February 2026
Author: Pheasant Tommy
February started with the annual Maltings beer festival as four Pheasants sampled the delights of what Camra had to offer including various forms of pocket meat and a much delayed portion of chips.
The Pheasant marketing department was in action again making sure the Dead Pheasant logo was front and centre throughout the event, culminating in Mario convincing one of the volunteer servers to don the badge on his head band. The evening finished with a superb curry at the Indian Edge.
Following an excellent recce, which found a treasure of a farm shop serving lovely bacon rolls and other culinery opportunities, it was realised that the walk wouldn’t reach this gem so the start point was relocated to Barrington. This second walk of the year took was attended by five hardy Pheasants after three withdrawals within the last 24 hours. All made it around safely despite several rail track and busy road crossings.
Following a succession of bar snacks the organisers, feeling sorry for the group missing out on the farm shop, took a diversion on the way back to allow the remaining pheasants to enjoy additional sustenance.
With the walking season well under way, days getting longer and weather improving, thoughts started drifting towards Camino planning for 2026 and other future Pheasant events.