Reposting

The following was first posted on 3 July 2017 – in a way nothing has changed. It’s good to talk.   But talking can also be used as a refuge from taking action. If there’s one thing that is likely to get me animatedly irritated (and friends have seen this happen a few times) is when…

Rules – do you have new rules?

Dear Rules Restaurant I once treated a couple of friends of mine to a meal at your place and I’m wondering whether to invite them back for a post-lockdown get together some time. However, I contacted you several years ago about your policy on lead contamination of your game meat. Rather bizarrely you didn’t answer…

What a mess!

The excellent Raptor Persecution UK revealed yesterday that all five of the brood-meddled Hen Harriers from last year are missing. Maybe one or two will spring back to life but it isn’t looking good. What a mess! Brood meddling is an idea cooked up by the grouse shooting industry and licensed by Natural England, but…

Wild hacking…?

SNH has so far failed to produce the review of wild hacking that they promised for last week – and ahead of finalising any licensing decision. I understand that there is activity around the hacking boxes in Moray – almost as if the licence applicants were expecting to get the go-ahead soon… Lockdown requirements in…