Good for: Dog friendly Racing at Cheltenham House-party charm After three jolly but exhausting days at The Game Fair there is little one wants to do less than motor home and spend an evening disgorging the car amid the usual family chaos. Instead we chose to head towards a calm…
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I first to know the Skoda estate when being given a lift by the chief executive of the Countryside Alliance. It was hard to see what his car’s interior was like because it resembled a landfill site: a mix of previous lunches on the go, dog hair, mud and spent…
Warm grouse breast salad with raspberries, heather honey and Scottish cheese Ingredients Dressing 2 tsp raspberry vinegar 2 tsp heather honey 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Salad 50g mixed salad leaves 12 cherry tomatoes, halved 16 raspberries, halved 60g Scottish hard cheese Grouse 4 grouse breasts 2 tbsp olive…
Serves 2 as a light lunch Ingredients 1 medium shallot 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp mayonnaise 2 tbsp sour cream 1 tbsp dill, roughly chopped 1 tsp lemon zest 220g cooked, shelled Scottish langoustines or prawns To serve 2 slices rye bread 1 tbsp salted butter A few extra…
Teffont House is good for: Fishing on the Nadder Non-sporting plus-ones Stargazing Sitting in the softly candlelit orangery of the newly opened Teffont House with a plate of smoked venison in front of me, I watch a table of Americans pull up. And I realise then that I feel unashamedly,…
The three main types of shotgun Side-by-side A break-action shotgun with two barrels mounted next to each other (side-by-side). Famed for its slim build and speed of loading, it is considered the traditional type of shotgun. It often features two triggers: one for each barrel. (Read more on side-by-side shotguns…
The Field, in association with Westley Richards and Delaney & Sons, challenges you to bag a Macnab between 12 August and 10 November 2026. THE 2026 MACNAB CHALLENGE Any sporting sort knows what a challenge it is to undertake a proper Macnab, by which we mean the modern classic iteration,…
Sixteen years ago, I met actor Robson Green at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Heathrow during a cage-fighting event. Dressed for a hunt ball, I fought my way through a sea of meatheads, flavoured with the fug of sweat mixed with cheap cologne, to secure an interview for The Field. At…
Wirehaired Hungarian vizslas hunt, point and retrieve. Setters and pointers may be more popular but Hungarian vizslas get the job done
