We have just said goodbye to our house guests and the place is now slowly returning to some semblance of sanity.  The lane has been resurfaced between the Crown Inn and High Birkwith.  The 3 Peaks have been walked by over 400 BT employees and it still hasn't rained.

I saw the Hon Sec yesterday.  He was up with a guest fishing the river (stagnant pools) and took a tun round the Tarn in the late afternoon.  Surprisingly there are still plenty of rises to hatching fly from fish in the deeper pools so river fishing is not a complete wast of time.

I also saw Mick L who is a regular visitor to the MAA out-station on South Uist.  He tells me that the fishery manager there is retiring and that South Uist Estates are having problems finding a replacement.  I must brush up on my Gaelic and sort out my CV!

Ian