This is exciting, I've met a gamekeeper

[Confortableorwhat]

I don't know why it that feels exciting, but the way it came about...

I'm doing a long distance trail on my own and having a marvellous time enjoying some solitude.

This evening I'd booked a table at the pub where I'm staying, but when I went down for dinner (not before!) was told the chef had a family emergency and they're not doing food. [Shock]

So I went to the only other restaurant in town to be told they didn't have a table, unless the man at the bar table didn't mind sharing....

He's lovely. About my age, an interesting history, good conversation and, I don't know why this tickles me, a gamekeeper.

He's gone to the loo, but conversation is easy and wine is flowing....

Nothing wrong with a gamekeeper!

😉 have fun OP!

is he wearing courdroy trousers held up with braces?

Oh. I was hoping his name was Hagrid and he was going to show you his pink umbrella.

This is making me think of Liz in Motherland when she meets a farmer when they go away for a few days.

Maybe a bunk-up in a tent is in the offing OP?

Has he offered to thread forget-me-not flowers in your fine brown fleece?

😂

The ones round here shoot anything that moves, horrible. One even used to go on a busman's holiday to Africa to shoot big game. Just vile.

If this was a Jilly Cooper you'd twist your ankle now and end up having to recuperate at his gothic woodland lodge. A glass of wine, two jack russells snoozing by the baronial fireplace and him rubbing your ankle with strong thumbs. You'll get married and have two children called Tabitha and Xander.

If that doesn't happen I'll be fuming.

I'm picturing Vinnie Jones in The Gentlemen. Or was that a grounds keeper?

Looking forward to reading an update!

Gary the gamekeeper 🤣

Shamelessly following.

Feeling invested in this

Definitely this!

Have you fallen over and said 'aaaaaargh' yet?

Love a bit of chick lit.

😂😂

Completely agree! I married a former gamekeeper and it doesn't bother me in the slightest!

Enjoy! I have at least half a dozen friends who are with gamekeepers. Like any other profession, they vary greatly. They are often very knowledgeable about the countryside and the wildlife.
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😂😂😂

Oh it's like sliding doors 🥰

Yep. That's my experience of gamekeepers and I know several

@FretfulPorpentine I was also thinking about Liz in Motherland when she's staying in her tent and entertaining the local farmer...

Just making myself comfortable for OP’s next update………🤭

The only other gamekeeper I can think of is Will Grundy from the Archers. Who isn’t the subject of any Jilly Cooper-esque fantasies I’d wager!

Oh yes. Swoon