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“Do you know the bogs at all, Mr. Riley?” asked a member of the Garryricken Club in Kilkenny as he sent me out on my first shoot in Ireland. “I’ve heard the bogs can be treacherous,” I ventured. “It’s ...

Dartmoor, Devon: In these treacherous conditions for the moorland walker, one false move and a wary wader will burst into the air Days of torrential rain have yet to drain from this broad ridge at the ...