I spent an enjoyable couple of hours up at the Tarn yesterday morning having a general tidy up and a more specific clear out of the hut.  Most of the tot has now been relegated to the cupboard in the boathouse which makes the place look a good deal more respectable.  There is still some junk to go such as broken chairs etc which I will hopefully remove today and I want to tidy up the plethora of notices, pictures and posters, but it now looks less like a rats nest.  I think that the hut is a club asset that is currently sadly under used and I have a few ideas that I will work on and discuss with Council over the coming weeks which will add to members enjoyment of the place.

I also had a call from Craven College asking if we had any fencing work that they could undertake for us over the winter so I will get back to thinking about habitat projects on the river and see if I can find some grant funding as well as a willing landowner.  The Hot Pot supper on 3 October will be a good occasion to tackle landowners about this.  The College also asked if I would be willing to lecture their students on river management as part of their wetlands management module.  So I may well do this in the new year.

It was a dry day yesterday with just light showers overnight so the river has fallen from its best for salmon fishing.  The fresh run fish should now be lying up in the pools below Horton and I know of at least one member who intends trying his luck with them today.  It's not too bad here this morning, overcast, but little wind and no rain so far.  There is even a suggestion of brightness to come over in the west.

Ian