FishingMagic Social Fish-in

[Steaker de Lurker]

....... or is that, dot the eyes and cross the Tees? ........ s'pose it depends on whether you wanna go that way or not ...... hmmmm!

 

[Paul H]

Wonder if we'll get anymore last minute attendees?

I'm looking into BBQ's and tent prices otherwise I'll be sleeping in the car and eating cold tins of beans.

 

[trev matthews]

Paul I have a big tent booked in allready, you can kip in one of the rooms if you like. I was at the waterpark yesterday it was choc a bloc with families and people walking dogs. There is also a BBQ ban which startson 1 May, I dont know if it also applies on the camping bit on the other side of the road or not.

 

[Paul H]

Cheers Trev, me and a mate are coming and we have booked a pitch already.

I need a larger tent anyhow so will be buying one not just for this weekend.

I should hope we can burn a few sausages on the campsite, that's part of the camping experience!

 

[trev matthews]

with only three weeks to go i would have thought this thread would have been buzzing with questions and answers and stuff. IS everyone so confident of the details that there is nothing left to chat about ?

 

[Paul H]

I plan on practicing my float fishing. No leads or hair rigs unless the wind gets too strong.

 

[Steve Spiller]

I'm just wondering how I'm gonna get all the gear in the car, just spent ?370 on roof bars and a box, but I'm still worried. Perhaps I should leave the kids and missus at home..........loads of room then!

What's the weather looking like? It's pants right now.

 

[Paul H]

I've bought my barbeque but still need a new tent. It's been an expensive couple of months for me so far, still got car insurance to pay for as well.

 

[Steve Spiller]

Get a secondhand one Paul, you can get some right bargains, maybe Ebay?

 

[Paul H]

Not a bad idea Steve, I'll have a gander later on.

 

[Steve Spiller]

Any joy with the tent Paul?

I'm still a bit unsure about where to pitch up? We should be arriving at lunch time, anyone else planning to be there the same time?

 

[Paul H]

There are some bargains on E-Bay. I'm waiting till the next pay cheque clears then I'll get bidding.

 

[Steve Spiller]

Have a look at frame tents Paul I've got a beauty, but I paid top dollar for it!

They go up easy and are very strong (just in case it's windy!).

Fingers crossed the weather gods will be kind to us!

 

[njb51]

Buy a bivvy? Two birds in one stone!

 

[Paul H]

What is the difference between a bivvy and a one or two man tent?

Apart of course from the hiked up price by calling a tent a bivvy and making it camouflaged?

 

[Wolfman Woody]

Don't buy camouflaged.

A one man tent is made for one man and a two man tent is made for two, very friendly, men.

A bivvy is made for people who can't say bivouak.

 

[Paul H]

I remember making a proper bivouak in scouts using only natural ingrediants, er, materials then kipping in it.

Maybe I should do that here, do the C&CC recognise bivouaks as an accepted means of accomodation?

 

[Steve Spiller]

I hope this weather picks up a bit.

It's peeing down!!!!!

 

[Steve Spiller]

Just had a look on metcheck and it aint looking good! It's a long way to go for us for a wash out, let's hope it picks up and metcheck is wrong! I'm gonna give it a miss if it doesn't get better, it's no fun in the rain when you're camping!

 

[Dicky (Angling Trust PAC)]

DB! Metcheck my rrrrrrrrrrrrrs!

You slightly more south-western than me softie! It's only a bit of rain! ;-)

I will be there in my chest waders as Paul's 'Aide de Camp' running the mud sled.

It'll be like Glastonbury but cheaper, with less (or no) bands (I'll get Paul to sing), and a lot more fish...