I fished at Ickford and also chearlsey, I prefered chearsley a bit as it was wild and out of the way, it was on the ring ticket when I used to fish for them. Won many matches with jack pike and chub, saw a man one day in a match catch a 15lb pike on a pole to win a match.
Trust me John H since me and the mrs had so many kids all my fishing pals were gutted, as the catering over the last five years has deterioated.
Part of the enjoyment of fishing is enjoying the day, I have spent many years fishing in Eire and all my pals ever wanted was self catering, wonder why, I prefer b&b plus evening meal so I could enjoy someone cooking for me.
My new fishing wagon is a VW Caravelle, but not the camper version, but i'm sure I could rig a kitchen in there somewhere.
I once met a group of essex boys who always fished in Athlone, they took a oil drum bbq with them wherever they went. The old fella who did the driving didn't fish at all, he just went for the craic. One day on the river below the wier we were treated to roast leg of irish pork, roast potatoes, gravy, cabbage, mug of tea, now that's how to do a fishing trip to Eire.
