White Swan Inn (N.Yorks)

“A visit to our family-run inn perfectly located in the beautiful North York Moors is a must. With a passion for genuine hospitality and proper service perfected over two generations…we offer you warm cosy, dog friendly accommodation.” Sounds great, but anyone who uses bloodbusiness.info regularly will almost certainly know that North Yorkshire routinely tops the list for the worst county in England for raptor persecution because the North York Moors are riddled with shooting estates which local venues seem horribly keen to serve. Lo and behold, on a page titled ‘Explore‘ and a hover over the (presumably unironic) image captioned ‘Moorland Magic’, we find that “The White Swan Inn offers unique moments of discovery on the nearby royal grouse moor. From superb shooting parties…” etc. If you know where to look (because as so often with venues that don’t want to upset the non-shooters who may be tempted to visit them too, the info isn’t front and centre) you can find a page dedicated to Shooting Parties, which proclaims “And when waking up to the ‘Gateway to the North York Moors,’ you won’t want to wait around for a hearty breakfast, so we’ll have your shooting gun ready for a bright and early pick-up”. Shoots typically ply their clients with food and alcohol while they blast away at the local wildlife, but, still, how clever of the venue to market as an advantage a solution for keeping its more gun-obsessed clients well away from the kiddies at breakfast time…