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Can’t possibly post mine. In my blind panic and excitement I did the old go-go inspector gadget arms thing. To compound the embarrassment the photo was taken by a former barbel record holder. 🙄 In mitigation, It was a double, but still…. The silly thing is that if there’s one thing to make a...

RSPB website has an identifier that may or may not help. https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/identify-a-bird/ Long legged sounds like some sort of wetland wader, perhaps Godwit or similar though I think the colours may not tally.

And the wide drum version.... https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:279593

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:267968

Might be harder to get some now Mark. I was lucky in that a couple of friends printed some up a few years ago. I have two wides and 1 narrow and managed to get all three sorted out. As far as I know, the 3Dplans are out there somewhere on the net so if you know of anyone with a 3D printer then...

Nothing “wrong” as such. The arbors are just better in that there’s less tendency for the line to bed in on the angle of the line lays. Improved Wallis casting, less resistance when trotting and faster line retrieved. Minimal differences, granted, but noticeable enough to me to warrant the...

Yes, line retrieval on a Seldex is likely to be slow. I had a Allcocks Aerial C815 model that had a similarly deep depth to the spool and winding in was a RPTIA. Luckily, I had the cork arbors which helped to shallow up the spool. Nevertheless, I sold the reel on as I just didn’t much like it...

love that the hat is branded ESP Headcase This matches nicely with seller’s ironic sense of humour here. Surely the real head case is the buyer he’s hoping to find. It must be, it can’t be anything otherwise, can it?

And coffee/tea, milk, spoons, sugar, cup....

I’m rather lucky that my business is labour intensive but it’s relatively light on materials. That said, my main supplier sent me a price increase justification letter recently where they claimed that one of the main raw materials (N-butanol) that goes into the lacquers they produce has gone up...

Been pondering one of these for a while...

Likewise. I’ve had a few over the years but if you make milky drinks they a sod to clean. They smell a bit manky too. Kept my old ones for cooking hemp in, which is about all they’re good for.

Yes, that’s the stuff. And it must be served with churros. Heart attack breakfast, but knocks a full English into a cocked hat. It’s plain wrong isn’t it. Like those people who think they’re barbecuing using gas.

Chuffin Nora! How the other half live. I did once buy some other stuff that came in a tin, (Sainsbury’s, I think) rather like a metal Kilner jar. Labelled Spanish Hot chocolate. If you’ve ever had the proper stuff in Madrid you’ll know it’s treacle thick , like drinking hot melted chocolate...

1.2 ltr is enough hot drink for a river session for me. And anyhow, I’m usually to busy hauling in lumps to sit around drinking coffee. ….if only. But yes, you did say 1.3 Lt minimum….. Twinings Swiss for moi. Cadbury’s is crap. Far too sugary sweet. For Christmas my other half bought be some...

Thermos King for me too. Bounced and rolled around in the back of my van for about ten years and still good. pre-heated with hot water before filling With hot chocolate or milky coffee and it stays hot for 24hrs. A happy coincidence is that the handle rings align perfectly With the carabiner...

No such thing as stupid questions, Gary. However, there are stupid answers but I doubt you’ll get many of those here.

Amen to that. And myself likewise. I truly loath celebrity worship and avoid anything media wise related to celebrity, or indeed those who are not yet celebrities but are competing to become one. And worse still, those who were once a celeb who are desperately competing to remain one. You...

A few float makers seem to think that lacquering over florescent paint diminishes its high-viz qualities. Not sure if this is the case or not but what I took to doing on floats tips is to first prime the tips with white primer/undercoat (coverage on some fluorescent paint is dreadful and needs a...

Top quality cork shrives aren’t cheap, and there’s a fair bit of labour in the job too So that price doesn’t surprise me. I‘ve not tried a magic sponge but will do when I next need to clean up a handle. Conventional wisdom (among cane rod restorers) tells not to use abrasive, lest you end up...