A decade of Shoot 1.0 is over: it's time to make plans for Shoot 2.0
Ten successful and fun years running a 900-acre rough shoot have come to an end. What wisdom and experience can we bring to the next 120-acre version?
Ten successful and fun years running a 900-acre rough shoot have come to an end. What wisdom and experience can we bring to the next 120-acre version?
Somewhere in this process, thinking has to change.
Since water was privatised by Mrs Thatcher, there has never been any actual competition within the market.
How many foxes do we need to kill in order to raise the productivity of the species we’re conserving?
In a world obsessed with optimisation, perhaps the countryside has something to teach us about the value of friction, inefficiency and taking the long way round.