Number of posts : 965 Age : 65 Location : birmingham Registration date : 2008-11-10
Subject: w & e canal 17/07/10 Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:29 pm
well after setting off down the chester road ( almost to chester ) we arrived at the stretch known as the common stretch. one look at the cut and it was decided to move to wood lane as the origional stretch looked like the english channel during the windy season! anyway dave and tony did their usual excellenent pegging out duties. ( not easy) i drew peg 3 so not to far to walk as soon as i blew the whistle the wind changed, like a bloody hurricane blowing down the cut i knew it was going to be hard going but no where near as bad as it turned out the gathering of the clan
my dad ken smith getting ready for the off
oi dave, the canals over here!
ken german in action under his brolly the cooper brothers talk tactics tony kibble rolling a joint the secretary is bored and off for a walk dave preece looks like he's having fun adam cooper decides sod this i'm off to the pub with 3 hours left thay ain't gonna catch me paul davis with a massive 4oz in the net thinks to him self job done, can no one beat me! i battle against the wind in vain raul moat look a like neil thinks if theses fish don't turn up soon i'll shoot a copper
david evans on his way to second place
mark laughs but little does he know paul, s 4 oz is a winning weight! god help us all
dave preece with his monster haul! hello colin tell us how u do it i ask dave ? it turned out to be a very hard day on the cut, sorry boys n girls
) we arrived at the stretch known as the common stretch. one look at the cut and it was decided to move to wood lane as the origional stretch looked like the english channel during the windy season! 
as soon as i blew the whistle the wind changed, like a bloody hurricane blowing down the cut 
my dad ken smith getting ready for the off
