The weather has been a bit breezy lately with strong gales and heavy rain battering the coastline up and down the country, not suitable for sea fishing or walking. After seeing the state of the River Yarrow which I cross every day on my way into Bolton I had a walk around Queens Park to survey the damage done to the trees. They were in remarkable condition with just a few loose branches blown off but the River Croal was [... read rest of post]
In the interest of fairness, and because the pictures are so damn good, here is a link to my other brother’s website which showcases some of the stunning photographs taken during his many dive trips, both here in the UK and abroad. Phil’s Personal Website – Great underwater imagery. I Know how hard it is to take a good photo on land so how he managed these and remembered to breath is beyond me. Amazing to see the ocean from [... read rest of post]
The new years is here and over on the west coast of the UK it arrived in some style, with winds gusting up to 70 mph. Where does the time go? We had every intention of going on a few fell walking trips as well as doing a lot more sea fishing over the Christmas break but before we knew it, it was time to go back to work. It doesn’t look like we’re going to have any snow this [... read rest of post]
Just a quick plug for my youngest brother’s blog – finally he’s got round to doing one after all the nagging! One of his main hobbies is tropical fish keeping and this blog is a way of keeping track of all the coming and goings in his fishy world. numpty’s fishtank blog Keep checking it – there’s a huge fish tank on the way.