The drive of youth

In my youth I would walk miles to fish hunt and shoot, but the other day I stayed right  by a wonderful lake but didn't fish.  In my defence I had a load of books to read and it was cold and wet outside.  The worry is I am sure that even a few years ago I would have been out, at least in the dry spells and trying to fish.  Has age given me wisdom or just a love of ease? What a worrying thought.

Perhaps its just the long days that stick in my mind from the past.  The night my lurcher caught six hares in a night and I walked with them four miles back to the car, after walking for five hours lamping.  I was not much good in work the next day.

Hunting on the black mountains with hounds to get back to the van after a hard day up and down to find that hounds were missing and turning around to walk up the mountain again.  You know you have had a hard day when your legs cramp up when you try to drive home.

Wheel Chair Lamping

Driving up one of the lanes by the town of Bridgeport I saw a flashing light and slowed the car.  What a sight! Three lads with a fit keen looking lurcher, the surprise was one of the lads was in a wheel chair.  Country Sports have not been that easy for people in wheel chairs. One of the best sports has been fishing which has provided wheel chair boats to fish out of.  In fact these boats look even better than the normal rowing boats.

Lamping with a wheel chair does present several advantages, you have a really good game  carrier and some where to keep the spare battery, the disadvantages are that wheel chairs are really bad in fields.