I have been away for the past two days helping Sheila's brother to knock his kitchen apart and reroute the wiring for his central heating.    This turned out to be like rewiring Sizewell B, but everything worked perfectly when we put the power back on so we can claim a success.

Coming back home very late last night I was surprised to see the volume of water going over Settle weir since we had been basking in warm sunshine all day in Halifax.  It seems that it rained steadily at Horton all day and the river had come onto spate by late afternoon.  It has continued raining all night  and still is.  The forecast is for brighter conditions later today so with a high river salmon should be running.  Be warned though, it's pretty windy with quite a stiff breeze blowing from the west.

I still plan to go n search of salmon at the top of the river later today if conditions here pick up a bit so maybe more on this tomorrow.

Finally, a member emailed me with the following:

Ian,  It might be worth reminding members some time that I can carry out machining jobs on my lathe at home for small screws,pins,bushes etc  on their old fishing reels,tackle or whatever.I can not work miracles but I may be  help someone out with a problem.
Regards Brian.

Thanks Brian, this may well help some members to prolong the life of well loved gear. If any member wishes to take up Brian's offer just email or phone me and I will put you in touch.


Ian