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Riddled with pox?...no chance!
The wettest April on record has caused flooding in parts and led to questioning of drought orders which is typical of the short term thinking that prevails in many parts of the media on a range of...
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Seven!
Bitterly cold weather delayed the start of the Mayfly which is only now just starting to get going, and as I write the first dance is forming up above a hedge at the bottom our garden. Wind is lowering...
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The bottom jaw of a Klitchko
The Mayfly continues and despite the change in weather we have seen some very heavy falls of spinners. Heavy rain and wind made conditions tricky and we have just had the average rainfall for the month...
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Let's have a heated debate!
In the words of Mrs Merton“ So Debbie Mcghee, what did you see in millionare Paul Daniels that made him the one for you?”sorry wrong quote, should read:“Let’s have a heated debate”This rubbish that i...
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Two months of record rainfall has returned the sparkle to a river that three months ago was in a parlous state. Weed has flourished and to date there is no sign of any blanket weed in the river...
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Angel of the North
Oedipus has gone, along with his miserable mother who this year declined to sojourn for a fast and loose fortnight with Greylags on the common, an outing that definitely lifted her mood last summer....
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When woody debris goes bad
If anyone from flood defence would like the contact details of those who implored us all to fling bits of wood into the rivers of these Isles in a National Angling publication just to see what happens,...
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Gold for Yorkshire! and it's all down to uncovered pitches
Mid August and the footwear of first choice for the angler is wellingtons, it hasn’t been like this for years, this time last year you could have fished all day in blue suede shoes without a mark on...
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Mythos, the saviour of Greece
Following recent concerns over Olympic legacy, We have just returned from a seven day fact finding mission to a far flung corner of Greece to see how things have progressed since they hosted the games...
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A Cricketer's appeal
The local village cricket club in the neighbouring village of Longparish with which most of my family seem to be involved, is one of four finalists in the Lloyds Bank Community Fund awards which, in...
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Plenty of Pears, but where are the Apples?
A quick scan of the fishing records past and present reveal that August fishing on this river was the most productive for many years. Last year and the year before that, most Brown Trout took on a dark...
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Trott, 2012 Not Out!
Much of this week has been spent in palls of smoke as the neighbouring estate burns unharvested fields of linseed. It all went a bit flat in the early summer rain and would have been a slow job with...
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This is the age of the train, more lies from Jimmy Saville
End of the season and fishing finished with a flourish, several caught their limit between heavy showers and mostly around the middle of the day. Water levels are good for the time of year although...
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Branded by my cheating bloke!
A few frosts in the week caused the first leaves to fall to the floor; disregarding a whitebeam in the garden that always goes too early, the sycamores are the first to discard their foliage closely...
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Otters by Chris de Cani
The following article features in the current issue of The Shooting Times and has been classified a 14 by the WH Smith age classification board. Otters have been present in the British Isles since the...
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Frank Bough and further failing economies
Half term, and the lady who sleeps on my left and myself continue our tour of failing economies of the European union.Lisbon this time, four days in a Portuguese city situated on an important corner of...
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Pictures that move in a U shaped tube
Last Sunday we experienced continuous rain from two in the morning until midday, a dog bowl left outside indicated that around two inches had fallen. Within twenty four hours the media was awash with...
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Get a grip Dave!
More mire for the BBC to beat its brow over as Dave Arch suffers a dodgy orchestral performance at Wembley, particularly during Denise’s Charleston. Will Bruce be issuing an apology after next week’s...
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Henry the Green Engine
Winter has now begun and birds various have flocked to the valley. Hundreds of Pigeons are hammering the rape in the adjoining fields and the jolly farmer has deemed it necessary to scatter pigeon...
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Shiplap Sheds and Teutonic Tat...Christmas?
Why does the run up to Christmas now require sections of every High Street to be lined with a succession of shiplap sheds peddling overpriced Teutonic Tat and an ice rink? A Germanic invasion by the...
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