Jan 262012
 
Off the Beaten Track: 5 of the Best Walks in Scotland

Scotland boasts some of the best walking in the world. Here are five unheralded routes that rate among the country’s best. John Muir Way If you are arriving in Scotland by air, as you approach Edinburgh Airport, the Firth of Forth spread out below. One of Scotland’s greatest, but little-trodden walks follows the Forth from Edinburgh to the North Sea. The John Muir Way is a long-distance path named after one of Scotland’s greatest naturalists. Marvellous coastal scenery characterises the [... read rest of post]

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Jan 172012
 
First Flyfishing Rainbow Trout of 2012

It was a very cold and frosty morning as we set off to Fylde Trout Fishery last Sunday. With more layers on than a polar explorer and flasks of hot coffee and soup we arrived about an hour after dawn to thankfully find the lake had not frozen solid although as soon as we got out of the car our fingers did good impersonations of icicles. After reading the reports from the previous few days we both elected to start [... read rest of post]

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Jan 102012
 
Cleveleys Beach Front Development Helps Sea Fishing

Regular north west sea anglers might have already been to fish off Cleveleys beach, just outside Blackpool. The main promenade has been rebuilt in recent years and offers a brand new stepped revetment down the the beach, where angling takes place at high tide, and of course off the beach at low tide. Just past the end of the new development, heading onto the northern end of the town and a shingle beach, is where you will find the majority [... read rest of post]

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