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Yesterday my 18 year old Grand Daughter passed her driving theory test which I'd been helping her with. Today at about 3am ish my 23 year old Grand Daughter gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. So . . . . . Yesterday I was a good Grand Pappy. Today I'm a Great Grand Pappy. 👍 Can you imagine just how proud I'm feeling today ? 😄 🥰 👍 😊

It WAS a fantastic game and well deserved result.

Today’s target was squid & cuttlefish - despite trying for ages I had nothing, even though they’ve been showing from the piers. So, plan B was a go for the rays which had been conspicuous by their absence; here I fared better with 6 or 7 nice small eyed to mackerel strip. Lovely & flat out there today, I might go for more of the same tomorrow

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I know what you mean Mal, Having just got back from a long haul flight and a very long day. Last night I decided to catch up on the Women's Rugby World Cup Final footage from the BBC. Even though I knew the result, I still got emotional over all of the back stories. OMG get a grip

Aah you big softy, you've got to watch out being so in touch with your emotions, you will end up as bad as me. Teary eyed at anything remotely touching😏

Congratulations Jim, I know how proud you must be. I've just come back of holiday and spent 10 glorious days with 3 of my grandchildren. Words cannot express the feeling you get when a 13, 16 and 18 year old grandchild enjoys spending time with you.

Duncan and I had a red letter day today based on the year so far, 16 rays or one or two more. Nothing bigger than 12lb but plenty of them on two different marks. Our Trawler got close at one point and made us move away further out and it turned out to be a good move. Really tired tonight so this post will developed with some pictures and more stories of the day.

I was hoping for better conditions, I was down on the boat for 5.15am to be greeted with a heavy Southerly breeze which was enough to put me off a sand bar crossing in the dark, so I went back to bed for a few hours and had another go at 10.0am when the tide had risen back up. It was snotty out there on the ledge and a 10 knot trip to the end of the ledge was enough of that. The thought of the planned crossing over the bay was out of the question in a 4ft swell with the occasional 6 footer on the nose, disappointing. I did take some video, not reviewed it yet. Nearly flat calm on the way in. I was followed out by another boat who didn't seem to no where he wanted to go as he zig zagged across my route. Anchoring in a 4ft swell was interesting and I paid out a lot more rope than usual for the rise and fall of the boat and stayed on station with a secure hold, not a big tide it has to be said but 76ft of water is testing. Bites from the off, bream and doggies kept me busy feeding them off till the congers turned up. Then a very strong run with the reel screaming line, lifted the rod out with the clutch released to allow me to get the rod out of the holder and it was gone. Two hooks and a whole squid returned and untouched, what was that, probably a Tope or was it. More congers, bream and doggies and no rays. The Sea was crystal clear, nothing on the fish finder, no mackerel seen. I heard a few boats from PBSBAC but was so busy I forgot to make time for a message. Early finish to get back for the Ryder Cup, what a final day spoilt by the New Yorkers so called fans, they have no etiquette and foul mouths, they should be ashamed of there behaviour which very nearly changed the result such was the impact from the crowd or so called sporting fans. They soon left in their droves with their tails between their legs as the Cup was retained and then won. The governing bodies needs to get a grip, bringing in Police too late and evicting a good number of the crowd was not enough the damage to the event was done.

It was a great trip through Canada Mal, not sure I would move there, if I did I would choose Calgary area. Some of the wildlife were fantastic and I wish I had taken a better camera as our friend did. We saw an Osprey nest with two birds right next to a main road, a vacated eagle nest by a large lake. But last years massive forest fires have really restricted the wildlife available close to Jasper, which has a great reputation for seeing some. In Alaska we saw whales, porpoises and seals from the Cruise ship, but being so late in the year they were not regular sightings. Surprisingly going through the narrow inner passage and areas very similar to Norway, I did not see any birds and fish action like we did up there. There were lots of fishing boats in the Marinas so maybe it was just the wrong time of year. Even though I only had my phone camera, I did get some whale video footage and a great bald eagle in a tree. I will attach them at home later.

main channel speed limits are relaxed from 00:01 on the first October. All other areas the speeds limits ie quiet areas 6knots other areas 10knots including from Brownsea bell bouy to 1400 metres south of the ferry

Popped out with Adam on Kodiak. Got plenty of live baits on the patch, then off to the Purbecks for bass. They didn't play ball. The weak tide and strong winds meant drifts were strange or non-existant. At one point we were being thrown about on Peveril and did about 100m in 10 mins! And that was towards the shore!! I squeaked one out before we headed back to a very quiet harbour. Condor was leaving on our arrival, we waited and let is pass. Only to be talked to by the HM rep on a jetski about not fishing the main channel. I think the HMs visit to the club when there was a hint of turning a blind eye if not causing any issues was not flet by this water based Nazi. He then called his mates on us who turned up in the big pilot boat. They conceded we were impacting no one and tbh, we hadn't had a touch so we advised we'd be off. Would have loved to have hooked a good bass with them as an audience. Typical day, live well rammed and returning the majority at the end of the session. R