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Ludovic graduated as a schoolteacher in 1973, but did not really want to spend his life within four walls.
He soon wanted to become self-employed, but for some time this was merely a vague dream.
The love of fieldsports runs in the Braeckman family.
[ Ludovic's grandfather Emile (far right) about 1930, celebrating a successful outing with genuine Belgian beer! ]
[ Ludovic's father Patricq (right) about 1950, ready to leave for a days coarse fishing. ]
[ A rainy day in "God's Country" in 1977. Ludovic (wearing a beard at the time)
with a nice 10-pointer from the hill. ]
For Ludovic the call of the wild was so strong that he tried to make contacts in the early seventies. He made those contacts
in Scotland, where deer-farms mushroomed at the time. Ludovic was acquainted with some of them by local friends.
He kept the idea at the back of his mind, but it all seemed rather utopian at the time.
To this day, Ludovic has regularly travelled to Scotland, only to become more and more infatuated with deer and ... bagpiping !
[ left - Ludovic plays a tune in the Highlands. In the background : Loch Cuaigh.
(photo by kind permission of Michael Glass, headkeeper at Phones Estate; Michael and his wife Evy have
been close friends of the family for almost 30 years now !) ]
[ right - Ludovic's son Bart with Ian MacYvor in the Scottish Highlands in 1989.
The twinkle in his eyes speaks volumes. ]
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