Weekend Sport Column – June 28th
June 28th, 2013: DRAIN TENCHING Warping, a method used by farmers to fertilise and enrich their lands, was introduced to the Humber region shortly after 1730 by a farmer called Continue Reading →
June 28th, 2013: DRAIN TENCHING Warping, a method used by farmers to fertilise and enrich their lands, was introduced to the Humber region shortly after 1730 by a farmer called Continue Reading →
Remember the Simple Minds song, ‘I promised you a miracle?‘ I look back and think promising to update the blog more often was along those lines. The thing is, when Continue Reading →
Sunday Sport Column June 21st, 2013: OPENING DAY BARBEL It has been described as the enigmatic prince of the river with good reason. Pound for pound the barbel is Continue Reading →
June 14th, 2013: CARP ON FLOATERS At last! I was beginning to think I’d never see sunshine again but the start of June finally delivered blue skies and much warmer Continue Reading →
At midnight tonight many rivers across England will echo to the splashes of heavy swimfeeders crashing onto swirling waters, hurled out in anticipation of the season’s first barbel (Boris, Bertie, beard, prince, golden Continue Reading →
Here’s another tranche of articles that I published last year in the Sunday Sport newspaper. These bring me up to the beginning of the 2013/14 season, so, from here on Continue Reading →
Back in 2013 the Sunday Sport Newspaper launched an angling column and invited me to be their star columnist. It was an odd feeling. These are not opportunities that come your way Continue Reading →