Let’s say I’ve spent a lifetime fishing as a hobby my wife used to joke if anyone asked me the time I would answer it’s 10 minutes to high water

I don’t have a problem gutting bass it’s better if you descale it first under running water and cut all the sharp like razors of it with a good pair of scissors they are six sets of these behind the gills and fin and the tail end but for me it’s a very mild flavour

I could put a swimming pool on it if you like stravaig
I’m out hopefully on my boat on Sunday or Monday weather permitting to try and catch some of these bass every one goes mad on it would have to be a good size for me to keep as I’m not keen on them I much prefer a nice cod or plaice

Stravaig I’ll build an extension on my box so there will be room for 2

There is a news clip on the telly tonight about our fight against rent rises it is supposed to be on twice it’s on the bbc at at 6-30 and 8-30 it should be interesting I intend going but I might be to ugly for the telly

Only way to have beans is on toast with grilled cheese on top always known as cheese beanos in our house to chefs annoy me they insist on calling bass, sea bass there’s no such fish it’s called bass pure and simple
I’ll put my soap box away now

I planted my bed around 9 years ago I’ve been getting a decent crop most years some better than others I find the crowns seem to travel or they swell one year and part of the crown dies the following year

I had a good win on the lotto a few years ago just over a £1000 I made the mistake of telling my wife when I got home that evening she had put another £4000 to it and booked a holiday for all our family

I’ve taken all mine down to the plot this morning, far to many for my 12 feet pollytunnel I’ve still got the tumbling Tom for my hanging baskets

Westi when we had our pensioners bungalow up in the hills in Spain my wife as always had to have her garden in one corner I was allowed to plant tomatoes they came every year with out fail they survived the heat even when we tried to hide from it they survived the drought when we were not there even...

I covered the chicken run in mosquito netting the sides are already done in fine mesh up to 2.4 meters high it taken three of us a full day to do it I still got birds in and couldn’t find the hole they got in and out of

I did a spell doing rehabs in Liverpool for wimpeys the houses where still occupied a few we had to get fumigated one house was done 3 times I still wouldn’t work in there ,in one house the family was sitting watching television in the mid afternoon their dog craped in the middle of the living room ...

2 years being king would do me I could retire with more money than I’ve ever dreamt off ,I could also do something about the homeless

Find it all a bite strange up here where I live X-rays are usually with in a week , hearing specialist is usually 2 to3 months this was before the strikes ,I waited three months from seeing a specialist to having my knee done ,if you do your own ears put a good wax removing ear drops in for a week b...

Primrose it’s against our councils rules to pay someone , I’ve got my heated propagators set up in the conservatory bringing my tomatoes on that’s keeping my interest going