The owners of private fishing waters may have come up with a solution to
the otter problem...one of the Government Agency may have a successfull agenda...
Removal of weed is another problem...Some tried to use chemicals
An otter poacher could soon sort this out
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- Sat May 02, 2020 2:55 am
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: Coronavirus, how are you managing at home?
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- Sat May 02, 2020 2:46 am
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: Coronavirus, how are you managing at home?
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Rod, I just read your post about restocking the lake. Way back shortly after we first had it dug it wasn't surrounded by trees and I thought I'd try stocking it with rainbow trout and catch them on the fly. This we did, transporting them from a farm in Avoca in Wicklow to our home some 50 miles awa...
- Sat May 02, 2020 1:47 am
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- Topic: The Last Of The Hunters
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My neighbor has two infant Girls ..I gave him the wool ,..The slate and some sea shells. The kids love making pictures on slate and painting shells... I started at 0600 Hrs yesterday and finished at dusk. It was hard work lying in bed with a mug of hot chocolate and hearing an explosive noise as the...
- Sat May 02, 2020 1:37 am
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Then home for lunch in the garden...change into my overalls and wellie boots
for half a days work with the Quad Bike ..
Up and down to our working beach three times
My buddy and I both have pacemakers....
I call my Quad Bike a Boy Racer Mobility Scooter.....Roderick.
for half a days work with the Quad Bike ..
Up and down to our working beach three times
My buddy and I both have pacemakers....
I call my Quad Bike a Boy Racer Mobility Scooter.....Roderick.
- Sat May 02, 2020 1:30 am
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The sheep were not running away from me.....I found a pierced Blackbird Egg and some wool. Up the steps, over the Cornish Hedge and I was facing the deserted village school Furture along the road I saw one of my friends arrive home in his car... He is ten years older than I am...Living on his own an...
- Sat May 02, 2020 1:09 am
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There had been a cliff fall which blocked the access to my store.
The sea had brought two feet of sea weed across our slipway.
So home across a field of sheep with their winter Lambs
The Mothers were chilling out sitting on the grass and the young lambs were
playing as young lambs do..
The sea had brought two feet of sea weed across our slipway.
So home across a field of sheep with their winter Lambs
The Mothers were chilling out sitting on the grass and the young lambs were
playing as young lambs do..
- Sat May 02, 2020 1:03 am
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I went home , Then round the corner to see one of my friends .He was not in his garden so I went on one of my traditional six o'clock summer circular walks . This includes passing the LLoyds Signal Station , The Marconi Transmitting Station To the Isle Of Wight. First Radio Signal about a hundred an...
- Sat May 02, 2020 12:41 am
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Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day with less wind and surf... I was on beaches with only a couple of folks in the distance . We all applied social distancing as the threat of infection is close to us with 3 reported cases in the local area. One lady I met ,was wearing shorts , and out with her husb...
- Sat May 02, 2020 12:23 am
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Today I wore my family Tartan and ate a Cornish pasty....to celebrate my victory over a Rat as I am one of the Last of the Hunters Were high explosives involved? There was an explosion of excitement when saw I had captured my quarry. There was an explosion of relief when I saw the farmers system of...
- Fri May 01, 2020 8:59 am
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: Coronavirus, how are you managing at home?
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I am loosing my way....Go to South Dorset Caledonian Society...... See my Scottish Ex Pats at their Highland Ball in Weymouth Grammar School .. they have been living this social Life style since the mid fifties One of the laddies on Ex Marks The Scot has has shown the Same Dances in America There is...
- Fri May 01, 2020 8:27 am
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: Coronavirus, how are you managing at home?
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I now notice that I have to roll my screen up half an inch to show that my message has been recieved
after I have pressed SUBMIT...
after I have pressed SUBMIT...
- Fri May 01, 2020 8:22 am
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: Coronavirus, how are you managing at home?
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I might have missed something last night as the ....Note if you are experiencing technical difficulties... and ...your post has been recieved .... were not rolling to show both messages .. however after the minor virus clearance my system is no longer crashing I am managing today with a 3 hour sessi...
- Fri May 01, 2020 8:10 am
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: Coronavirus, how are you managing at home?
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Anyone who has time on their hands could go through my recent posts as my system is running normally today . Have sort of chilled out today waiting for the next disaster Check out English Heritage ....National Trust ...Cornish Tourism ...Cornish Social and Maritime history. Cornish Fishing ....Corni...
- Fri May 01, 2020 7:47 am
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: Coronavirus, how are you managing at home?
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Another big business is contract land hire . The agrigricultural land is worked two seasons a year with polish contract labour and brand new tractors with 40 ton trailers running the produce upto 20 miles on public high ways at 30 miles per hour. In a ten mile to Helston with no speed restrictions o...
- Fri May 01, 2020 7:22 am
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: Coronavirus, how are you managing at home?
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On the edge of the Predannack Airfield there is an old Wind Mill which has been rebuilt... This was used as a hiding place for the local cattle thieves This area is a wet land even in the middle of summer....Visitors go on tours of the wet lands on raised walk ways ...The moor land is now used for H...