During our recent visit to Anglesey we had a break from walking or sea fishing and took a rail journey, by steam, from Caernarfon to Porthmadoc on the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway. The scenery was magnificent as the train wound its way through the mountain of Snowdonia, made more so by the fact that we’d upgraded our seats to first class (it’s unlikely we’ll do it again for some time so we splashed out) so we were in the [... read rest of post]
The Frog spawn has arrived a little earlier than last year in Queens Park, Bolton, but considering just how cold last year was not surprising. So I present to you… the annual photo of gloopy Frogspawn.
Well we certainly have a few ups and downs in the UK regarding weather and after a freezing first half of February this week the temperature hit 15°C in Bolton during my lunch hour, more like an early summers day rather than the end of winter. The flower in Queens Park have started to show, this Primrose being one of the first, and I’m expecting to see the wild Garlic flowers any time now. With all this warm weather it’s [... read rest of post]
This may just save a life – definitely something worth remembering.
Extreme angler and biologist Jeremy Wade returns for a brand new series uncovering the world’s largest, strangest and most dangerous fish in “River Monsters” on the Discovery Channel this month where he searches the globe to find out what is myth or monster. Traveling the globe and risking his life, Wade searches for these mysterious freshwater predators, on a mission to test the myths surrounding these almost supernatural creatures. I’ve caught a few “monsters” in my time but nothing quite [... read rest of post]
Saw this advert on the TV last night and it reminded me of Black Adder – undoubtedly one of the funniest TV series ever. Rik Mayall is brilliant as a Flash Diehard type character, and the Bombardier beer isn’t too shabby either :)
We’ve not been sea fishing for a while but we’re making up for it soon with a week on Anglesey so we’ve been getting our kit together and doing all sorts of home and garden maintenance type things before we go away. Even though I’m supposed to be getting stuff ready for going away I couldn’t resist a quick walk along our local River Douglas, not for any specific reason, just because it’s been a nice day. Nothing unusual to [... read rest of post]
Spring is in the air and it’s time for all creatures great and small to start doing what the birds and the bees do best – yes – it’s time for some good old fashioned sex. Everywhere you look at this time of year you can see all types of fauna paired up and ready to make whoopie. During the past few days I’ve made the most of the weather and spent a fair amount of time wondering round Queens [... read rest of post]
It looks like Winter has had his final fling as the winds die down a bit in Lancashire this week although Scotland is still getting a bit of Snow. There are definite signs of Spring as I found my first lot of Frogspawn for 2011 during my lunchtime walk through Queens Park in Bolton today – 9 days later than last year although not surprising considering the sub-zero Winter we’ve just had. I also spotted a Peregrine Falcon hunting Pigeons [... read rest of post]
Not been a lot happening in the sea fishing department recently, in fact I’ve not been any type of fishing for what seems like months although I know it hasn’t actually been that long. As I posted about a couple of weeks ago we’ve been decorating and there are only so many updates that can include that as a subject without bringing on a bout of yawns from anyone reading. The good news is it’s nearly all done and the [... read rest of post]