❄️ January 2026 Stewart BloorJanuary 1, 2026January 31, 2026Welcome To My World Post navigation PreviousNext 🗣️ New Year’s resolutions:Setting goals 🐦⬛ Garden nature diary: The natural world on my doorstep 🦆 Cotwall End Valley nature diary: My local patch 🎣 After my wife operated on me, I went fishing on the River Severn 🎣 Battling the snow and the ice but the angling show rolls on 🎣 Happy blog day and the first angling session of the year on the River Stour ✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: The valley, Bridge Church and Something for free 🎣 Small river fishing in minus-7C 🎣 Overnight snow, Talking angling on radio and Fishing a brook 🎥 Movie review: Rear Window, an Alfred Hitchcock classic from 1954 🎣 Day six of my angling quest to catch a 2026 fish 🎥 Movie review: Dial M For Murder, released in 1954, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly ✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: A blessing in disguise 🎣 And the first fish of 2026 is… 🎣 The toughest angling start to a new year ever but I was still out on the bank this morning 🎥 The Man Who Knew Too Much, starring James Stewart and Doris Day 🎶 Psychedelic Shack, as the Temptations herald a new decade 🎣 Still waters frozen and flowing water rising but there’s always somewhere fishable, or so I thought 👕 Went to buy bread, returned with a Farah Classic jacket 🎣 Blog day, In the village, Wolves and Fishing ✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: Great stats, When Paul McCartney met Jesus in person and Parenting 🎣 Brook, or should that be river fishing, A second species on the bank and The saga of the wedding ring 🎣 Work-related traffic, Fishing the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and My favourite meal 🎥 Movie review: The Scarlet Web (1954) starring Griffith Jones, Hazel Court and Zena Marshall 🎣 Fishing a pond and, although the conditions are improving, they’re still challenging ⚽️ At the age of 63 years, 8 months and 22 days… ✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: Run life’s race with perseverance 🎣 Live blogging from an angling session on a reservoir 🎣 An enforced change of plan but still fishing the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal 🎯 England v Wales at darts: Did I win? I couldn’t lose! 🎣 Back on track with roach from a pool 🎶 Album Review: Live At London’s Talk Of The Town by the Temptations 🎣 Blog day and fishing a pond 🎣 I’ve booked a dab and whiting holiday and my wife is really excited ✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: Bridge Church, South Africa, Rejoicing follows weeping, Life is short 🎣 Fishing a pond, Personal competitiveness, First perch of the year, Improvisation 🎣 Fishing the River Severn in Shropshire, a new species for the year and dressing for the occasion 🎣 Back fishing on the reservoir and I caught this time round 🎣 Fishing the River Severn with four species on the bank including a brace of quality perch ✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: We always get there in the end 🎣 Variety is the spice of life: Fishing a small pool 📺 Beverly Hillbillies TV series review: Series two, episodes 23-36 (1964) 🎣 Fishing the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, Roadworks, Environmental vandalism and In angling conversation with Rob from Dudley 🎣 A short morning angling session and seven on the bounce where I’ve caught 🛒 Have you ever noticed at the supermarket… 🎣 Fishing a pond first thing, I got there in the end and It’s blog day 🎶 The Temptations’ Christmas Card: Album review ✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: Record Statistics, Finding Our Calling, Dress Appropriately and Restoring Our Soul 🎣 Fishing the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and In angling conversation with Richard from Stourport-on-Severn 🎣 Fishing a pool in rural Shropshire, and another enjoyable session, even if it was very cold 🎣 Fishing in Storm Chandra: Hold on to your umbrellas, top hats and wigs 🎣 Winter carp fishing and off the mark on my first session of the year ⚽️ At the age of 63 years, 9 months and 6 days… ✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: How do you respond when the storms of life hit? 🎣 Not an unlucky angling session this morning: Thirteen trips without a blank 🎣 An early angling start on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and the anglers’ best friend 🎣 Back on the angling track and catching on a short morning session 🎶 Sky’s The Limit by The Temptations: Album review 🎣 The final angling session of January, on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and It’s blog day 🐾 Dilwyn the Bedlington Terrier: Dilwyn’s diary for January 2026 🎣 Fishing in January 2026: A review of the month Related