Good Evening.

It seems that my pasta dish went down well with most of you yesterday and I have to tell you that it tasted great! I have eaten well during this session and it has certainly made the waiting more durable. The Parma ham that I enjoyed by the fire last night was even better and along with some bread sticks and a little vino, that was my evening meal sorted.

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No action came during the night. I woke at 5am and could not get back to sleep however hard I tried; eventually I did and then it was time to get up anyway. I have spent part of the day editing some video footage that I have been meaning to do for some time. The connection on my Internet stick is so good that it means uploading them to YouTube only takes a short while. Go to My Videos in My Media and take a peek at the three latest uploads. The water at Gigantica really is that colour and the footage from Pusiano in 2008 was quite a morning, and a surprise!

As I was sat in my bivvy this afternoon I had a beep on my ATT – the first one for days. It quickly started to go off so I scrambled into my boots and shot out of the door. A yellow canoe complete with canoeist had come in too close and took out two of my lines. I was more disappointed that it wasn’t a carp and after directing him this way and that way, my lines became free and off he went…Pronto! Not even an apology. It was a classic case for shouting: “You should have gone to SpecSavers mate!”

I went out and duly recovered both rigs from their dragged position. It was getting dark as I made my way back with the second rod so I decided to tie up a couple of quick zig rigs, and launched these out into open water as day turned to night. I have not done the foam thing; instead I have gone for a little yellow pineapple pop up on one, and a 20mm Red Fish pop up on the other. I did not have time to tie up adjustable zig rigs with a controller, so one was set at about 3ft and the other one 4ft – from the lakebed and not the surface. Who knows? In the morning I may thank the canoeist next time I see him for doing me a favour!

Another fine meal is moments away...

Being a good chef I saved half of the pasta sauce from yesterday and used it for today’s lunch. Three small loins of pork were fried in olive oil whilst I deep fried some potatoes. The sauce was added to the frying pan once the pork was cooked and it complimented the meat and potatoes beautifully. I have deliberately not shown a picture of the finished dish as I don’t want to make you all hungry. I am staying on the pig tip and tonight’s meal is ribs cooked on the fire!

"Flash, do you like going to kennels?"

I think that is the answer!!

My friend very kindly did a quick search on the Italian equivalent of yellow pages, for a kennel to house my dogs during the Carp Italy weekend. He came up trumps and a good solution has been sourced. I am sure the dogs will hate it, but they have now stayed in kennels in France, Germany, the UK, and soon they will experience the Italian doggy hospitality service. I am finishing my session on Monday and the lovely job of packing up will begin during this weekend. I will then catch up on some writing before Carp Italy begins on the 6th and 7th of February. See the link on the right hand side of my site.

Enjoy the new videos and the rest of your evening.

Cheers

Jake and the dogs.