Leisure Archive
(April 2017)

1 April 2017

In the field…

In recent weeks I have been getting out after the pigeons. As soon as the shooting season is over many of the estates that have been off limits all season suddenly become open for business and the job of controlling the vast numbers of woodpigeons starts in earnest. Initially it was protecting the winter rape Read more…

Sign of the times

Holt’s have been called in to clear the premises for John Dickson of Edinburgh. Dickson, famous as the ‘Purdey of the North’, started in 1795 going on to make many memorable guns, notably the ‘Round action’. What was so interesting was that unlike the sidelocks we all recognise these guns were built on the trigger Read more…

Peugeot 3008 SUV i-Cockpit® wins Technology Award at What Car? Car of the Year Awards

The unique Peugeot i-Cockpit® driving environment of the all-new 3008 SUV has received a prestigious motoring accolade, winning the Technology Award at the What Car? Car of the Year Awards. This second generation of Peugeot’s i-Cockpit®, which is standard across all models of the new 3008 SUV range, won praise for its ability to put Read more…