Blogging life’s journey: October 2025

Woken by a helicopter and kicking off a new month on the angling front using a rod with no name 

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After a full day’s work to end September, I went to bed early (before midnight), but then I was woken by a police helicopter searching the valley for someone. 

We get this fairly regularly. I guess there’s a car chase involving the police, and the criminals dump their vehicle and try to hide in the woodland. And the helicopter turns up. 

Anyway, I don’t know if they nabbed their man (or woman), but I was hoping to catch something and get off the October angling mark in style. 

I had planned an afternoon trip anyway, which was just as good, with the sleep disruption. 

Fishing a pond, you can follow the session via the video. Plus, there’s the explanation of the ‘rod with no name’. 

A couple of calling ravens passed over, just above the treetops. I saw two kingfishers in low flight over the water, likely to be the same bird.

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