Possible Clues:

• Tail of animal on farm extending quite a distance
• Able to function at a great distance
• Half of capital put towards country house; that's for the future
• Be keen to go wandering, needing such a forecast?
• Not point-blank for Andes or Rockies
• The Andes, for instance, is such a target
• Half of capital used on country house, looking well ahead
• Not short of a cooker, and not point-blank either
• Acting over a distance
• There's nothing point-blank about the Andes, for instance