As a kid whilst my mates were playing footy, and on their spectrums, I was out and about with me best mate - Grandad.
We went everywhere together. Bird nesting, rabbitng, shooting, snaring, fishing, fereting. His influentce gave me a passion for the great outdoors, which is still with me today.
The old lad died a few years back, but when I go out I often wear his old flat cap, and in a strange sort of way, I'm still taking and him out with me.
They were the happiest days of my life, sat round ashby ville ponds with fields voles caught in catch em alive traps. We'd have a little bi