We picked up a rather blustery north east wind yesterday that made casting a pain, but it remained dry and quite sunny.  The wind has just abated and the cloud that built up over night is now beginning to break up so the day may be quite reasonable.

I was looking out of the kitchen window on Saturday morning and saw an elderly couple wandering about.  They bumped into the Hon Sec who had just turned up to fish the river and seemed to be in deep conversation.  Being nosey I went out to see what was up and found that this couple had lived at the farmhouse next to mine and for a brief time had lived in my house.  The old chap told us about days when Newhouses was full of livestock living in the barns that are now either my garage or converted dwellings.  He talked about the river and remembered Nat Hunt as an old man and Walter Pollard who was keeper here in the 1940's.  He gave me a name for a pool below Newhouses so 'Midge Hole' will be added to the next edition of the map.

Ian