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Kempston mill bridge and a burst river Great Ouse this morning. I’ve seen the water lapping the underside of the bridge countless times but I don’t ever recall seeing the water flowing over the foot boards before.

The music has been very good throughout all of the series’. It’ll probably close out to R&J Unchained Melody next week. 🙄 And it’ll probably work, too.😉

Not The Fast Show but Harry And Paul. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve been stuck in traffic singing this in my mind.

Rowley Birkin “poisonous monkeys…” really got me. I was, and am still puzzled by The Fast Show. It really wasn’t that funny but for some reason it really made me laugh. 🤷‍♂️

Wow! Rarely has my flabber been so gasted. 😳 😉

It doesn’t purport too though, does it? No one really thinks it’s a fishing show anyhow. But, like Strictly has (probably) raised the public’s interest and possibly participation of ball room dancing then if M&W raise the interest of fishing as a pastime and portrays anglers and angling in a...

I enjoyed it. I was wondering last season if it still had any legs left but that episode was as good as any I can remember seeing.

I went to the liquidators sale for Leslie’s at Peacock auctions in Bedford. The sale room that day looked like the PM addressing the troops at camp Bastion, such was the amount of Camo wear being donned. There were some hopelessly inexperienced auction bidders that day, probably not realising...

And/or the fact that the Anglia was probably produced just down the road at the Dagenham (dustbin) factory. 😉 My mum’s first car was a brand new Anglia. She bought it on an apprentice hairdresser’s salary in the early 60,s which must have taken some discipline.

Lot to be said for having an old *s*itter that you don’t give two hoots about Dan. My other half has brand new bog-fresh Sportage and I see the angst it causes. The places I’m allowed to park in a multi story are so few and far between. Can’t park here, in case someone opens their door...

I suppose it depends how you define very light Andrew, but my Sheffield’s ratchet is also on the light side compared with some other c’pins.

Yes. Far too many shelf queen c’pins out there.

You make it sound like it’s akin to admitting wearing your wife’s panties when she’s not around. Mind you, having seen the price, and for what looks to be just a caged construction c’pin, I think I might be willing to admit to the former rather than having paid nine hundred smackeroonies for...

David, I’ve been using a van for fishing for the past twenty years. The convenience of being able to just lug all you stuff in the back without needing to be minimal or even tidy about how you do it is something I’d be loathed to give up. If finances will stretch to it then I’d suggest a...

Agreed. The paint on that one is far too good for stripping off.

I wonder what could have made him reach that conclusion.🤔 💡😉

Only way I can think of would be test curve it against another rod with a known TC to see how it compares. I might be wrong and I’ve never owned a hex but I seem to recall that the stated test curve on them was always lower than that of similar actioned regular carbon rod. For example a 1.25lb...

Now’t wrong with that Alan. Tidy looking reel for the money. Only thing I can see that might be of slight concern is that the ratchet pawl looks a little rounded over on the point of contact. Might be worth contacting Gary Mills to see if he has a replacement. I always lithium grease the teeth...

I also have a Tarphat, though not the ventilated one. My misses calls it my “knob hat” and refuses to be seen out with me if I’m wearing it. To be fair hats don’t suit me that well and the relatively wide brim on Tarphats especially so. I recently bought a Dorfman Pacific hat of the bay and...

Yep. It was the recline for me. I have a JRC relaxa Reclina and though the chair is comfortable I find that I rarely reclined it to any other than just the one position anyhow. I’ve kept the chair but I now how the Fox duralite and loosing the multi position recline is a small price to pay for...