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"We fed them a big breakfast because it's a really full day" [Alastair Cowe] said. "They've got eight guns, so between them, they'll easily take 400 birds.
The estate was originally part of the vast tracts owned by the dukes of Atholl. The present duke, the 11th to hold the title, still commands a private army and his residence, nearby Blair Castle, is Scotland's most visited stately home. Kinnaird House is a more modest spread, though everything is relative in Perthshire, one of Scotland's wealthiest regions. At the turn of the 20th century, [Kinnaird] was bought by Sir John and Lady Ward. It's now owned by their American daughter-in-law, Constance Cluett Ward. He chatted away, sprinkling his speech with the arcane argot of fly-fishing. After a minute or two, when he realized I didn't have a clue what he was talking about, he offered to drive me around Kinnaird's three fishing lochs, lakes are stocked with brown trout, and to show me the "beats" -- designated stretches along the Tay and [Tummel] rivers where guests are allowed to fish.See the full content of this document
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Live Like a 'Laird'
Hunt and fish at luxury Scottish sporting estate
By Helga LoverseedON the morning we arrived at Kinnaird, a luxury hotel and sporting estate in the heart of Perthshire, Scotland, Alastair Cowe had already taken care of his first guests -- a group of 18 wealthy Belgians and their families who had arrived the night before ...See the full content of this document
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