Santa2512
Well-known member
Well today with the good weather, i thought id pop down to southdowns and frighten a few clays --
Friighten my wallet more like eek had to fill the car, and grab a slab of carts
When did fuel go up and carts . - now i remember why i bought a motorbike .
First off was skeet, i thought id start easy with something that was fairly predictable and in theory should see if i was still capable of hitting anything
In short NO!
First round was an abysmal 3 /25 mainly behind and not anticipating where break points need to be .
2nd Round was sort of better. The low house decided to fight back and started lobbing incomming birds at me ! eek :O
Rapid change of plans and after some maintenance just used the high house. and worked round ..
Better got 12/25, hit one of each pair at least - even managed to be in front a couple of times - front edge chips are a giveaway
Moved on to the moderate stuff at the top of the lane .
1st trap
Incomming and RL chondelle
Incomming was dead centre and the chondelle went dead centre too
2nd pair singles
Incomming dead centre but missed the Chondelle
2nd trap
LR crosser & down hill rabbit
1st pair (Singles)
Took the crosser and missed the rabbit (behind)
2nd pair (singles)
Took the crosser and obliterated the rabbit
3rd pair singles
Missed the crosser - but smoked the rabbit again
3rd trap
Oblique crosser and going away
1st pair (singles)
missed the crosser, no idea at all - broke the going away
2nd pair missed everything
3rd pair missed everything -
Trying too hard i think
By this time my arm was starting to ache, so i called it a day .
So what did i learn, ?
I can still hit them, (Just) incommers and rabbits are fine
LR crossers need work, as do loopers -
Certainly not good , but not as bad as i thought
:santaclaus:
Friighten my wallet more like eek had to fill the car, and grab a slab of carts
When did fuel go up and carts . - now i remember why i bought a motorbike .
First off was skeet, i thought id start easy with something that was fairly predictable and in theory should see if i was still capable of hitting anything
In short NO!
First round was an abysmal 3 /25 mainly behind and not anticipating where break points need to be .
2nd Round was sort of better. The low house decided to fight back and started lobbing incomming birds at me ! eek :O
Rapid change of plans and after some maintenance just used the high house. and worked round ..
Better got 12/25, hit one of each pair at least - even managed to be in front a couple of times - front edge chips are a giveaway
Moved on to the moderate stuff at the top of the lane .
1st trap
Incomming and RL chondelle
Incomming was dead centre and the chondelle went dead centre too
2nd pair singles
Incomming dead centre but missed the Chondelle
2nd trap
LR crosser & down hill rabbit
1st pair (Singles)
Took the crosser and missed the rabbit (behind)
2nd pair (singles)
Took the crosser and obliterated the rabbit
3rd pair singles
Missed the crosser - but smoked the rabbit again
3rd trap
Oblique crosser and going away
1st pair (singles)
missed the crosser, no idea at all - broke the going away
2nd pair missed everything
3rd pair missed everything -
Trying too hard i think
By this time my arm was starting to ache, so i called it a day .
So what did i learn, ?
I can still hit them, (Just) incommers and rabbits are fine
LR crossers need work, as do loopers -
Certainly not good , but not as bad as i thought
:santaclaus: