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Happy New Year from Robert Tickler

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Robert Tickler in Blogs // 0 Comments

We had a traditional Hogmanay in the wild highlands. I invited my ghillie, gamekeeper, cook and estate staff for a dram at 6. We served dinner at 8 with some local worthies and then danced reels in a ceilidh and played charades at which my little poppet Lanna from Oban was proficient. Tomorrow we shoot .

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