I had an appointment with Ed Lyons yesterday afternoon - and after business concluded we decided to head off for a little shoot at Park Farm near Kidderminster.
What a LOVELY ground - I'd never been here before, but I'm very impressed - I wish I had one of these near me!
General pricing was £6 for any round of 25 clays, which seemed very reasonable for me - they have two covered trap ranges (one doubles as a skeet range), then a Compak layout and a Sporting Layout (which had signs up for Fibre only, but apparently has asphalt paths and is a pretty good set up). All the ranges had someone scoring - and were acoustic release.
We started off with a round of DTL - I'm not usually a trappie, but it was bucketing down - and this was undercover! I shot 25/71 - which felt strangely good for my second round ever - quite pleased with that.
Then we shot some ABT - which again, I have only ever shot once before (many moons ago at Bisley) - found that a bit harder 17/25 I think.
We finished up with a quick dolly round the Compak layout - nice little setup with some decent targets - 19ex25 there.
Overall - what a lovely shooting ground to have locally - warm welcome, good prices, good variety and a nice setup and organisation.
Highly recommended if you are in the area.
What a LOVELY ground - I'd never been here before, but I'm very impressed - I wish I had one of these near me!
General pricing was £6 for any round of 25 clays, which seemed very reasonable for me - they have two covered trap ranges (one doubles as a skeet range), then a Compak layout and a Sporting Layout (which had signs up for Fibre only, but apparently has asphalt paths and is a pretty good set up). All the ranges had someone scoring - and were acoustic release.
We started off with a round of DTL - I'm not usually a trappie, but it was bucketing down - and this was undercover! I shot 25/71 - which felt strangely good for my second round ever - quite pleased with that.
Then we shot some ABT - which again, I have only ever shot once before (many moons ago at Bisley) - found that a bit harder 17/25 I think.
We finished up with a quick dolly round the Compak layout - nice little setup with some decent targets - 19ex25 there.
Overall - what a lovely shooting ground to have locally - warm welcome, good prices, good variety and a nice setup and organisation.
Highly recommended if you are in the area.