Shot a long Western round this afternoon. (Sorry! Yesterday afternoon) the wind was gusty, my shooting was OK (at times) but on the whole.... lousy. The last time I shot this round, I made a score of 730+, this time... Not even 660. I felt like giving up, I would have if I was not enjoying myself so much. The last arrow had had enough as well, it took a nose-dive into the ground & buried itself about 2 inches deep, right by the target. I needed the metal detector to find the damn thing.

What's a Long Western? I hear you ask (I did didn't I?) Well, 4 dozen arrows shot at a 128cm target @ 80yds distance, & 4 dozen arrows at the same target , but @ 60yds distance. That's 96 arrows + six sighter arrows for the first distance. A lot of walking & a lot of pulling. Hard work, but relaxing