crosser off the tower for the first time and shot the rest of it well. Missed a couple of rabbits holding on to see if they would jump and went over the dropping target off...

I expect the 1.32 included the clay cost as well...

I am. Right at the east edge of East Sussex. Not far from Battle.

Westfield and Barbury are probably a bit too far for me. I've got almost an extra hour on you I think. Thinking of doing Barrow Heath next Sunday, is that just turn up?

Shot the Beretta Worlds for the first time on Thursday. I don't normally shoot a Beretta, so had to use a semi-auto that I rarely use. Definitely felt odd on some of the targets as it's so light up front. I enjoyed it nonetheless and didn't totally disgrace myself, finished on 85. Was in two...

Hope Phil's better. It was unpleasantly hot, even walking between stands was knackering.

Churchills today and a very mixed bag for me. Good start, good finish, some really woobly bits in between. Struggled on the crosser from the scaffold and hit or miss on the next stand as well. Couple of other dodgy stands on the way around, low orange crossers being my bane today. Finished on...

Drop in ESP cut-off from B to A I've seen. Makes a change, it's usually receding into the distance rather than getting closer.

Driving back from the midlands today and called in at Gatton Bottom as it only required a short diversion. Best part of 3hrs driving and I arrive to find the toilets have been stolen! Needed a wee but thought I'd be ok. Got increasingly uncomfortable on the way around but after making a show of...