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Mark
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A toast to BB

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On this day in 1905 Denys Watkins-Pitchford (BB) was born, a toast and a chapter from one of his books is called for tonight. :cheers:
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The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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A g&t and a chapter of "Confessions" will be my contribution.
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.
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It's the 'Old Copper Mine' that does it for me, I have booked an hour to myself to read it again (for the umpteenth time) with a glass of good quality red. In memory of a real gentleman, thank you for your memories Sir :Hat:
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To 'BB' :cheers: and a chapter on Swancoote pool this evening.
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Just re-read Confessions last week, will certainly raise a glass
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Have read Little Grey Men, Down the Bright Stream, Brendon Chase and The Forest of Bolan Light Railway over the last few months so unless anybody can suggest another fantastic tale by the great man I'll revert to one of his fishing books for this evening :cheers:
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I do enjoy be quiet and go a angling, wood pool and the whopper 3 great books and quick to read
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish
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Totally agree !, will be a glass of malt and a dip into "Confessions"
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Just finished Confessions. You may rest assured that I will raise a glass to his memory tonight. :Hat:
The coiled line travels from the reel, it brings up at last, the hook goes home, and then begins the test of skill. "BB"
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:read: Indeed a trip to the "old Copper Mine seems fitting.
Not a fish was visible that first time I visited Beechmere; an utter
stillness brooded over the place and I felt the strange and sinister atmosphere which, so the story goes,
has been the cause of several suicides.’
BB – Confessions of a Carp Fisher
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