Monthly Archives: July 2011

Training Loisgte

My german pointer, Loisgte, is 15 months old now and it is time to start introducing her to grouse. We went for a lovely walk this morning and got two lovely points out of her. It was very hot and … Continue reading

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Afgantsy

The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 and completed their withdrawal in February 1989, just two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Afgantsy are the Soviet veterans of that war, predominantly Russians but drawn from all … Continue reading

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Huntress with Buck

Late last year I visited the National Portrait Gallery in London to see the annual Taylor Wessing exhibition and prizes for portrait photography. The winning photograph was Huntress with Buck by David Chancellor, a Briton currently living and working in … Continue reading

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Travelling in Europe

I am sorry that it has been a few weeks since my last post but we have been travelling. The last trip was a boy’s fishing trip to Norway, about three hours north of Trondheim. We were fishing on the … Continue reading

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