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Monthly Archives: September 2012
No duck were hurt …
…. in the taking of this photograph. Or indeed in the rest of the evening. But as you see we can accommodate a wide variety of guests and styles at Croick. It should have been a good night for … Continue reading
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End of fishing season
Today was the last fishing day of the 2011 season. It looked a pretty hopeless day as it had rained all night, and continued in the morning. The river was very high and raging and it was obviously going … Continue reading
Posting by satellite
This is my first post over our new satellite broadband service. I finally gave up with BT’s 0.5mb service and went to a satellite service provided by Tooway and sold through Avonline Broadband. The satellite was installed last week … Continue reading
Late starters
It is late September now, and most of our Martins and Swallows are long gone, on their way south. But there are a couple of families remaining. I imagine they lost their first broods in the wet summer and … Continue reading
End of the timber season
The timber cutting team are moving out, bringing the season’s work to an end. They have done an excellent job in difficult circumstances, slowed down a lot by the appalling weather. There is still plenty of timber stacked by … Continue reading
Driven grouse
No estate has everything, and Croick does not have driven grouse shooting. So if I want to indulge in driven grouse, which is very special, I have to head elsewhere. And I do, once a year, head down to … Continue reading
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The rut starts …
The first roar was heard about a week ago and yesterday there were stags out and holding hinds hard across the estate. There were still other groups of stags who were not yet active but we had a hard … Continue reading
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