Blogging Life’s Journey: February 2026

🎣 Fishing the canal as the wintry conditions take hold 

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After yesterday’s angling session on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, it was back for more of the same today. Minus the fish, that is. I fished in exactly the same way but the conditions were different.

Before I could leave the drive at home, I was scraping ice from the car. The sub-zero air temperature hit a maximum of 3C, the wind was from the north and my toes were in a bad way. 

I was visited by a friendly robin and at least that wanted my maggots. I captured footage of it and that is the video for this session. I also watched a kingfisher catching tiny roach.