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This week it's Glenmorangie original. Other weeks it can be a Macallan - one of the older ones. A perennial favourite is Laphroaig, Quarter Cask or otherwise. We always bring a bottle of that back from Gibraltar. My wife buys me Scotch so I have no excuse for drinking her brandy. I have no...

Having neither dripping nor swinging issues I would normally be guided by a lady's observations, but in this instance I simply have no opportunity for exhibitionism while shooting.

No, Schmokinn, I'm not. Having wandered round this morning and simply failed to connect with virtually anything, I feel I must be coming down with something. I'm not the best shot on the block by any means, but when you're struggling to make 40% there's a problem. Back up at the top I thought...

Oh how I wish all my bad habits were pigeon related!  Not a competition, but Tuesday pottering round with the gang today. We will be at Purbeck, where a bunch of new stands have been built a little further away from the troublesome noise complainant. Tried these in a biting wind last week, and...

Mothers' Day chaos here today combined with SWMBO's birthday. How I would love to be shooting, I'm terribly envious of all those who are managing to get out there. This gig - females of all ages clucking 'n twittering in the kitchen - will, it seems, go on for ever. This is surely not what...

Oh, what did they do to upset you?

BSA Meteor, around 1962. Purchased from Watson's ironmongers in Tadcaster, it was a .177, and it came with a steel target holder sprayed white, a small plastic bottle of oil, and a tin of BSA pellets. I was immediately whisked off to the range at RAF Church Fenton for a blissfull hour's...

I have single vision contacts. I am short sighted, with astigmatism in my right (dominant) eye. Normally the standard of vision is excellent, and of course the central part of the lens is always placed on the central part of my eye, unlike spectacles where one is frequently looking through the...

I think Schmokinn may well have called it right! Do you do the Farmers' FITASC, Robert? I did one last year and it's a long day for my weary body. I hadn't realised it was a "two sessions with lunch in between" affair. Of course the normal FITASC may be different. I will enquire.

Would love to report "Where I've been" and "How it went" today but was informed yesterday that today's ESP at Purbeck is cancelled due, apparently, to "lack of interest". I'm told that those whose names were already down have been informed. Again. It's a shame. Dorset isn't exactly awash with...

After reviewing the last few months I really think that my major goal for the year should be to try my very best to stay well enough to shoot regularly. That probably means avoiding freezing fog and very cold days, the last period of which left me with bronchitis. That's probably the most...

Out of touch?  Undoubtedly - I'm gently reminded of this by MrsP every time I buy a shirt/tie/pair of trousers/vehicle or share my thoughts about music/fashion/culture/politics or bemoan the activities of children or grandchildren. So you're right there, guilty as charged. I'm delighted to hear...

Safety, rules, and legality are most certainly things that concern us all. But I have seen the unpleasant response from a transgressor in the fairly recent past. None of us feel comfortable approaching someone who is doing something unsafe or illegal or against the rules, and of course the CPSA...

Do your dog's eyes always glow in the dark like that? Does the installation of a log burner automatically confer this superpower on domestic animals?

Funny isn't it - the name "Clay Pigeon Shooting Association" clearly and unequivocally announces that we shoot inanimate things. Nobody thinks we do otherwise. Yet here we have the suggestion that squandering a fortune on a name change might benefit the outfit in some way. What threat to its...

I can't help but ponder just how much money it might cost to make such a change. It's not just a "search and replace" thing with a word processor, it's a fundamental root-and-branch redesign of every printed example of every document that incorporates the CPSA acronym. Every web page, every...

Dammit AGL it's "breech", not "breach"! Grrrr!

Dunno. Best to keep an eye on Google etc. But in all fairness there's a wealth of places to stay locally> Only a couple of years ago I could have recommended a four star holiday cottage a mere stone's throw from the venue, but we have it full of Romanians now. I will probably see Graham...

Course designed by the renowned Graham Brown, located on the Jurassic Coast, what's not to like? I will be there. Probably not shooting, more likely stickybeaking from the bushes, but I'll be there...

Just what I thought, Schmokinn...