February 2025
Author: Pheasant Tommy
February promised to be a busy affair and so it turned out.
The month started with the annual beer festival at the Maltings, which provided the opportunity to launch our first disruptive marketing campaign for the pheasant website. This was followed with a sophisticated wine tasting event at St Mary’s church, where the pheasants got to experience orange wine and a number of other offerings of dubious merit. The flock managed to neck more than their fair share of the plonk, which helped turn matters a tad rowdy.
It was then onto the second walk of the year as another large group of pheasants took part in the Shouldham walk. This was extremely well received, with charming and varied surroundings including an enchanting riverside jaunt which allowed for a time honoured game of Pooh sticks. There may have been a pylon or two along the way.
Hot on the heels of the walk was another book event where we learnt about the Great Seige of Malta (1565). Mario just about managed to hold himself in check, as at times the naive and under researched author resorted to erroneous tropes when describing the Jewel of the Mediterranean, calling the island “arid” and of it being “in the middle of nowhere”. The fact that the gentleman left Ely without any missing teeth is testament to Mario’s self control.
This left the pheasants with only a couple of days rest before March and the return of the Camino season.