Well April is here...

Yes 4 months into 2012 & only 8 more to go, Easter next weekend, man time does fly when you get older, I should know I were told years ago by the older generation then lol.

At my grandmothers yesterday & had to watch Andre Rieu on the tv, after a nice Chinese takeaway, the concert he performed was roses from the south, not the best of his operas but weren't bad, plenty of Viennese waltzes & stuff, not my cup of tea but something worth watching when you need to relax & unwind, he is on Sky arts2 regular every Saturday afternoon, most are repeats & the ladies are nice too ;) Here is clip from YouTube.

Just had my Sunday roast, loved it pork n stuffin with apple sauce, roast spuds, Yorkshire pudding & mushrooms laced in aaah bisto.

Todays song of choice is.....

Learn Chinese in 5 minutes, lmao...

Todays Song...

England got unlucky on Wednesday night should've won that friendly, good game to watch though.
Just sorting my gear out now for Sundays session & about bloody time to, its been a fair old while since I got out on the bank & I cannot wait.
Just about finished decorating the house in my spare time only the front room left to do & then I'll be out in the garden, prepping it out for planting, gonna start it with spuds onions n radishes first now it's getting warmer.

So whatever your upto this weekend have a good'un....

Still grafting...

I didn't get out fishing over the weekend because I had a load more work come my way & if things carry on the way it's going I'm gonna have to employ some staff of my own to keep up with the demand, has I don't want to lose the work or sub it out to somebody else.
I've had engine refurb jobs on, which I've been working on through to the early hours to get them done & dusted whilst working on service jobs throughout the daytime, only got the 1 day off last week & ended up working all weekend, I've also took on several MOT jobs for a trader, a cylinder head job & now a clutch job for a new customer, on the plus side I like being busy but boy do I need a break & in the mean time I'm also looking at new premises to work from, still working mobile from time to time as well.

Also this morning I woke up with the dreaded man flu to top it all off, still ya gotta keep going, I don't let it beat me, crack on regardless, now I'm just off back out now to sort out another job regarding a bust starter motor. 

At last

Now the big rush of grafting has slowed right down, its time to get the rods out, man I've been aching to get out on the bank for some time, but have to take the work while it's going so that's the way it is, taken the rest of the week off now so after a sort out at home I'll be getting out on the bank shortly, barbel, chub et al here I come, but first a good old reccy mission is required bankside to find out what the river conditions have got in store for me.

I know Friday & Saturday have rain forecast in the weather reports & sure that snow melt will have made it's impact on the river but it's still worth a shot IMHO, so see how goes & the nights are drawing out too.

Blimey how fast does time really go? in 2 weeks time it'll be March already & 3 months into 2012 it's like the older you get the more time steps up a gear.


  

It's snow joke....

Well bang went my plans for a session this week instead I've took over a grand in cash selling car batteries, bulbs, wipers & anti-freeze, jeez it's been an hectic weekend & all thanks to 3 inches of snow, looks like the week ahead is going to be busy as well, I cannot wait but an urge to get on the river bank is niggling away at me so I'm considering booking a day of in the week, we shall see how it goes, man I couldn't believe I've took well over 4 grand this week alone, that's good going & I'll bet the likes of the RAC & the AA have been rushed of their feet all weekend too.

Had a look in on facebook this afternoon at some of the pics of the snow, had to laugh at some of them like this'un 3 to push a panda car cos it'd got no traction.

Pushing the law

Well it happens to them too ! & on my way home from work this afternoon a couple of streets away from home on the new housing estate I walk through that used to be the old paper factory the kids had got some talent there building  snowmen & igloos, I did not bother to take any pics though as I was gagging to tuck into my Sunday roast & I enjoyed that too, now just washing it down with some carlsberg.

So lets get things back to normal...

Alas the central heatings sorted, got some work on & the spate of bad luck has ran out, well almost I can tell ya it comes in threes but not this time it were four because, after the central heating packing up & i'd ran outta work & lost me phone, the bloody electric kettle decided to give up the ghost on me, now thats some run of bad luck, it were almost as if i'd been cursed by the gypsies or something of that kind.

Now there's a bit cold weather business has picked right up, batteries, bulbs & wipers, not selling much antifreeze or screen wash or de-icer yet but it'll come around.
We've had a bit of a snow shower this morning, hoping to get some more & it settles, then business will boom.

Planning a session on the river bank this weekend, not sure whether to have a go for barbel or dead bait for pike yet it's gonna be down to the weather & or if there is any flood water on the river.
So a bank side reccy is a must, always best to go find out for yourself rather than ask others, at least you know where you stand.

Right off to get straightened up at home now.

Last night...

I watched two films on the box, the 1st one escape to victory, now that was some game of football !

The 2nd, escape from Sobibor, now that was depressing, man I'll never watch another film about concentration camps in the 2nd world war, it weren't as explicit has you can imagine what really happened there, but enough to explain how it happened & how those Jewish people were treated by the Nazis, very disturbing.

Anyway I'll finish here with this post because I've got some moving about to do ready for the central heating contractor in the morning.

& 1 more..

Some more...

Today I'm mainly listening to...

Well things are starting to get better already...

Having not really had a good start this month things are starting to improve, a few weeks ago I'd dropped my mobile phone out of my pocket whilst looking at an oil leak on a customers car outside his shop, the phone was picked up by another customer who phoned half of England with my credit but returned it a few days after, then work dropped to an appalling level to almost non existent I then ended up with the dreaded man flu, they say so I've been told bad luck always comes in threes ! Well it certainly has for me, but things are getting better, I've managed to get my driveway & path at the rear of my house concreted at last, I've started laying slabs in the shed base which is gonna be my workshop when completed & I've finally got round to having the central heating replaced for next week by a local company this time because it's passed it's life of use & I'm sick & tired of having to keep replacing the water pump every year which every time it packs up the damn thing keeps tripping the electricity mains out.
The guy came out from the central heating company this morning to measure up all the radiators in every room & work out what other materials were required including the new combi boiler & gas fire that are going to be replaced has part of the job, gave us the quote & estimated about a days work, so not doing bad here for the last couple of years I've had the roof redone new windows & doors, new kitchen & bathroom completed & I've also got round to redoing my back garden where I was going to turf it but changed my mind & decided this next spring I going to start growing my own vegetables in again like my father did when I were a kid.

I don't think gardening is hard work, it's just time consuming, I've got it dug over last year before the first frosts & raked level, there were plenty of lob worms in it I can tell you, that's a good sign & also I've built a new compost bin out of some old sheets of polycarbonate from an old conservatory roof, that'll last a fair few years.
Next job in the garden is to build a greenhouse, I've decided against a glass one because of neighbours kids with footballs etc, etc. Will probably go down the road of polycarbonate again which is quite strong material & build the frame for this greenhouse out of timber.
Now I'm just deciding whether to use manure or leaf mulch in this prepped patch of garden, so not really a deal left to do & see how it goes.
Most of the veg I'll be growing will be spuds, leeks, onions & radish along with carrots lettuce, cabbages & cauliflower.
The tomatoes in the greenhouse when it's built & go from there.

I was at one time going to have my own pond but unfortunately there isn't going to be enough room for one so I may consider in the future another water feature of some kind & another thing I've also done with the garden is put a border along the back fence to put some plants in where the old privet hedge was to tidy it up a bit.

So now all I need to do is get some fishing done : )

New year & a slow start with work.

First of all its a bit late but happy new year, works been steady but still coming through, not much happening with the fishing at the moment but I'll get there.
I've had a few clutch & head gasket jobs on in between the usual batteries, bulbs & wiper blades, the odd tyre job & wheel balancing work, but not so many services as I normally get so things might change by next month.
speaking of the new year I've never been one to make resolutions, well apart from one not to make any that way i don't break them right ! well this year I've made one but i won't say what because i know I'll break it by doing so.

Forum world still the same !!! lol best off out of it from my point of view, is it really worth arguing the toss over a fish ? Now don't get me wrong there is a time & a place to make a stance but on these occasions it ain't right when a few boil over pretence & spit out the dummy over otters, eels & barbel, where exactly are they making their points about said situation or more to the point what exactly is the point ?

Blimey it's almost February already, not long then before the annual closure of the coarse season, that'll cause some mayhem on the forums.
Hope you enjoyed your Christmas mine was well spent with family & friends having a good old catch up with those I'd not saw for awhile had a few drinks too & really enjoyed myself, must keep in touch with people more often than not at all.
My grandmother didn't  feel like going to any parties so the parties came to her lol, bless her she's 82 & widowed but made the most of it at the very least, still trying to get up there for a dance she were lmao.

Merry Christmas....

Yes that time has come around again, almost the end of another year & the beginning of the next, I've been busily grafting my ass off & now the time is coming to put in some hours on the river bank during the festive break, I cannot wait, the weathers turned mild & damp, there are plenty of blewits coming out of the fields, still some leaves left on the trees & wheres that bloody snow ? lol.

It's done nowt but rain today so there should be plenty of water in the river, especially after the other nights down pour, shall find out in the morning, has I'm having a bankside reccy, might be wise to wait on those leaves flushing through 1st before I attempt to get the rods out on the bank again, so we shall soon find out.

Been having a catch up on forum world today, no change there then ! My my you'd have thought by now folks would've buried the hatchet & moved on, but not has it seems, still the same old, same old arguements/debates about stillwater barbel etc, etc Wonders will never cease, what on earth is it with single species anglers that cause such pent up anger to be vented for all to see ? I can tell you I've been there, after all it's only fishing, so whats the need for it all to explode ? Suppose some folks need to get out n about more often than not.

Peace n good will to all...