TK Grueller Match 6 - Normal service is resumed...

[TK]

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[Guest]

Ducking fump springs to mind    

[Josh1337]

Ahhhhhhhhh

[MICK E]

is that all you can say, about today josh?

[Josh1337]

Speechless mate!

[TK]

Well I think the cat is out of the bag re this latest result, but spose I’ll pen a few words for posterity and give Joffie summat to read.........


With word getting out that several of the Cashmores Crew had recently sacked up on the venue – Lindon Road Brownhills – there was a fair few eager cracks up for this one – I mean, if the Cashmores Crew could catch a few here, it must be sacking up territory.


And so it came to be with 20 turning out, including a strong contingent of 4 Tavern AC ringers led by seasoned grueller campaigners OBI and Snowie


On arrival, thanks to MrV picking me up, the local venue experts had already gone out to peg – rendering my recently torn up Xmas cards that were doubling up as peg nos redundant.


Talking of pegs, MrV, obviously with too much time on his hands, had knocked out some draw tickets for the match – ta again. However I shuddered to myself when I saw them............they came emblazoned with the icon............but today wasn’t going to be the usual grueller match, we were on a bagging venue weren’t we?





I dismissed the notion that they could be a bad omen as silly, the card wouldn’t provoke the gods would it – after all it was double figures temperature wise – it had been for the last couple of days – with no overnight frosts. Why I’d even wandered down the Extension 36 hours earlier and watched Kev Ash sack up on skimmers and watched fish top along the length.


‘Dont be silly TK – this is a Blues4eva promotion, the aint gunna strike today – no chance’ I thought to myself


A quick word with Blues4eva on his return from pegging out duties to enquire what was where and whether to pay sections today or just the normal 1, 2 and 3. The reason beyond my enquiry as to the possibility of sections was that the supposedly less fancied Lindon Road section was in .........better weights were expected heading towards Clayhanger where the winners had come from a few weeks earlier.


But Blues4eva didn’t think sections were feasible – pegs 1 to 6 were on Lindon Rd, 7 on Catshill junction, pegs 8, 9 and 10 to the B’hills side of the junction with a much ‘larger’ section of 10 anglers on pegs 11 to 20 on the favoured sections. Aok the normal 1,2 and 3 it was then, although I really wanted to draw a short walk on the less favoured pegs 1 – 6


Phil B was ‘sorted with short walk no2 and the draw commenced. With just two left in MrV’s cap, I dipped in and peg 11 was my home for the next 4 hours. Hadn’t got a clue where it was as off I trotted, only to be told on route I was on my own – ‘Billy no mates’ in a very short pound that could only hold one angler.

Great no banter again ..........wished I’d drawn end peg 1 after all, at least no walk even if the prospect of scintillating banter would have only have been reduced by 50%


Soon set up I actually fancied it for a few...........decent depth and some of those skimmers might always ‘wander’ into ‘my’ pound from the junction to my left





Although it was ‘bare bank’ opposite, I’d got 3 ft across as a fall back squatt option if the punch line started to dry up on me





But even better was a weed bed to my right...............that was a banker for a few bits and pound to a penny would hold one or two clonking Kinver Tigers





To my right in the distance was Mark O and gang............






Let battle commence.....

[joffmiester]

That looks nice TK what happened

[Blues]

Tk you should get a job reporting on the Blues performances
every week you have the knack of making something crap sound good     

look forward to the next installment

[Blues]

That looks nice TK what happened 

He must have forgot he's bait

[TRICAST62]

part 1 good but it gets better a boss

[olly]

Like it so far!

[joffmiester]

why is the canal so narrow above you TK ?????

[TK]

why is the canal  so narrow above you TK ?????

Not exactly historically sure Joffie........... there used to be a 'toll house' in that area. But saying that it narrowed similarly the otherside of the junction inbetween pegs 6 & 7

Kev P or perhaps MGB may be able to enlighten us if they spot this subject........????

[TK]

Tk you should get a job reporting on the Blues performances
every week you have the knack of making something crap sound good     

look forward to the next installment

Thanks for heaping on the pressure Blues4eva

Aint gorra clue as to what I'm pen next to make chapter 2 remotely interesting

[TK]

why is the canal  so narrow above you TK ?????

Not exactly historically sure Joffie........... there used to be a 'toll house' in that area. But saying that it narrowed similarly the otherside of the junction inbetween pegs 6 & 7

Kev P or perhaps MGB may be able to enlighten us if they spot this subject........????

Just done a bit of investigating Joffie - where it narrowed there was an 'old tonnage house, where the boat weights were recorded at the narrows'

[TK]

Here you go Joffie - knew I'd posted a picture of the juction before in 'All our yesterdays'



This picture is taken to the right of where I was on Saturday - where Mark O was pegged

[TK]

Ps - that's delayed chapter 2 - I was full of good intentions this morning to conclude this exciting, nail biting adventure

[MGB]

why is the canal so narrow above you TK ?????

The narrows were there to allow the working narrow boats to be guaged, ie: carrying the correct load of coal etc. I think some kind of hollow rod with a floating insert was hooked underneath and a reading taken against the amount of boat above the waterline
Incidently, the narrow pictured now houses a state of the art underwater inflatable "Stop" bag to allow the canal to be sealed off quickly in an emergency rather than use the old fashioned "stop plank" method

[olly]

Ps - that's delayed chapter 2 - I was full of good intentions this morning to conclude this exciting, nail biting adventure 

You can pad chapter 2 out by telling us about all the dog shite you came across I want to know all the details, colours, textures, any subtle smells. Were there any white turds with a crisp outer coating? Lastly who trod in what...

[MGB]

This link explains in depth

http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/tolls/tolls.htm