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  I fully accept that shoots of a more dilluted nature now exist and you or I would not be out of place on such an outing. I went shooting clays just last week with a nice bunch of middle class types (Daily Mail readers)
  
  Barry, I have no doubt about the experiences of your clients, however I am presenting the primary evidence of someone that sees the more traditional manifestation of this decadent act. I'll reproduce some of my last post and remove any prejudice and personal opinion, just the facts:
  
  My friend is a head butler for an aristocratic family and at this time of year he tending to the needs of royalty and the aristocracy. These guests, after a champagne breakfast and a few shots from their hip flasks, drive around an 3 sq mile estate (and adjoining land) in 4x4's. They break for elevenses in the shooting house (built purely for this purpose) and eat expensive snacks, drink some more alcohol then set off to shoot some more birds. It would be unfair of my friend to include anymore information.
  
  The fact that the article is from the Mail speaks volumes about the angle it takes. They (as do all the main newspapers) write what the people that buy it want to read, affirming their outlook of traditional middle England. The paper is mindlessly obsessed with; the royals; shock ASBO asylum stories; how anyone wearing a hood will stab you with a pedophile; why not to leave your house; lots of women wearing Laura Ashley garments and for some reason HRT stories. Oh and let's not forget good old Lord Rothermere...nice chap!
  
  I'm not the envious type (vaguely to left maybe) Nothing wooly headed or hypocritical here and just because I don't have a flat cap, whippet or work down mine, it certainly does not make me middle class! The chip on my shoulder is purely working class!

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