Lupton today

Unsuccessful selling the horse today, there are just so many time wasters out there.

Anyway having had fish & chips in Kirkby Lonsdale (which were excellent) we arrived at Lupton Shooting Ground at about 12.30. It is situated at Crabtree Farm immediately opposite the Plough Inn.

We met up with Lynn James, Andy and Shaun and set off.

There were some very tricky targets and it was not Seb's day today, he was not on form and his headache did not help. Phil was really pleased with his score of 65, which for the targets was very good. 

The ground is well set up and very reasonable at £17 for the round (they also sell fantastic pies!)

A very enjoyable afternoon in good company. 

Clay shooting at Lupton

We are off to Myerscough College this morning, where our horse Rosie is on loan, to see a lady who may be interested in buying her.

After that we are going to Lupton Shooting Ground in North Yorkshire for the boys to do a spot of clay shooting.

Seb is improving each time he goes out and is often getting better scores than his dad, which has boosted his confidence a lot!

Call back later for a report on the ground!

James Dewhurst Memorial Clay Shoot

A 50 bird sporting clay shoot to be held at Coniston Shooting Ground on Friday 15th April.

Cost is £30 including supper at the Black Bull at Rimington.

Proceeds to Martin Top Chapel.

James, who was a keen shooter, tragically died along with his cousin Sam Lund in a car accident.

Coniston Shooting ground today

Well on this beautiful, sunny Sunday we are just getting ready to go to Coniston Shooting Ground for the first North of England selection shoot.

Phil is getting nervous but Seb is still on his xbox!

North Of England Sporting Selection Shoot

At Coniston on Sunday 10th April 2011 is the North of England Selection Shoot.

See www.conistonshootingground.co.uk

I had previously said that the James Dewhurst Memorial Shoot was on the same day, this is incorrect. I will post when I have full details.

Pigeons!

As it is Mothers Day, Phil & Seb are not going Clay shooting this weekend.

However, to get their shooting 'fix', they went out yesterday evening to see if there were any pigeons about.

Decoys were set up and then off to the hide to sit and wait.

A couple flew over and checked out the decoys but they were just too far away to get a shot.

Some more flew in and shots were taken but luck was on the pigeons side.

More waiting and watching when their luck changed and it was a pigeon each!

So we will be having pigeon for tea tomorrow.

Watch out on ribblevalleygourmet.blogspot.com for an upcoming recipe!

Spring!

Well, now that spring is now on its way, the buds are appearing on the trees and there are lambs in the fields.
As the 1st of April heralded the start of the Buck season, Phil is champing at the bit to get out. Pressures at work are putting a bit of a dampener on this though!

We have not seen any Bucks yet but they will still be in velvet like this chap who we woke up last year.

He could not work out what we were and stood looking at us, bleary eyed, for a few minutes.

The local Skia Stags are still with antlers, Phil and Seb saw a very nice one during the week looking very majestic and in good condition.

This was taken last year.

The hen pheasants have all been collected and delivered to the lucky cock pheasants and we now await the arrival of six week old poults in August. Lots to be done before then though.

Phil and Seb are not doing any clay shooting this weekend but will be at Coniston Shooting Ground on Wednesday for some more practice. Last week they both had a good round on compac but did not fair too well on the Skeet but as it was the first time they were not too disappointed. 

Call back soon