WELL WE ARE INTO A NEW DECADE, ALMOST TEN YEARS SINCE WE TRAVELLED UP FROM CORNWALL TO TAKE OVER THE MOOR MOVING INTO THE OLD CARAVAN (TOAD HALL) WITH OUR FOUR CATS. IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO NOW , THE FISHERY IS SETTLING DOWN REALLY WELL WITH THE CARP PACKING ON THE POUNDS , OUR CHILDREN JOE 8 ,AND EMILY AND SOPHIE 21 MONTHS WALKING JUST , DEBBIE REALLY HAS HER HANDS FULL AND IS SO LUCKY TO HAVE HER PARENTS DEREK AND ANGE NEARBY TO HELP OUT WITH THE BABY SITTING AND OTHER ENDLESS TASKS. THE WINTER SEEMS TO HAVE GONE ON AND ON WITH ALL THE BAD WEATHER , THE LAKES FROZEN HAS BEEN GOOD NEWS FOR THE LOCAL FOXES WHO HAVE MANAGED TO EAT SALLY OUR MOSCOVY DUCK,DONALD AND DAPHNE OUR TWO GEESE OF 9 YEARS PLUS BLUE WHO DENNIS AND GRAHAM GOT IN AN AUCTION AT HATHERLEIGH LAST YEAR, IT SEEMS STRANGELY QUIET WITHOUT THEIR CALLS. IF ANYBODY HAS DUCKS THEY WOULD LIKE TO FIND A NEW HOME PLEASE RING.GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT IS NOW WARMING UP AND SEVERAL ANGLERS ARE COMING OUT OF HIBERNATION. JOES FOOTBALL HAS BEEN GREAT FUN THIS WINTER WITH HIS U8 TORRIDGESIDE TEAM ONLY LOSING ONE GAME ALL SEASON TO AN U9 BARNSTPLE TEAM. DAVE WYKES IS PROMISING TO GET TICKETS TO GO AND SEE TEVEZ AT MAN CITY SOON , TEVEZ IS JOES IDOL, I DONT THINK HE WOULD SLEEP FOR A WEEK IF GOT TO SEE HIS HEROE. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE ON THE LAKES WHEN IT WARMS A LITTLE CHEERS ANDY AND FAMILY.