salokcinnodrog

I can remember when Taverham Mills was sold, a 25acre lake, stretch of river, a house and I think another 20acres of land.  The Carp Society put in a bid, but were outbid by Anglian Water with a bid for £1,000,000. Anglian Water managed to fence the lake trapping otters inside the fence.
What irritated me is I had built the fence around the roadside and the woods at the back when I ran it and had no problems. Anglian Water ripped the fence down to rebuild it leaving it down for weeks, allowing otters to get in. Those same otters were getting the barbel and carp in the river before they got into the lake, so AW would have known otters were in the area.

I know one venue that's up for sale for less than £300,000

I'm sure that I have done that for dumbell shapes, or a too large a sausage, say 14mm for ovaloids.
In fact on a 'compatible' nozzle and rolling table, say 12mm, if the gun compresses the base mix, as they are extruded they will expand slightly and be slightly off shape as well.
I used to air dry unboiled base mix balls totally, mixed with water and the other liquids, to get a fast breakdown, basically like the ball pellets that were available at the time. 

When I was 19 a v large water near me came up for sale at 40k.
I pleaded with the bank to lend me the money and of course they just laughed at me. Ten years later it was sold again for more than a million.
I still haven't forgiven the bank 🤣

Our lake has had them on, and in winter coots were the main diet. We rarely lost swans, but did find occasional pike were on the diet.
There were a couple of carp with damaged tails. Again the lake is open access, and unable to be fenced.

A granddaughter who pinched and ate a couple of chunks of luncheon meat dusted in turmeric and garam masala... 
 
Bromeswell is on a few estate agents and as much as I would love it...

Sorry , Nick , that was clumsy of me . I just wanted you to have some " Nick time " so your head didn't explode .
I should have remembered how important hospital visits are from when I was in hospital , and my Wife visited me .
All the very best .

Hopefully my dad should be going back to the community hospital for rehabilitation tomorrow. He has managed to get around using a walking frame with the physio.

A 29lb 5oz mirror on Friday evening. I had 3 rods about a rod length from an island but saw 3 shows really close and so lengthened the cast to a really shallow spot. Did a 54 hour stint and that was it and didn't hear of any other fish coming out. Strange as Saturday conditions were perfect as the temperature rose a bit and a pretty strong Southerly wind picked up and chopped up the water. 

Hopefully my dad should be going back to the community hospital for rehabilitation tomorrow. He has managed to get around using a walking frame with the physio.

I really don't know where to start!
It's been a difficult few weeks with my dad in hospital since a fall at his flat in August. Just when we thought he was recovering, he had a chest infection turn into pneumonia while in the rehab community hospital at Aldeburgh, so got rushed back to Ipswich Hospital A&E on Saturday night, where he has been ever since.
Back in August I made a long Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JEEY9X2sB/ 

I really don't know where to start!
It's been a difficult few weeks with my dad in hospital since a fall at his flat in August. Just when we thought he was recovering, he had a chest infection turn into pneumonia while in the rehab community hospital at Aldeburgh, so got rushed back to Ipswich Hospital A&E on Saturday night, where he has been ever since.
Back in August I made a long Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JEEY9X2sB/ 

There are few tackle brands I trust totally, knowing that it is right first time, but Gardner are one of those that I have not ever had a dodgy item. 
In the 1990's I bought a Gardner Landing Net. It lasted until 2004 when it was stolen, I don't recall even replacing the mesh. Gardner hooks I have found blooming (as in to make bleed figuratively and literally) pinprick sharp straight out of the packet. I used their PVA mesh bags for years, and I haven't changed from Gardner Pro line other than a brief flirtation when no-one had any in stock after Richard Gardner sent me the sample batch to test myself before its release.
If I ever contemplate moving away from my Delkim loyalty (I've never had any problems) the only alarm I would switch to would be Gardner. I did play with the original TLB's and the wired sounder, they were nice and did look good.

10kg of premier superaminos base mix arrived today 👍🏻

Sorry to hear that @salokcinnodrog. I hope he pulls through.
Those waits @ A&E you refer to in your FB post are horrendous. A very close friend of mine had a stroke last week. He was taken to hospital and dumped in A&E for 12 hours before receiving any treatment. It's completely unacceptable.

I really don't know where to start!
It's been a difficult few weeks with my dad in hospital since a fall at his flat in August. Just when we thought he was recovering, he had a chest infection turn into pneumonia while in the rehab community hospital at Aldeburgh, so got rushed back to Ipswich Hospital A&E on Saturday night, where he has been ever since.
Back in August I made a long Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JEEY9X2sB/ 

I really don't know where to start!
It's been a difficult few weeks with my dad in hospital since a fall at his flat in August. Just when we thought he was recovering, he had a chest infection turn into pneumonia while in the rehab community hospital at Aldeburgh, so got rushed back to Ipswich Hospital A&E on Saturday night, where he has been ever since.
Back in August I made a long Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JEEY9X2sB/ 

22lb mirror, bring it on September! 

34lb 10oz mirror 

Did a quick overnighter on the park lake last night as my current seasons tally stands at: 
nights fished: 1 
days fished: 2 
carp: 0 
I’m still sat under the oval winding down the last few hours of the session. September being my favourite month for carping, l felt o needed to get on the score board for this season. 
This one went 23lb 

My son has been trying to catch a carp from the park lake for 11 months. (Doesn’t help it’s a tricky water, he’s only been able to do weekend days, taking whatever swim is left and to top it off, I had the 3 out the other night while he blanked)
 
Today he finally had the bite he’s been dreaming of all this time that photo says it all I think… 
18lb 8oz (whilst wearing my lucky fox hoodie…) 
caught on a home made premier superaminos boilie with shellfish sense appeals and belachan. Freebies were 12millers that I rolled. My little girl rolled some 25-30mil baits from the scrap ends, he caught it on one of those! 
 
buzzing, when it hit the net, we both screamed for joy! That’s what this game is all about, that buzz 

No tin hat comment from me. I've seen how quickly carp heal in their own environment. All the split fins and torn scales from spawning. Within weeks that damage is unnoticeable and healed up.
Like you I'll treat a bleeding hook hole, but carp must cut their mouth on stones, sticks etc when feeding and that heals.
I remember Dave Chilton coming up with Klinik and he refused to make a profit on sales, so sold it at cost as he felt that carp welfare was more important than profit. Obviously Dave Chilton sold Kryston and I believe  I may be wrong, Richard Gardner went to the same source as Kryston's new owners didn't have the product rights. 
I must admit, I do have plenty of time for Richard Gardner and Gardner Tackle.

Buckwheat has very low oil content and in my mind its the oil content that in hemp that makes it so good. Buckwheat to bulk out a particle mix yes but not to replace hemp , for me anyway. 

Quick 3hr session this afternoon produced this nice common