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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
 
On Friday 6th December, the end of Bayram over here, we had gone to Mustapha's restaurant with Brian and Lil. As Mustapha had abstained completely for 1 month, out came the bottle of Famous Grouse. It seemed a great idea, at the time, to accept Mustapha's offer to accompany him and some friends, hunting.At 4.15 a.m. today, the idea seemed less appealing and to cap it all it was raining., but we were committed. We stopped off, first at the restaurant, to collect the food for a late brunch, a few beers and a bottle of something to keep us all warm. We then drove out to the beginning of the Karpas peninsu
la, about 35 miles; there we met Mustapha's friends with the dogs and guns.The hunting proper started at 7 o'clock, Brian and I followed Mustapha, and one other hunter with two enthusiastic dogs, for over 3 hours. By this time the rain had eased and despite the fact that they only bagged one grouse and missed one rabbit, we both agreed that it was enjoyable. Good exercise, an early morning walk.After the hunting - walk- a BBQ fire was lit in the shelter of an abandoned building. Mustapha had packed in chicken kebabs, lamb kebabs, sausages, pitta bread, cheese and an abundance of liquid nourishment. Believe me it was delicious and we were all pretty hungry by this time. We washed the food down with a few beers and then followed up with some Famous Grouse. Then we had a target practice session and I actually managed to hit one of my two beer bottles.Despite our initial apprehension, Brian and I agreed that it had been a most enjoyable day and to cap it all off, Lil had made a big beef stew and herb dumplings for dinner. Great day, great friends and that makes it so very enjoyable here.
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