Shooting Times & Country

A fish for all seasons

Hello, February! It’s still grey, it’s still cold and we’re still in lockdown. But it’s Sunday morning, I’ve rekindled the fire from the night before and sat down to watch the cricket highlights from India. When I’ve finished watching Joe Root construct another masterful double-century, I have the third game of rugby from the opening weekend of the Six Nations to watch. And following that, the Super Bowl, if I feel like an all-weekend sporting binge, which I do.

Saturday hadn’t been

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