A day of shooting with Purdey at Well Barn Estate – Saturday 16th January
Following an overwhelming response to our January shoot day, we are delighted to have secured an additional date at Well Barn Estate for Members who missed out on the original event.
Taking place the following day, Saturday 16th January, this additional shoot offers the same exceptional sporting experience, with four driven game drives and lunch accompanied by wines from the Club’s cellar. Places are limited, so we encourage Members to register their interest at the earliest opportunity.
Set in the heart of the Chiltern Valleys, Well Barn Estate is renowned for its challenging high birds, with deep valleys, high game crops and ancient woodland creating exceptional driven shooting. The estate offers a more intimate and traditional sporting experience, complemented by first-class hospitality at its purpose-built shoot lodge – the ideal setting to warm up following a day in the field and enjoy a fortifying lunch.
The day will comprise four driven game drives, with pheasants and partridges providing a varied and testing day in the field. As this is a January shoot towards the end of the season, the day will feature approximately 150 birds, a smaller bag than earlier in the year, but one that allows each Gun more time in position and a more considered pace, making the most of the final weeks of the season.
Following the morning’s drives, guests will return to the shoot lodge for a leisurely lunch paired with a selection of wines curated by our Head of Wine Operations, Federico Moccia. Each course will be matched with wines from 67 Pall Mall’s cellar, bringing the Club’s hospitality to the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside.
With its intimate format, exceptional hospitality and the opportunity to enjoy a day of traditional driven shooting in the Chiltern Valleys, this promises to be a memorable sporting experience – and a thoughtful early Christmas gift for a shooting enthusiast.
Simply scroll down to register your interest. Places are limited to nine Guns and will be confirmed subject to availability.
YOUR ITINERARY
Saturday 16th January
Well Barn Estate, Moulsford, Wallingford, OX10 9JR
09:00 – Members arrive at the Well Barn shoot lodge for coffee and breakfast, and to meet the Shoot Captain from Well Barn Estate
09:45 – The shoot briefing commences before Members board the gun bus and head to the first two drives of the day
11:00 – Elevenses is served in the field, accompanied by a glass of sparkling wine, before Members head out for two further drives
14:30 – We return to the shoot lodge for a late lunch, with an opportunity to relax and share stories from the day’s sport
16:30 – Participants receive their game cards and are offered a brace of oven-ready birds to take home for the table
£1,625 per person
THE MENU
Elevenses
Homemade soup, pheasant samosas, wild boar & apple sausage rolls, chocolate fudge
NV Domaine Evremond, Classic Cuvée, Kent
Lunch
Home Estate venison haunch, shoulder pie, celeriac, greens, jus
2023 Chanson Père & Fils, Meursault, Côte de Beaune
2022 Domaine Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage La Guiraude, Rhône
Dessert
Sticky toffee madeleine, salted caramel, caramel ice cream
2021 Weingut Robert Weil, Kiedricher Gräfenberg Riesling Spätlese, Rheingau
Cheese
Selection of cheese, quince, crackers & fruit
1998 Barros, Colheita Port, Douro
Please note that Members are kindly asked to bring a minimum of £50 in cash towards the gamekeeper’s tip.
Members are welcome to bring their own guns and cartridges. Alternatively, Purdey can arrange guns, cartridges, loaders and instructors at an additional cost. Members requiring an instructor will need to arrange this in advance.
Please note that travel to and from Well Barn Estate is not included within the ticket price. Please contact [email protected], who will be happy to provide further information.
Members are welcome to bring one non-shooting guest though please note, the event has capacity for up to two non-shooting guests in total.
Due to the nature of this event, once payment has been received, tickets are non-refundable. We will, of course, endeavour to resell your ticket should a waitlist be in place.