September 2024 – Claretbumbler

All over

Returning from a lovely trip to Sligo, we found the kitchen awash due to a burst water pipe under the floor. Splashing into the dining room only brought further misery as the water had destroyed the wooden floor in there too. The insurance assessor shook his head while scribbling furiously in a small black notepadContinueContinue reading “All over”

Change of seasons

Last Friday was a scorcher, 28 degrees when Helen and I were mooching around Galway city. The sun splitting the stones on Shop Street, traditional music flowing from the open doors of the pubs and throngs of visitors enjoying the spectacle of the sun beaming down on old Eire. I found a high stool inContinueContinue reading “Change of seasons”

The blue rod

This tale all begins many months ago when one of my followers on this blog got in touch about a post I wrote on old ABU rods. Keith had a similar love of the Swedish rods from the 1970’s, and indeed we both actually owed examples of the same rods. We agreed to keep inContinueContinue reading “The blue rod”