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Category: Observations

Watch the Kibble…

11 March, 2005 by Alistair

Here is a webcam of KIbble Palace glasshouse in Glasgow’s Botanic gardens being dimantled and removed for cleaning. The Kelvin runs through the botanic gardens. I am looking forward to it finishing , it was always a nice sleepy place

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The otter surprise……

6 March, 2005 by Alistair

A rather nice article from Scotland on Sunday My self-diagnosed minor ailment seems to affect the unfortunate angler when grayling fishing is on the wane, the chance of a spring salmon is relatively remote, and when the start of trout fishing remains tantalisingly out of reach Reads like poetry!!

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Angler stuck in mud to his neck

2 March, 2005 by Alistair

An angler who became stuck in mud which rose up to his neck is being treated in hospital for hypothermia Linkage

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Template!

27 February, 2005 by Alistair

I know there is a line of code at the top of the page, I am working out where it is coming from ie i have asked someone. If you refresh the page you will allso see different header pictures…….oh and if you use firefox and hover over the word kelvin you will see a…

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Wild trout or stocked trout?

27 February, 2005 by Alistair

Here is a post from a forum I frequent It was made by a gentleman called John Gray who has a website over at Grays of Kilsyth Essentially it seems like the little problem at AGMs also effects other clubs…….here is Johns post in full The dangers of introducing farmed trout into wild waters This…

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A walk along the banks of Loch Lomond

20 February, 2005 by Alistair

A little heavy on the pictures I am afraid but I like them so what the heck. Claire and I woke up and decided to take a walk along the banks of loch Lomond today. It was a bright cold day and we thought it would be nice for a bit of de stressing as…

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A book from ebay!

15 February, 2005 by Alistair

I bought a book off ebay a while ago. Its a book called Dances with Trout by John Gierach. Anyway, it had an inscription. It was stated in the auction so I was not bothered but the more I read it the more I wondered. It reads:: 10/18/94 Dear Dad, I hope we can find…

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Ice Fishing

11 February, 2005 by Alistair

Wouldnt mind a shot at that ice fishing malarky. I have a friend over in Sweden who talks about it and says that it is most fun 🙂

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Experminting

5 February, 2005 by Alistair

I am experimenting with the layout again. If anyone has any comments please let me know what you think! So far I like this layout although I think it needs a little more colour……maybe a picture or something. Some feedback would be nice 🙂 EDIT:: my new template totally buggered up the whole blog so…

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Some people are alive only because it’s illegal to kill them

4 February, 2005 by Alistair

Hey, have a look at this Ohhhhhh the irony!

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