WITH the hunting season winding down comes thoughts of travelling to distant counties where, even if hunting isn’t any better than at home, it is certainly different. The thrill of a completely new pack with total strangers who before day’s end will be valued hunting companions. Of course part of the joy is the pre and post hunt hospitality.

However, the new drink driving regime has put something of a kybosh on all that. So let’s suppose that you would like all of the above with none of the hassle and have a few quid put aside perhaps for a weekend in New York where you will be bored stiff after the first day, after all you can only stay looking up at skyscrapers for so long.