Being old and knackered with most bits of me falling apart these days and expectations greater than my abilities, I like my comforts these days. So the word “roving” is open to interpretation, in the sense, I'll go as far down the river as I can get using my trusty Penrose trolley.
Styles being defiantly out, so I tend to stick to lengths that have gates on them or no obstacles at all.
The trolley gives me the freedom to take a brolly but a light one of 45 inch that I made. I say made, but the reality is, I constructed it out several brollies I've found over the years. The frame from a 45 er I found on a still water locally. The cover a very lightweight one, which was brand new and found on a brolly with smashed/broken ribs someone had been using on a local reservoir in a storm. I bet they were very p***ed off about the wreckage on that day.
Their loss my gain!
The central pole from an old brolly I'd had for years, put away in the spears department just in case it would come in useful at some time in the future before I die.
Yes I am a hoarder....just in case you were wondering? But as I tell her indoors, I hoard useful stuff not cr*p!
I've had this brolly about 7 years now and it's still going strong. To compensate for the smaller cover size I take a Gortex jacket and over trousers to add another layer of dryness to my old bones.
The other brolly I keep in the car is the bigger golf type one, this goes in the sling if the weather predicts light short showers during my fishing time. The one I currently have can cover me and my chair whilst I'm sat on it and weighs about 2 lb.
I'd suggest that in conjunction with the waterproofs carrying one of these brollies for roving would be a good investment indeed.
Works for me most of the time under the stated circumstances!
