By Nigel Hannant, on May 18th, 2008
It was a lovely afternoon, and after preaching this morning at Wymondham Baptist Church, it was great to get out and get some fresh Norfolk air! (Though maybe a little fresher than I would have liked.)
We have a great family walk we call the ‘lollipop walk’, named so because if you traced the route on a map it looks like a lollipop. What is nice is that we can let all the kids pretty much roam free, including our 3 year old, as there are no busy roads and it is mostly along footpaths alongside fields.
Continue reading The River Tiffey Shoal of Fish
By Nigel Hannant, on May 17th, 2008
Now this is bad, I woke up this morning knowing I had been dreaming about fishing! I can still remember plummeting the depths of a swim at Walnut Farm Fisheries, getting everything ready and then discovering I did not have any bait!! In fact, this was not quite a fishing dream, more a fishing nightmare!
Oh well, . . . → Read More: Dreaming About Fishing
By Nigel Hannant, on May 15th, 2008
Woo hoo – the rod licence is in the bag! I am officially once again licenced to fish. The online ordering process available from the Environment Agency website was really simple and certainly beats queuing in a Post Office.
Continue reading James Pond – licence to fish
By Nigel Hannant, on May 13th, 2008
Hell might be a bit extreme for the bag, but not for the smell!
This is the one item of my fishing gear that is actually in my possession. I did not think I could store this up in my in laws loft, they would have wondered exactly what I was storing up there.
I finally ventured a look inside today, the first time since 21st July 2004. (The last time I went fishing). It was certainly opened with some trepidation, and with me trying to keep my nose as far away as possible from the grand opening. Continue reading Bait Bag from Hell!
By Nigel Hannant, on May 12th, 2008
I am now more than keen to return to fishing, especially after my my close encounters with the Carp at Walnut Farm Fisheries.
However, there are a number of practical reasons still stopping me from doing so. I thought if I listed them it would make it easier to achieve them (also I am a list kind-of-person!): Continue reading Count Down to Fishing – Action List
By Nigel Hannant, on May 11th, 2008
Knowing I would have 30-40 mins free while my daughter was throwing herself around a gymnastics hall, I took the opportunity for a reconnaissance of Walnut Farm Fisheries in Besthorpe near Wymondham.
Walnut Farm Fisheries is made up of two lakes, and just to confuse everyone, one is called the Canal, assumably as it is quite quite narrow and shaped in a horse shoe (though I think I would have called it ‘Horse Shoe’!). I did not find out the name of the other, but as it was at the back of the venue I will call it ‘Back Lake. Continue reading Walnut Farm Fisheries Recce
By Nigel Hannant, on May 9th, 2008
This is the first entry in my Fishing Journal/Blog ‘Norfolk Fishing Life‘! It seems crazy to spend time getting this set up before I even start fishing, but hey, this is how my mind works. I have started by way of: creating an Introduction page; dedicating the site to my Dad; and explaining how I got started in . . . → Read More: First Norfolk Fishing Life Entry!
