Gargrave perch fishing

The Canal & River Trust run a scheme called Waterway Wanderers where anglers can buy a permit to fish lengths of canal not managed in the traditional way by local angling clubs. The canal around Gargrave is included on the permit and I've had a couple of short sessions perch fishing albeit with limited success! A friend of mine who lives near Skipton has a son who wants to try fishing and I've suggested we have a go on the Gargrave stretch, hence my recent visits. I think we shall wait a bit for the water to warm up first because fishing is hard work at the moment

North Pennines II

North Pennines I

We're not long home from a lovely weekend staying at Dufton yha with a group of KCAC club-mates and their families. Decent weather added to what would have been fun anyway. More photos to follow

Spinal Sunday

The Spine series of races started yesterday. I've never really taken any notice but the events have really grown in stature, and are now well established on the ultra-running calendar. Today I took Tussock over to Lothersdale and we had a walk up Pin Haw beacon. We met several competitors including Tim, a smashing guy from Ambleside, who was looking really good on the full 268 mile (!) course. Tim has a Dragon's Back completion behind him plus a Spine Challenger and obviously was very well prepared for this gruelling event