18th January 2026

Unfortunately I was unwell and so could not be there on Sunday but I knew it was raining as I had to dry all the score cards on the top of my radiator.

We got some more members and some visitors. Some from Holmfirth where my husband and I used to go to shoot, closed now unfortunately. We had a lot

of fun and made lots of good friends there. There were two skeet layouts and a DTL and sometimes there was a set up for a sporting shoot. Down in the valley a pool shoot which was very difficult so I never even tried it. 10 shots from different traps which you could not see and didn’t know which would be next. Always a long line waiting to have a go. Good fun for good shooters.

We had a good attendance and new members at the shoot even though it is wintertime, cold and sometimes a bit foggy. There was a piece in the Yorkshire Post about a shotgun club and the person who wrote it said that it was a place for a chat, a cuppa, to relax and meet some new as well as old friends with similar interests and I think he was quite right. We always have some banter going on, serious matters, politics spoken about but always good humour.

I missed you all on Sunday and hope to be there next time. Meanwhile I will keep up the pedalling on the exercise bike I have been brought by my son in law. No, not a spinner, one suitable for old folks like me.

Marjorie