WELL THE SEASON IS ALMOST OVER , WE HAVE HAD OUR FIRST COUPLE OF FROSTS AND THE DARK NIGHTS ARE HERE, IT HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE GIRLS THEY ARE NOW ALMOST 2.6 YEARS OLD , BOTH ARE STARTING TO PUT WORDS TOGETHER AND REALIZING WHAT THEY WANT, IT IS NOT EASY IN THE HOUSE WITH THREE WOMEN!! JOE IS STILL FLYING WITH HIS FOOTBALL, WE TOOK A TRIP TO UPTON PARK LAST WEEKEND , JOES FIRST EVER MATCH LIVE TO SEE BLACKPOOL PLAY WEST HAM, AFTER WEST HAMS DISMAL PERFORMANCE I DO NOT EXPECT EVER FOR JOE TO SUPPORT THE HAMMERS. ON THE FISHERY FRONT A FEW ANGLERS ARE STILL TRICKLING IN ON DAY TICKETS AND SPECIMEN ANGLING WITH JOSEPHS LAKE PROVING REALLY POPULAR WITH THE LOCALS. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE MY OLD MATE SIMMO LAST WEEK , HE DELIVERED US SEVERAL LARGE CARP TO 33LBS PLUS COMMONS TO TWENTY POUNDS, SHAME THOUGH THE POOR SOUL WAS DEVASTATED AS OTTERS HAD WIPED OUT OVER 150 DOUBLE FIGURE CARP FROM ONE OF HIS HOLDING POOLS NEAR DORCHESTER, THE SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF THESE BEASTS ARE DECIMATING STOCKS.

ON A BRIGHT NOTE THE FAMILY ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO XMAS ESPECIALLY JOE AND THE GIRLS, WE ARE SO LUCKY TO LIVE IN SUCH UNSPOILT SURROUNDINGS EVEN IN THE WINTER WHEN IT IS DARK AND GREY THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO SEE ON STAFFORD MOOR. WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL THE BEST ANDY ,DEBS, JOE AND GIRLS.