Joff and All,
I'll get a post code sorted for the Choice cafe, but as Richie says, its pretty easy to find. If you are comming the other way (ie from Leic City Centre) its about half a mile from the Tigers ground on the left hand side(266 Aylestone Road, corner of Lothair Rd).
Having walked all the sections yesterday (still frozen) and looking at the weather forecast for this week, there is a real possibility that the canal could be too frozen to break the ice on the first match.
I've not done much ice breaking on canals, but I'm told that 1.5inch to 2 inch is about as much as you can manage with ice breaking kit?
Accordingly, I think its only fair to ask team captains what they want to do and go with the majority. Poss Options are:
1. If frozen (at all), move straight to our canalised section of the river Soar at Aylestone (still a canal, 5ft down the middle and its slow flowing).
2. Only move to above if ice deemed too thick to break.
3. Cancel the 1st match if it is too bad and fish a 5 match series. Options 1 & 2 would then need to be chosen for future rounds (hopefuly not!).
I know that some teams and individuals have other commitments that would make it a nightmare to try and slot another date in/tag one on the end, so I don't really want to go down that avenue.
For those of you not familiar with the canalised Soar at Aylestone, the fishing has been very patchy this Autumn and Winter, but the access and banking is good.
As well as your normal canal gear, you would also need need some bigger river type pole floats (flatties if in flood) and perhaps a wand/bomb rod.
What would teams like to do?
Give us a call on 07860 112000 if you need any more info/want to discuss.
Thanks
Adam
