A new UK PB for Tom....a 35.10 common carp

 

A fantastic weekend for our son, Tom, down at his syndicate lake. A new UK personal best for him with this cracking 35lb 10oz common carp. Well done that lad !!

A few bits and bobs from camera catch up

 

This weather takes grey to a whole new level ! Distant crossbills in the greyness.

Kestrel in the sun !

Ringtail going through the starlings

Terrifying the starlings !

Stonechats enjoying the sun

The last of the carrots from our garden......they were delicious !

Hazel Catkins, male and female.......spring is just around the corner

I make the wreaths for all my families graves every year with greenery collected from the local forest. Love making them and this year I made them for a few neighbors aswell. The holly rips my hands to shreds !

Christmas dinner - delicious as always !

and Boxing Day dinner.....yummy xx

Simon and our son, Tom, tucking in !

Happy Birthday Tom

 

Tom's 36th birthday.......where did all those years go ! We don't eat out very often so decided on a trip to the Marrowbone and Cleaver in Kirmington (Guy Martin's pub). Just pub food but decent and beer and I was the driver home. A nice night xx

Neither would smile for a pic....too busy tucking in !

and I had my usual......I am so predictable and easy to please !  Gorgeous haddock, lovely and fresh x

A new UK Carp record for Tom - 45lb 2oz Mirror

 

A late autumn trip to France where Tom was in the high 30 pounders followed by a week in Cambridge at a carp fishery. It certainly proved an excellent holiday for our Tom when his buzzers sprung into life in the middle of the night and he hauled in this 45lb 2oz mirror carp. A new UK carp record for Tom and well caught. 

A 33lb Common Carp for Tom

 

Our Tom had a brilliant weekend landing this 33lb common carp at his syndicate lake. This fish had not been caught in 6 years ! Well done Tom !

A 34lb 12oz Common Carp for Tom

 

An excellent start to the year for our Tom with this 34-12 common carp at his syndicate pond. That woke him up at 3am ! What a cracking fish. 

Tom's Carp Fishing

 

Tom's weekend down at his syndicate lake started with this 22lb 9oz carp but ended with this 34lb 12oz monster carp. What a fish !!

A new Carp PB for Tom - 37.02lb

Another weekend for Tom down at his syndicate lake. Weekend fish have been a bit thin on the ground so far this year so we were ecstatic for Tom when we got his message of a new personal best. A staggering 37.02 common carp. Well done Tom, proud of you !

A chunk of a fish, well caught x

A few recent bits and bobs

 

Christmas Day......fire lit, feet up, turkey in, sprouts on and Peter Rabbit on TV. 

Happy Christmas !

A lovely day xx

 

One of our local woodland walks looking beautiful

Boxing Day at Lucys, such a lovely day. Plenty of food and excellent company x

And a spectacular diamond ring was on Lucy's finger !!

Here is Tom with Lucy's little Dottie. She will eat and drink absolutely anything and everything !

Letting a mouse out of one of our recycling / compost bins. 

Plenty of them to eat but they can never get out !

Some lovely fungus in the forest after the rain.

and leaves and catkins.....in December !