šŸ November 2025

Garden nature diary: The natural world on my doorstep more

Cotwall End Valley nature diary: My local patch more

Hello November, 22 years and 17 weeks today, pike fishing on an estate lake where the blogging journey began more

The Church at Hiraeth: The persecuted church, with personal stories from Ghana, Romania and the UK more

Sunday morning perch fishing on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal more

Perch fishing on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, it’s great to see gudgeon making a comeback, talking angling on the radio and keeping the tackle organised more

Beverly Hillbillies TV series review: Series one, episodes 15-36 (1963) more

A late night due to the premium bonds reveal and interrupted sleep courtesy of our dog but I was still on the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal fishing at first-light more

Movie review: An Evergreen Christmas (2014) more

The Church at Hiraeth: It’s good to chase dreams but don’t forget to live them as well more

Wet, muddy and injured off the football pitch, an early start on the Staffs & Worcs Canal and another encounter with The Curse more

The importance of charging your body battery, an angling session on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and chatting with Luxe Lakes fishery owner, Luke Roper more

In conversation with Luxe Lakes fishery and Luke 1977 fashion brand owner, Luke Roper more

Fishing a very autumnal looking Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal with Ian Clarke, a visit to Merry Hill with my wife and collecting my granddaughter for the weekend more

In the pink as far as the kitchen is concerned, fishing the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, exploring new venues and 22 years, 18 weeks today more

The Church at Hiraeth: Remembrance Sunday, Lest we forget more

Someone organised a fireworks display on our front lawn and perch fishing on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal with a nice fish on the bank more

Talking angling on Bayside Radio, followed by a barbel fishing session on the River Severn more

Perch fishing on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal as the early bird catches the worm more

The Church at Hiraeth: If you live by the sword, you die by the sword more

Playing football in the rain and fishing in the rain, you can’t let the weather dictate to you and Luke Roper talks Aston Villa more

How I ended up on BBC Midlands Today and a session on a lake in pursuit of pike more

As Storm Claudia hits, the fishing continues and ā€˜You must be mad’ more

Fishing a pond on the tail end of Storm Claudia and 22 years, 19 weeks today more

The Church at Hiraeth: The lost ring that turned up in the most unusual manner, Dilwyn and the storm, answers are sometimes more simple than we realise more

A visit to the tackle shop which is probably last one, a five star performance from my wife and an angling session on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal more

Make a flask of tea, load the car, scrape ice off the windshield and go fishing, followed by my weekly angling slot on Bayside Radio more

Movie review: A Timeless Christmas, a Hallmark movie from 2020 more

The first back-to-back overnight frosts of the autumn but still out fishing at first-light, irresponsible drivers, visiting Sedgley more

The Church at Hiraeth: Using my own fishing as an example, the difference between a passion and an obsession more

A game of two halves on the football pitch and whatever the conditions, just go fishing anyway more

Starting the day pond fishing in sub-zero conditions more

Beverly Hillbillies TV series review (1963) and two things that caught my eye more

Another sub-zero temperature day but, whatever the weather, go fishing anyway more

Twenty-two years and twenty weeks, Eleven months today, An angling session on the River Stour more

Christmas In The Village 2025 more

The Church at Hiraeth: Reaching the nations from the upper room, Do you have trials in your life? and Memories from my first visit to South Africa more

A return angling visit to the pond and determined to get back on track more

An angling start to the working week, with a small pool session followed by talking fishing on radio more

A change of angling plan, the importance of flexibility and another fine line fishing session more

The Church at Hiraeth: The importance of being flexible more

As we hit a new low as far as the temperature is concerned, the angling continues, with a small river session to start the day, plus the dream and the driving more

A fourteen degree air temperature swing and fishing a pond to start the day more

Beverly Hillbillies TV series review: Series two, episodes 15-22 (1964) more

Black Friday by name, Black Friday by nature: Fishing the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal more

Time flies and a nice roach from the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal more

The Church at Hiraeth: Preaching at Bridge Church and Don’t give up for your work will be rewarded more

Dilwyn, the Bedlington terrier’s, monthly diary more

The final angling session of the autumn and it’s a frosty start on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal more