Don’t miss: Estate tours taking in the rugged landscapes of Glen Lyon in the comfort of the Fortingall Land Rover or renting e-bikes to explore the local trails. High teas, whisky tastings and gourmet picnics are also on offer. Good for: Highland charm, sporting options, enviable interiors. The Fortingall Tucked…
Good for: Racing fans, shooting parties, stately home visits. In days gone by you might have found Spectator ‘Low Life’ columnist Jeffrey Bernard being propped up by the bar, and legendary Daily Express racing tipster Charles ‘The Scout’ Benson lounging on a banquette in the dining room. Next to them,…
With the season at an end the desire to explore further afield often takes root. To satisfy that sporting wanderlust The Field has gathered together the most extraordinary and unusual of those lesser-known destinations that can provide the ultimate sporting expedition with shotgun, rifle or rod. (You might like to…
Casting for trout in the Pyrenees is a hidden gem in Europe's fishing crown
Fly fishing for taimen at the ends of the earth. Henry Gilbey goes to Outer Mongolia to fly fish for terror trout
My years of angling adventures began in the Himalayas in 1989, when the fishing world was full of secrets and mystery. My last journeys to Mongolia and Tibet took place a quarter of a century later when the internet had laid pretty much all of the angling world bare. In…
Does the idea of waves of partridges charging past like Spanish fighting bulls or redlegs screaming high overhead on a hot day in February set your sporting pulse racing? If so, we have curated a list of the estates to visit with the best game shooting in Spain. (Read our…
Want to extend your opportunities for shooting? Game shooting abroad can offer exciting options. Read on to create a personal bucket list, with Ewan Davy’s guide to the very best game shooting abroad, recommended by those in the know. (You might also like to read “Six of the best places…
It might or might not have been an eland. Dusk is short in South Africa, the light was fading and we were barrelling home for cold beers and an Afrikaner supper of warthog and pumpkin fritters. But our host, Joubert Coetzer, said it was. And he knows, having been born…
The Midi téléphérique lifts you from ‘chic’ Chamonix into one of the most savage but beautiful mountain wildernesses on the planet: the Mont Blanc massif. I once overheard a member of the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix explain “nowhere are such mountains so readily reached. They have no competitors outside…
