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After 14 years, it was finally time to say goodbye to my Golden Retriever yesterday. We knew the time was coming but it doesn't make it any easier. My daughter got married on Thursday and it was genuinely one of the best days of my life. The day after was one of the worst. A friend had him for the night, only the second time we've ever left him, the first being my sons wedding. When we went to pick him up, he wasn't right and our friend just shook her head and gave us that look that said it all. She has lost 3 Goldies over her life and knows the signs. As part of my wedding speech, a lot of it was focused on how my daughter had begged me for a dog and I wasn't keen but she wore me down. When he came along it was the most natural thing in the world and we immediately bonded. My handle Golden Paws comes as a reference to him and a Beckham joke. Ironically me and missus used to argue about bringing up the kids but our dog brought us closer together. I'll miss his boundless energy, our long walks in the Countryside and his absolute love and devotion. Goodnight old friend.

GAPS lakes (Great Blakenham and Needham Market, Suffolk) - Causeway and Alderson - both shut for spawning CAPS lakes (Essex) - Bovington 1 & 2 - closed, spawning Inworth 1 - closed, spawning Layer pit - closed, spawning Snake Pit, closed, spawning Other CAPS lakes remain open for now (at 230530) as follows Brakes long and round lakes (these probably last to go due to depths up to 55 feet) Brookhall Inworth 2 Lodge Farm Olivers Prestons (avoid fishing margins as carp are beginning to spawn close in.

Follow bailliff Trev on Instagram, he does a daily update on swim availability etc. Just part of Sandmartin and Swan closed at the moment as far as I know.

It's a work in progress. RichardF is keeping me busy as he gets everything online basically item by item.

It's working on mine, can do everything upto check out before paying.

I'm still traumatised from when I the bream love in at St Ives back in 2019, must be the equivalent of accidently walking in on your grandparents 😂

I was fishing a club sea competition that went through the night till the following midday, was a lovely warm summers evening night with a slight onshore breeze no clouds almost a full moon. I looked up and saw a shooting star told my mate and he said to make a wish, I want a bass I shouted over…5 minutes later I seen another shooting star told my mate, go on then best make a wish then he said , I would like the Bass to be a double with my fingers crossed… just as the sun was almost rising I had my wish come true.