I had to go abroad for a couple of days, but due to logistics and times etc young Chico found himself boarding at the brilliant phoenix bird of prey centre near Hingham for 11 days!! Jo did a fabulous job of looking after him and it turns out is a little bit impressed with my cheeky little chap. Complimented me on his manners, behaviour and general level of training. My mentor would be pleased. She also got his weight down towards the end of his stay for him to be at flying weight when I got back, and I put him straight on it Saturday and again today once the rain stopped. Everywhere else is on the grip of jack frost and has three feet of snow, we just got more rain! Anyway, flew today at a weight of 1.3.7 which is as low as he’s been in a while, he didn’t shut up telling me about it either! He screamed all the way round. When he wasn’t gripping on to the glove in the wind he was flying bloody well. Very happy. He’s deffo got it. However, not interested in hunting. So I have a rabbit carcass thawed out to try on a drag line again Wednesday so will update you then. For now, here’s a nice winter selfie we took. He’s the good looking one, I’m the one in the hat. Keep following for reviews on kit and equipment that’s both new and very old!
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