Category Archives: Wales

A return to the sea

Day 88…. stick to what you know..

Posted on 22/06/2020 by Baitdigger

For all the normal family feud reasons I have not spoken to my brother for years.. too many years but stupid arguments tend to do that to even the strongest families and like hillbillies and rednecks we are good at … Continue reading →

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Day 85…. seeking positives?

Posted on 19/06/2020 by Baitdigger

Friday 19th June and the Welsh Assembly announced it’s next steps in the fight against covid 19. I should have known the outcome when the girl behind Mark Drakeford who was translating his speech into sign language appeared to be … Continue reading →

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Day 82…June 16th

Posted on 16/06/2020 by Baitdigger

What next? After years of Brexit related anxiety, for and against, dividing the country into camps of remainers and leaver it took a virus to wipe it off the news. No longer will we have to worry about Brexit destroying … Continue reading →

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Day 75…. Dear Diary…?

Posted on 09/06/2020 by Baitdigger

An I phone essay…… Apologies, nothing fishing based today other than to say I suffered a small slip or trip by my computer and hit the keyboard on the way down. This triggered a chain of events that will lead … Continue reading →

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Day 74… Or there about..

Posted on 08/06/2020 by Baitdigger

“I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, those wreckers of all but the best laid plans.” ~ J. K. Rowling Surprised? I am not. I did go to work, twice and very briefly. There … Continue reading →

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Day…..?

Posted on 03/06/2020 by Baitdigger

..69 Dude……. Apologies for the Bill and Ted Reference but strange things are afoot. A disaster has once again befallen me…….I have been asked back in to work to plan my return tomorrow… so this will be (probably) my last fishing … Continue reading →

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Day 68…. Crepuscular creeping to no avail..

Posted on 02/06/2020 by Baitdigger

Blanked…again Once again I feel that early morning accomplished glow. Last nights tackle is cleaned and hook lengths replaced.  I have mopped and brought the bins in. I even jet washed the big bin because it smelt like someone had … Continue reading →

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Day 67

Posted on 01/06/2020 by Baitdigger
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Day 66….Reintroduction of humanisation..

Posted on 31/05/2020 by Baitdigger

In other words no fishing to write about again today.. I still have a couple of dozen frozen peeler crabs I picked up click and collect from Rhondda tackle so under cover of darkness I plan to hit my local beach … Continue reading →

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Day 64… as clear as mud.

Posted on 29/05/2020 by Baitdigger

  So is the five mile travelling limit restricted to visiting friends? have they moved the sea closer? Covert missions it is then until this thing has gone dormant for I fear it will not go away, just hide and … Continue reading →

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