Last season I was lucky to meet this gentleman who has been living on the same country estate in Oxfordshire for the last 46 years. During the shooting season you can guarantee he will be out on the shoots walking the hedges with his stick tapping away at his own pace. I got chatting to him and learnt quite a bit about the history of the estate and its ancestors! This year I will try and get some more information from him – it’s gents like this that make the countryside such a wonderful place.
I was very happy with this image of one of the guns and his dogs (whom I met on the E J Churchills shoot) waiting for the birds to fly. I particularly like the composition of the image, the two spaniels on the left looking at me whilst the other dog is more interested in seeing a pheasant fly out of the wood. Just a lovely image of a contented man with his dogs!
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