After all the excitement of catching a fish we moved on to another rural mooring about a mile from our last one.
We ended up with a bag full of small roach. (Although it was a very small bag.)
Happy days
Wednesday 5 June 2013
We stayed at Grafton Regis on Tuesday and had a walk around the village.And as usual it was straight to the churchyard to find me a plot .
I do not think i would like a plot here Carolyn (The grass is far too long) .There is not much else in the village apart from a pub on the main road . We didn't go in as yet again i forgot to put any money in my pocket. So it was back to Inca and a bit of fishing.
And here it is. A 2 ounce roach .........See i can catch fish .
We got the fishing rod out again and soon this happened . The most important fish ever caught....Curly's first ever fish...........Well done Curly .
We ended up with a bag full of small roach. (Although it was a very small bag.)
After lunch we went for a walk along the towpath. Curly asked "why are there grooves on this canal bridge". The answer is .When horses used to tow boats the rope from the horse to the boat used to rub the side of the bridge. And after many year's and thousand's of horses passing through it made grooves in the bridge. Wow said Curly...... Well maybe not.
Happy days
We ended up with a bag full of small roach. (Although it was a very small bag.)
Happy days
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Well GP..glad to see the fishing is coming along well, the only way is up i guess....2 oz's...must have put up a real fight , did it take you long to land it ?..Life at SWW is bad mate...the share price has plummeted since you left and the board are thinking of accepting a take-over bid, thats unless you come back......this weeks wine (courtesy of Co-op ) is Loius Fellipe edwards chardonnay or Syrah....Good to see your both still loving it and long may that continue.
ReplyDeleteHi David.. After several seconds of consideration i don't think i will come back. Anyway i hear my job has been taken...So i guess i will have to stay here.
ReplyDeleteWill get some of that wine if we can locate a Co-op. But finding any shops can be a problem sometimes.
not sure about your old job, i know they have interviewed etc but haven't seen an announcement as yet. have been out and about cycling in your old patch today as had a day off. good luck with the vino hunt, Co-op are a pretty safe bet - the house cotes- du - rhone is a treat at 4.50 a bottle but be careful it's 14.5%....
ReplyDeletecan't wait to see some more fish photos, you'll be on the cover of next weeks Angling times before long !!.
£4.50 and 14.5% sounds good to me.
ReplyDeleteso GP....where are you and MRS GP heading for next ....have you a route / itinerary planned for the next ?? year.. as for the vino tint... the co-op cotes de rhone is the best value red i think i can remember.
ReplyDeleteHello David...The plan is to go down to London, not sure if we will go right into London then back up the route we took from Braunston then down the Oxford canal to Oxford. The problem is we tend to move very slow. If we find an area we like we stay until we feel the need to move or have to move because we need food ,water etc. Also we are having our solar panels fitted at the end of the month so that may hold us up for a day or two. We then have to decide what we are doing this winter . Stay out on the cut or have a few months in a marina....All these decisions !!!
DeleteYes, where are you heading as we need to book soon, could you please suggest where would be best. Hope Abbie has enjoyed her week, no doubt you are looking forward to a rest next week!
ReplyDeleteHello Number 1 sister.........Give me a ring ...before the sun gets over the yardarm
DeleteWell i googled it and this is what i found out - The yardarms on a sailing ship are the horizontal timbers or spars mounted on the masts, from which the square sails are hung. (The word yard here is from an old Germanic word for a pointed stick, the source also of our unit of measurement.) At certain times of year it will seem from the deck that the sun has risen far enough up the sky that it is above the topmost yardarm. In summer in the north Atlantic, where the phrase seems to have originated, this would have been at about 11am. This was by custom and rule the time of the first rum issue of the day to officers and men (the officers had their tots neat, the men’s diluted). It seems that officers in sailing ships adopted a custom, even when on shore, of waiting until this time before taking their first alcoholic drink of the day.
ReplyDeleteCan we have a drink? Yes, the sun is over the yardarm!
Pirate talk for it's time to drink(alcohol)Uh-oh, the sun is over the yardarm, we better get to the bar.
Think i will ring you sometime over the weekend when I am free.............