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Bestboots Ltd - Specialists in Le Chameau and Rectiligne footwear, including boots for shooting, riding and walking. Online ordering. Wiltshire.

Coch-y-Bonddu Books - Fishing and sporting books. Game and angling fair schedule. Ordering information. Powys, Wales.

Country Ways - Scottish retailers in performance leisure, equestrian and country Wear, featuring Barbour, Musto and Toggi. Site includes news, horse events, forums and links. Aberdeen, Scotland.

Countryman Books - Scarce and out-of-print books about fishing, falconry, sporting, dogs, big game hunting, angling, fly-tying and horses. Also Cecil Aldin and Lionel Edwards books. East Yorkshire.

John Dickson and Son Ltd - Scottish gunmaker - Round Action design a specialty. Also retailer of fine country clothing, fishing tackle and guns by manufacturers such as Barbour, House of Hardy, Musto and many others.

Farlow's of Pall Mall - Stockist of fishing equipment, clothing and books. History, online catalogue, celebrity reviews, fishing articles, news, magazine and directory. Ordering information. London.

David A H Grayling - Dealer in scarce and out-of-print works on all country sports including hunting, falconry, beagling, coursing, shooting, stalking and fishing. Penrith.

The Owl Barn Gift Catalogue - Gifts and collectibles for those who love nature, and owls in particular. Part of the British Birds of Prey and Conservation Centre. Online ordering. Suffolk.

Robert Thorne Estate Supplies - Game and waterfowl, horse feed and equipment, pets, poultry and pigeons. Ferreting and netting supplies. Ordering information. Dumfriesshire.

Snowlines - Retailer of fishing and outdoor equipment, skiing and snowboarding. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tideline Books - A wide range of books on field sports including shooting, stalking, wildfowling, falconry, lurchers, terriers and ferrets. Also Brian Plummer books. Booklists, reviews and ordering information. North Wales.

Wrights Of Huntly - Traditional saddlers based in the north east of Scotland providing luxury leather accessories, shooting and equestrian goods. Specialising in stocking quality leather products and producing handmade products such as gunslips, cartridge bags, roesacks and gamebags.

Flintwood Countryside - Suppliers of sporting and field equipment and accessories for many country activities including shooting, equestrian, gamekeeper and ATV/4X4 plus books, clothing and footwear.

Countryside Audio and Visual - Videos, CDs and audio cassettes about horses, hounds, hunting and other country pursuits plus hunting songs and hunting horn music.

Elfinglen Traditional Trays and Screens - Original countryside-themed designs on traditional hand-made wooden decoupage trays, placemats, boxes and other gifts. Also offering handmade wooden screens.

Country Supplies - Offers extensive list of products for equestrian, fly fishing and shooting activities, plus general country clothing, supplies and gifts.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. -- Douglas Adams Never marry for money. Ye'll borrow it cheaper. -- Scottish Proverb A problem is a chance for you to do your best. -- Buke Ellington We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. -- Anonymous Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. -- Oscar Wilde Country Sports No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. -- Channing Pollack "Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear." (G. Gordon Liddy) "If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat." (Mark Twain) Country Sports I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... 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(Jack Handey) "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." (Albert Einstein) "God's creatures, great and small ... eat them one, eat them all." (John A. Simone Sr.) Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. -- Anonymous Country Sports "The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties." (Oscar Wilde) When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know. He knows now that he doesn't know. Last year, he didn't know that. -- Bill Parcels, New Engla It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably. -- Kant, Immanuel Country Sports Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. -- Francis Bacon The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. 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