Understandably anglers were always taken on the poorest, oldest coaches. IIRC, there was a long steep drag up that side of the Lakes. Let's just say a few prayers were said.platt-warrior wrote:sounds like "the hills have eyes"cpwigan wrote:Is the old guy who IIRC owned Grayway (Jim? completely bald bald fella) still alive. He once took us on a fishing trip to Ulverston Canal. I think he had suffered a few heart attack or health scares even then and boy the trip was scary
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Have you fished the canal at Ulverston lately CP ? I can also remember going there years ago,gret for tench and good roach IIRC.
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Jimmy was my grandad, passed away about 5 years ago.cpwigan wrote:Is the old guy who IIRC owned Grayway (Jim? completely bald bald fella) still alive. He once took us on a fishing trip to Ulverston Canal. I think he had suffered a few heart attack or health scares even then and boy the trip was scary
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Sorry to hear that. He was a character. Who you travel with can make or break any trip and he was fabulous.white elephant wrote:Jimmy was my grandad, passed away about 5 years ago.cpwigan wrote:Is the old guy who IIRC owned Grayway (Jim? completely bald bald fella) still alive. He once took us on a fishing trip to Ulverston Canal. I think he had suffered a few heart attack or health scares even then and boy the trip was scary
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I haven't. A club I used to fish with, our first match was always Ulverston Canal. We used to take a keg of beer from the Labour Club we were affiliated to and were pegged down at the sea end. It was always famed for Tench but I used to hedge my bets a use bloodworm for roach etc.platt-warrior wrote:Have you fished the canal at Ulverston lately CP ? I can also remember going there years ago,gret for tench and good roach IIRC.
Once a year a big match pegged from the sea to the basin next to the pub ran and I used to fish that. I pleasured it a few times and like anywhere it fished better when not match fishing and when making an early start.
I used to fish Ratherheath Tarn up there too, lovely setting and great Tench fishing too. Bigland Tarn too was a nice setting but the fishing was nothing special.
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But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
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But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
that takes a lot of courage. #18thMan
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Me and sister got thrown off Grayways at school as we 'lived too close to school' despite x3 Wigan coaches. 2 mile walk it was every night therefor
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And the “kind of rugby player you’d want to be in your dreams” James Leytham
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