Back to earth with a bump for me... after a FITASC PB a couple of weeks ago, and an excellent 'practice' day at College Farm on Friday, I ventured to Grimsthorpe with GavB to meet a few others from the site (Jem0911, Sian et al) for 100 FSP reg.
Heard horror stories about Saturday, very windy, very cold - so we wrapped up warm as it was reading -2c in Berkshire as we left. Wind had died, but it was still very chilly as we started on the Car Park layout. There was a tricky high teal that was shot edge on from peg 1, and a fast crosser that cause a few people problems.
We moved onto the Arena layout with a couple of tricky high quartering birds from Peg 1 - and a low incomer, with some high crossers on Peg 2 and 3 - we had a fairly lengthy delay as a trap on the tower broke, and the replacement then broke - bad luck all round, but it was a great layout.
Third layout for us was Browning - with high crossing midi that cause a few problems, especially when on peg 3 it became a fast going away overhead. Some creative use of space on this layout, with trees really focusing the attention.
Final layout was super tough for me - first peg featured some edge on birds diving into crops. As we moved round the pegs it was easy to see how those were misjudged and needed a lot more lead... there was a super quick battue which needed some quick footwork to get onto.
Overall an excellent mix of targets, and despite some delays - everything was well run and presented. I struggled with doubles today, hitting 1/4, 2/4 and not really getting my setup right for anything in a double. Timing was definitely off - but I know I don't shoot well in the cold so it was maybe not the best day for me.
As always the Grimsthorpe team are very welcoming and we had a great day, with a fun squad and some decent shooting.
Heard horror stories about Saturday, very windy, very cold - so we wrapped up warm as it was reading -2c in Berkshire as we left. Wind had died, but it was still very chilly as we started on the Car Park layout. There was a tricky high teal that was shot edge on from peg 1, and a fast crosser that cause a few people problems.
We moved onto the Arena layout with a couple of tricky high quartering birds from Peg 1 - and a low incomer, with some high crossers on Peg 2 and 3 - we had a fairly lengthy delay as a trap on the tower broke, and the replacement then broke - bad luck all round, but it was a great layout.
Third layout for us was Browning - with high crossing midi that cause a few problems, especially when on peg 3 it became a fast going away overhead. Some creative use of space on this layout, with trees really focusing the attention.
Final layout was super tough for me - first peg featured some edge on birds diving into crops. As we moved round the pegs it was easy to see how those were misjudged and needed a lot more lead... there was a super quick battue which needed some quick footwork to get onto.
Overall an excellent mix of targets, and despite some delays - everything was well run and presented. I struggled with doubles today, hitting 1/4, 2/4 and not really getting my setup right for anything in a double. Timing was definitely off - but I know I don't shoot well in the cold so it was maybe not the best day for me.
As always the Grimsthorpe team are very welcoming and we had a great day, with a fun squad and some decent shooting.
