Managed to get a WiFi connection !!!
Just a quickie cos it won't last long !!
An old friend of mine in the Welsh borders ( I fished the river Onny running through his farm ) had a pheasant shoot as well on a day rate to any one .
Always smile when I remember his comment ( he passed away at the age of 82 ten years ago RIP)
"Boy " he used to say "them townies are bloody daft but I like their money!"
"They come from 'Brum' in their posh cars and give me 30 pounds each for a days shootin'- wife makes them breakfast for 3 pounds a time- they goes out and "Bang" up goes 25p ( the cartridge) and sometimes down comes 75p (a bird ) - come lunch they come back to the farm for lunch (another 4 pounds each)- need more cartridges and dont want to drive down the valley to buy more so I sells them some of mine (30p each)- off they go again and come evening they drop into the farm to sign the stock book - take a bird or two each and give me the rest- I take them down the pub in the evening and get 75p each for them from the butcher."
"Can make 300 pounds on a good weekend and haven't got to leave the house during the day !!"
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PS- I was a townie and paid 5 pounds a day to fish the stream until his CAT 910 silage loader packed up on him .
At the time I was a field development engineer for CAT and (Ehem!) 'requisitioned ' a few bits and pieces from the stores for "development purposes".
Never had to pay to fish there again - and I got free breakfasts !!!