Saturday 3 October 2009

A new season is here....

....A new shooting season is here; which can only mean one thing. The colder months and winter are coming upon us!

Today, the first shoot of the season, was a real blustery autumn day; which makes me think of a song from Winnie the Pooh about a blustery day -

"Hum dum dum ditty dum
Hum dum dum

Oh the wind is lashing lustily
And the trees are thrashing thrustily
And the leaves are rustling gustily
So it's rather safe to say
That it seems that it may turn out to be
It feels that it will undoubtedly
It looks like a rather blustery day, today
It sounds that it may turn out to be
Feels that it will undoubtedly
Looks like a rather blustery day today."

lol. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense (does Winnie the Pooh ever?), but it's fun.

It was a real blustery day today with leaves blowing everywhere and the wind whipping up sand storms which resulted in us all walking backwards in an attempt to keep the sand out of our eyes.
Despite the fact that we didn't have a great number of birds in the bag due to the windy conditions affecting their flying; it was great seeing people and dogs again, and knowing that you get to spend yet another season with them out in the fresh air and having a laugh together.

I am looking forward to this season - spending days outside in the fresh (and sometimes cold!) air, doing something I enjoy.
Some of the best days are the days with the blue skies and sun, and early starts where the fields are covered in mist or fog.
It is such a beautiful picture (I will take pictures when I get a chance).
I love watching the dogs working as well. It's what they were bred for and they are so good at what they do. I love watching them retrieve the shot game. It is like poetry in motion, seriously.

On a side note, I was awarded an academic scholarship for university :-)
God knows what I need.




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