A few years ago we got caught up in a fox shoot here and felt as
though we were in a war zone. Not that any shots were fired but periodically
we'd be surprised by a shooter, camouflaged head to toe, leaning against a
tree, shotgun or high powered rifle with telescopic sights in hand. As we passed each of them radioed
ahead to warn of our presence which, while reassuring, added a military feel to
the whole thing.
Today (20 January) it was a pheasant shoot and those involved seemed
blissfully unaware that we were walking the drove road and about to pass very
close. Too close. Eventually a shout went up - 'walkers'. Some heard, some didn't, and as
two pheasants flew straight towards me (and not that high above me) an idiot
took a shot; one of the birds dropped behind a wall a few yards away. Why oh
why did they not have warning notices? Why not suspend firing for the few minutes it took for us to clear the area? If we hear guns in this area again we'll be staying high.
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| View east from the drove road |
6 comments:
Wow! I thought I was in danger from the wind today.
Hi Conrad. Mountains I can cope with, guns not so well!
I think you've been amazingly tolerant, Gibson.
I would have been straight on the phone to the police.
:-(
Hi Alan - we've met the Estate Manager several times and he's a pretty nice guy so I never really thought of taking things further.
Scary! You are very tolerant Gibson.
Hello Martin. You and Mr Sloman seem to think so but 'tolerant' is probably not a word people who know me would use!
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