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Save the Lea Marshes.

29 Sunday Mar 2020

Posted by The tuesday swim in The Lea Valley

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east, hackney, lea, leyton, london, marsh, marshes, natural, nature, parks, reserve, save, valley

In a time when we need to be resourceful, thoughtful towards our neighbours, the Lea marshes are proving to be an immensely important place for the people of East London. Right now we need space, air, and nature as an antidote to what is going on with the pandemic. In layman terms the marshes are perfect, we don’t need music festivals, car parks, bigger ice rinks, we simply need the space with a little amount of unobtrusive management to support the local community.

I shot this film over the last few years with a mix of hand-held cameras as I spent time on the marshes, fishing and walking.

Bloodline.

05 Tuesday Mar 2019

Posted by The tuesday swim in Carp, The Lea Valley

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anglers, canal, carp, clapton, common, cut, fishing, hackney, history, lea, lee, london, navigation, postcard, river

I am drawn to the bike’s simple engineering, uncomplicated, it’s silent gears take me from east London along  the Lea Navigation and out into the open space of the old flood plains that still line the Navigation. I know the Lea from Broxbourne to its exit into the Thames at Leamouth, it harbours a familiarity that offers me comfort, a place that I have known for thirty years. Certain stretches have been altered, the Bow Back Waters were mainly filled in for the 2012 Olympics but this artery from Hertfordshire flows true to itself since the natural river was made navigable over two hundred and fifty years ago. It is a complex network of old river, navigation, flood relief channels and tributaries, but this is still very much a river that is alive, the constant cruisers have brought a new vibrancy to the place and  it has become a playground for modern  London, re-vamped pubs, new-builds, joggers, cyclists, canoeists, dog walkers, birdwatchers and young families have contributed to the rivers new found personality. Only twenty years ago I could fish many stretches of the canal for hours and not meet a soul, today things have changed.

When I ride I leave early while the tow path is quiet, as the canal opens up past Ponders End by the King George Reservoirs the wind often intensifies here on Rammey Marsh, the metropolis is on my back as it gets blown to the horizon. At Pike Pool by Enfield Lock I turn right and leave the Cut and take a tributary more akin to a Hampshire chalk stream. It’s late February, the river looks alive, streamer weed still hangs on from last summer in the middle flow, blossom and birdsong is starting to show, despite the cold start spring has come early this year. The river looks very inviting to the angler, today I see two fishermen but they are not the usual aimless lure anglers but float anglers carefully running floats down the inside crease, as I cycle past I hear their conversation, like their fishing it is more focused, their voices clipped, I want to ask how they are getting on, but on this occasion I restrain myself, instead I wish them “good morning” and cycle on. Soon after I leave the river, cross a nature reserve  and head to the hills of Epping forest. Lungs burst as I take on Mott Street until I reach the comforting sight of Holy Innocents Church at High Beech and the thickly wooden lanes of heavy oak and beech that meander on a level that leaves the heart a chance to recover.

The temperature is still cold, the sky is cloudless, vapour pours from my lips, I am reminded how important the changing seasons are to me, just seven months  ago I was on the Lower Lea, then it was hot, the air was thick with the scent of summer. I was fishing with Tony, we had met at the pub for a quick afternoon pint, I was tempted to have another but Tony was eager to go and  fish. I had recently discovered a new swim, it was tricky to get to but once in place we were hidden from any passers by and any annoying questions, the same questions that I refrained from asking the two float anglers. Tucked away in our hide out, the sun battered down all around us but under the tree and next to the flowing water it was cool. I had not fished this swim before I had often seen carp patrolling, moving out from this deep trench into a more familiar swim where I had previously caught carp. I was quietly confident that this was an timeworn route, as familiar to the carp as the trodden paths taken by the old drovers on Hackney Marsh and beyond.

With ours rods out we settled into the swim, as I turned to speak with Tony I saw from the corner of my eye my rod tip bounce down, then again, I struck and felt a heavy weight heading out and into the full flow of the Lea. Ten minutes later I was cradling a carp like a new-born baby,  near to twenty pounds in weight. It’s a hard thing to explain, perhaps it’s an feeling only anglers experience, but catching these old creatures somehow warrants a close affiliation to the place, each time I catch one of these carp, my relationship with the Lea becomes more intimate.

From Epping Forest I re-join the canal, it’s still early but people are starting to embrace the day, cat-ice still covers the canal. Once again I think back to that warm July day, I think of the other anglers who have fished the Lea in the past, anglers leaving the east-end and disembarking at Lea Bridge, Ponders End or Enfield, rural outposts from the stink of the city. I picture them lined up along the tow path perched on their creels, puffs of smoke rise as they gaze out and onto the canal and dream. I try to re-capture their thoughts now decades old, buried deep into the silt of the Lea.

As my ride comes to a conclusion I pull off the canal at the scene from a postcard I found in a local market, in the background there is a house now raised to the ground and replaced with a electric power sub station. The rest of the landscape remains familiar, the Lea runs strong, a bloodline from the heart of the city to the wheat fields of Hertfordshire. Written on the postcard it says ‘don’t you think this is a pretty river, it puts me in mind of the Guilford scenery rather  than that of a London suburb…’

 

Caught in a spell.

17 Tuesday Jul 2018

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carp, fishing, hackney, lea, london, moon, new, phases, river

An email arrived from Dexter Petley last Monday, the email began ‘hope the new moon is still working for you. It’s the only time I bother now, especially on these big lakes.  I blank for 28 days every month, then get three runs at once on new moons.’

I have not kept an eye on the moon phases for a while, normally they are in my psyche, a glance to the heavens re-align my monthly cycle but recently I’ve been distracted, the hot weather doesn’t help although I love the current heatwave, early mornings are fine, still and cool, but as the temperature rises I loose focus, days are drawn out, they slow and I meander:

A few days after Dexter’s email there was a new moon, an opportune moment to cast a line on my local River Lea for an hour or two before the sun takes too high, I wanted to see if the carp were once again under a spell? On two occasions (once with Dexter) the carp responded freely under such conditions, almost instantly, somehow the moon made carp fishing easy, as if that was possible? It was 9.15am when I arrived by the river, I watched a favourite spot for a while, although I sat in the shade I could feel the heat, this was a summer to remember and I wanted a new moon carp to grace my net just like the previous year and the year before that. Normally I can see cruising carp as they move from deeper, cooler water into the shallows, I was hoping they had their tails high in the water levitated by moonbeams as they sifted through the silt. After thirty minutes, nothing, no carp stirred,  the spell had  not been cast on these river monsters, I didn’t wet a line. As the heat intensified I decided to take a wander, perhaps they were holding out further down river. The path by the Lea was dabbled in shade and light, the heat was still building, only the river flow and the high branches showed any signs of movement, everything else was still, caught in the spell of high summer, alas the carp were nowhere to be seen.

Chub bag – end of season.

16 Friday Mar 2018

Posted by The tuesday swim in General fishing, Tackle

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allcocks, bag., bait, chub, fishing, handle, london, millican, rolling, roving, worm

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On Wednesday my bag referred to  as my ‘chub’ bag was finally laid to rest for a few months. It offers everything that I like about my angling, it’s lightweight, compact,  keeps me mobile and it can only fit the bare essentials, my angling  is lean, my approach is simple. On my last trip  of the season I took to the River Wandle (for the very first time) with friends Garrett and Tony. The technique was thus;- rolling a worm down some fast runs with aid of two swan shot and a no 1 next to the hook to keep the bait down. The result? Well Garrett sums up the trip perfectly in his own words here.

 

A brutal reality – Little Shit film.

22 Monday Jan 2018

Posted by The tuesday swim in Photography and video

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cooper, director, fallowfield, festival, film, Gorodecky, little, london, lsff, nick, photographer, richard, shit, short, stills

On four of the hottest days in 2016, director and writer Richard Gorodecky took a film crew into some of the hardest estates in our capital and shot his story; Little Shit. A short film, about the harsh reality of living in the margins, Paul (Badger Skelton) plays a role that is both sensitive and fuelled with anger, Paul finds solace in nature, a natural sanctuary, hidden along the canal paths and brown sites of London.

If I learnt one thing over those four days, directing is a balance, in one hand you have a vision, and in the other you have the guiding arm to take your actors there, as tender as the film is, the relationship between actor and director was a touching side that I didn’t expect. Yesterday Little Shit won best short film at the London Short Film Festival 2018. Watch the trailer here…https://littleshitfilm.com.

 

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Love, life and the Lea – a film

20 Thursday Apr 2017

Posted by The tuesday swim in Fallon's Angler quarterly, Photography and video, The Lea Valley

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fishing, lea, london, river

A short film about specimen angler Bob Hornegold who has spent a lifetime fishing the Lea system, a river close to me, a complicated river that has been changed by man for thousands of years. Today the river still shines with some remarkable fishing available just fifteen miles from central London.

The last angling auction house in London

07 Thursday Apr 2016

Posted by The tuesday swim in General, Tackle

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angling, auctions, chiswick, fishing, london, tackle, vintage

On Saturday 2nd April 2016 the Angling Auctions in Chiswick finally drew to a close when the hammer fell and lot 630 – “An unusual American Bamboo trout fishers creel” was sold. Slow applause permeated throughout the hall in appreciation for Neil Freeman who has put the hammer down on 32,000 lots over the last twenty five years offering vintage fishing tackle, taxidermy, books and angling art to a worldwide audience of collectors and angling enthusiasts.

My involvement began in 2011 (I’m considered a relative new boy) when John Andrews of Arcadia asked if I could help out on the rods. Arriving in Chiswick I was soon put to task in the construction of the rod rack, an antique in its own right, but a protector of fine fishing rods. Neil told me that he built the rack in 1991 with a drunk Irishman, a story I must confess I believe looking at the quality of its construction, but in  defence of the Anglo-Irish workmanship it still survives with it’s biannual kicks and trips that it has to endure from eager anglers grasping at the wonders it beholds.  Five years on I am still putting up the same rod rack, stuffed with even more matches and bound with ever more gaffer tape.

Over the years staff have come and gone but generally there is a core that stay loyal,  Neil’s brother has been involved from the start and more recently Neil’s son Sam has worked as a porter. Fresh sandwiches and cakes are made and the all important tea urn is switched on as soon as we arrive on the Friday morning, the tea urn is first off and last on the van, a tradition that has lasted since the beginning. Last Saturday the tea urn was loaded onto the van for the last time in Chiswick and a new beginning for the Angling Auctions has begun down in Romsey, Hampshire. Hopefully I will see you there?

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Pints, pies and flies.

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

Posted by The tuesday swim in General fishing, Tackle

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bruno, clerkenwell, fly, green, guy, kings, lessons, london, pub, super, three, tying, vincent

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Huddled around three Anglepoise lamps five students gathered under the guidance from Bruno Vincent AKA Super Fly Guy. The Three Kings pub is our meeting place, tucked away on Clerkenwell Green,  pleasantly quiet, the perfect setting for some focused concentration. In a room above the main bar we sat around a dinning table and discovered some of the techniques from master fly tyer Bruno, while supping a few pints and chomping through scotch eggs and pork pies. Considering three of us were complete beginners the results were quite astonishing, buzzers, cascades and broadswords patterns…

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If you want to see Bruno’s freestyle and traditional work or ask about these evenings please drop Super Fly Guy an email bruno@superflyguy.biz.

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London angling clubs, a directory by Charles Dickens (Jr)

04 Wednesday Feb 2015

Posted by The tuesday swim in General fishing

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angling, club, fishing, london, piscatorial, society, victorian

In 1881 Charles Dickens (Jr) put together a club listing for his book Dictionary of the Thames, in all there were over 110 clubs but I believe there were quite few more, for example the Brunswick Brothers of Limehouse. A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting one it its members, Barry  who showed his skills fishing for bream and roach under the shadow of Canary Wharf. Sadly now I believe most of these clubs have disbanded although the Brunswick Brother still angle.  Many doors have now closed and the piscators no longer seek refuge to swap stories and dodge the foul weather. The names deem to indicate their approach and attitude from the romantics of Foley street, the  ‘Golden Barbel’ to the more light hearted  ‘Good Intent’ brothers of the Crown in Bethnal Green Road. On Friday I shall be in the Captain Kidd in Wapping, not listed below but with the Thames lapping below the windows it will be the perfect opportunity to raise a glass to lost London Clubs and the echoes of the London anglers banter.

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ACORN, “Royal Oak,” Spencer-street, Goswell-road.

ALBERT, “The Crown Coffee House,” Crown-street, Old-street.

ALBAN’S, ST., “Royal George,” Great New-street, Kennington Park-road, SE.

ALLIANCE, “Old Red Lion,” Great Warner-street, Clerkenwvell.

ALEXANDRA, “Duke of Wellington,” 3, Colt-lane, Bethnal-green.

AMICABLE BROTHERS, “Bald- Faced Stag,” Worship-sq., Finsbury.

AMICABLE WALTONIANS, “George the Fourth,” Goswell-road.

ANGLER’S PRIDE, “Red Lion,” Dockhead.

ATLAS, 73, Newman-street, Oxford-street

BARNSBURY, “The Albion,” Caledonian-road, near King’s Cross.

BATTERSEA PISCATORIAL, Queen’s Hotel, Queen’s-road, Battersea.

BERESFORD, “Grove House Tavern,” Camberwell-grove.

BERMONDSEY BROTHERS, “General Garibaldi,” Southwark Park-road

BLACKFRIARS, “Ordnance Arms,” York-road, SE.

BLOOMSBURY BROTHERS, “Rose and Crown,” Broad-st., Bloomsbury

BOSTONIAN, “Dalby Tavern” Dalby-street, Prince of Wales-road Kentish Town.

BROTHERS WELL MET, “Berkeley Castle,” Rahere-st., Goswell-road

CAMBRIDGE FRIENDLY, “Rent Day,” Cambridge-street, Hyde Park-square.

CADOGAN, “Prince of Wales,” Exeter-street, Sloane-street, S.W.

CARLISLE, “Clarendon Club,” 80, High-street, Islington.

CANONBURY, “Crown and Anchor,” Cross-street, Islington.

CARNALY CASTLE, “The Carnaly Castle,” Carnaly-street, St. James’s.

CAVENDISH, “British Lion,” Cavendish-street, New North-road, Hoxton.

CITY OF LONDON, “Cogers’ Hall,” Bride-lane, E.C.

CLAPHAM JUNCTION, “Lord Ranelagh,” Verona-street.

CLERKENWELL AMATEURS, – “George and Dragon,” 240, St. John-street-road, Clerkenwell.

CLERKENWELL PISCATORIAL, “White Hart,” Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell.

CONVIVIAL, “King’s Head,” Mitchell-street, St. Luke’s.

DALSTON, “Hope,” Holly-street, Dalston-lane.

DE BEAUVOIR, “Lord Raglan,” Southgate-road, N.

EAST LONDON, “Duke of Norfolk,” Norfolk-street, Globe-road.

EDMONTON AND TOTTENHAM, “Three Horse Shoes,” Silver-street, Edmonton.

EUSTONIAN, “The Wheatsheaf,” Kenton-street, Brunswick-square.

EXCELSIOR, “Two Eagles,” South-street, Lambeth

FRIENDLY ANGLERS, “Albion Tavern,” Albion-street, Hyde-park

FRIENDLY ANGLERS, “Jacob’s Well,” New Inn Yard, Shoreditch.

FREE AND EASY, “Jane Shore,” High-street, Shoreditch.

GLOBE, “Globe Tavern,” Blackstock-road, Highbury

GOLDEN BARBEL, “York Minster,” Foley-street, Portland road

GOLDEN TENCH, “Somers Arms,” Boston-road, King’s Cross.

GOOD INTENT, “Crown Inn,” Bethnal-green-road.

GREAT NORTHERN BROTHERS, “Robin Hood,” Southampton-street, Pentonville.

HAMMERSMITH UNITED, “Builders’ Arms,” Bridge-road.

HAVELOCK BROTHERS, “General Havelock,” West-street Triangle, Hackney.

HEARTS OF OAK, “Black Bull,” Thomas-st., Brick-lane, Spitalfields.

HIGHBURY, “George Hotel,” Foothill-road, Finsbury-park.

HOXTON BROTHERS, “Jane Shore,” High-street, Shoreditch.

IZAAK WALTON. “Old King John’s Head,” Mansfield-st., Kingsland-road.

JUNCTION BROTHERS, “Shakespeare’s Head,” Barnsley-street, Bethnal-green-road.

JUNIOR PISCATORIALS, “The Cock,” Clapham Common.

JOLLY PISCATORIALS, “Sugar Loaf,” Great Queen-street, W.C.

KENNINGTONIAN, “The Clayton Arms,” Kennington Oval

KENTISH BROTHERS, “George and Dragon,” Blackheath-hill.

KENTON, “Kenton Arms,” Kenton-road, South Hackney.

KING’S CROSS UNITED, “Albion,” Caledonian-road, N.

KENTISH PERSEVERANCE, “Corner Pin,” Cold Bath, Greenwich.

KNIGHTS OF KNIGHTSBRIDGE, “Grove Tavern,” Grove-place, Brompton-road. S.W.

LARKHALL, “The Larkhall,” Larkhall-lane, Clapham.

LIMEHOUSE BROTHERS, “Dunlop Lodge,”  70, Samuel-st., Limehouse.

LITTLE INDEPENDENT, “Russell Arms,” Bedford-street, Euston-sq.

MARYLEBONE, “Bank of England,” Cambridge-place, South Wharf-road.

METROPOLITAN, “Rose Inn,” Old Bailey.

NEVER FRETS, “Cronnard Shuttle,” High-Street, Shoreditch.

NAUTILUS, “British Lion,” Central-street, St. Luke’s.

NORFOLK, “Norfolk Arms,” Burwood-place, Edgware-road.

NORTH~EASTERN, “Shepherd and Flock,” Little Bell-alley, Moorgate-street.

NORTH LONDON, “Prince Albert,” Hollingsworth-street. Holloway.

NORTH-WESTERN, “Lord Southampton,” Southampton-road, Haverstock-hill.

NORTON FOLGATE, “Rose and Crown,” Fort-street, Spitalfields.

NEW GLOBE, “The New Globe,” Mile-end-road, E.

OLD BOWER, “Duke’s Arms,” Stangate-street, Westminster-bridge-road.

ODDS-AND-EVENS, “Monmouth Arms,” Singleton-st, Hoxton.

PENGE, “Lord Palmerston,” Maple-road, Penge.

PECKHAM BROTHERS, “Prince Albert,” East Surrey-grove, Peckham.

PHOENIX, “Tavistock Arms,” Werrington-street, Oakley-square.

PISCATORIAL, “Ashley’s Hotel,” Henrietta-street, Covent Garden.

PRINCE OF WALES, “Royal Standard,” Seymour-place, Edgware-road.

PERSEVERANCE, “The Perseverance,”  Pritchard’s-row, Hackney-road.

PUTNEY AND WANDSWORTH UNITED, “Coopers’ Arms,” High-street, Putney.

REFORM, “Jolly Coopers,” Clerkenwell-close.

RICHMOND PISCATORIAL, “Station Hotel,” Richmond, Surrey.

ROYAL GEORGE, “Royal George,” Crown-street, Soho.

ROYAL PISCATORIAL, “The Albion,” Rodney-road, Walworth.

SAVOY BROTHERS, “Black Prince,” Chandos-street, Strand.

SILVER TROUT, “Star and Garter,” St Martin’s-lane, Charing-cross.
   

SIR HUGH MYDDELTON, “Three Johns,” White Lion-street, Islington.

SOCIAL BROTHERS, “Prince Regent,” Dulwich-road, Herne Hill.

SONS OF THE THAMES, “Three Tuns,” Rupert-street

SOUTH BELGRAVIA, “Surprise,” Vauxhall Bridge-road.

SOUTH KENSINGTON PISCATORIAL “Coleherne Hotel,” South Kensington.

SOUTH LONDON, “George and Dragon,” 235, Camberwell-road.

SOUTH HACKNEY, “The Lamb,”  Wick-road, Sooth Hackney.

SOUTH ESSEX, “The Elms,” Leytonstone.

SOUTH ESSEX PISCATORIAL, “Victoria Dock Tavern,” Victoria Dock-road, E.

SPORTSMAN, “Lady Owen’s  Arms,” Goswell-road.

ST. ALBAN’S, “Walnut Tree,” St. Alban’s-rd., Kensington-rd., SE.

ST. JAMES AND SOHO, 30, Gerrard-street, Soho.

ST. JOHN, “White Bear,” St. John-street, West Smithfield.

ST. PANCRAS, 58, Burton-street, Burton-crescent.

STANLEY ANGLERS, “Lord Stanley,” Camden Park-road.

STAR, “Bird in Hand,” Northampton-street, Clerkenwell.

STOKE NEWINGTON, “Prince Albert,” Victoria-rd., Stoke Newington.

STEPNEY, “Beehive,” Rhodeswell-road, Stepney.

STRATFORD BROTHERS, “Coach and Horses,” Broadway, Stratford.

SURREY PISCATORIALS, “St. Paul’s,” Westmoreland-rd, Walworth.

SUSSEX, “Sussex Arms,” Grove-road, Holloway.

TRAFALGAR, “Star and Garter,” 13, Green-street, Leicester-square.

TRUE WALTONIANS, 100, Liverpool-road, Islington.

UNITED ESSEX, “Dorset Arms,” Ceylon-road, Stratford New Town.

UNITED MARLBOROUGH BROTHERS, “Red Lion,”  22 and 23, Portland-street, St. James’s.

UNITED SOCIETY OF ANGLERS, Wellington. Shoreditch
    UNITED BROTHERS, “Druid’s Head Tavern,” Broadway, Deptford.

WALTHAMSTOW, “Common Gate,” Wark House Common, Walthamstow

WALTON AND COTTON, “Crown and Woolpack,” St. John-street, Clerkenwell.

WALTONIAN,  “Jews Harp,” Red-hill-street, Regents-park.

WALWORTH WALTONIANS, “St. Paul’s,” Westmoreland-rd., Walworth.

WEST HAM BROTHERS, “Queen’s Head,” West Ham-lane, Stratford.

WEST CENTRAL, “Cross Keys,” Theobald’s-road, High Holborn.

WEST LONDON, “Windsor Castle,” King-street, Hammersmith.

WESTBOURNE PARK PISCATORIAL, Pelican, All Saints-road, Westbourne-park.

WOOLWICH BROTHERS, “Prince Regent,” King-street, Woolwich.

WOOLWICH INVICTA, “Golden Marine,” Francis-street, Woolwich.

WOOLWICH PISCATORIALS, “Cricketers Arms,” Sand-street, Woolwich

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Fish Island & the Lea Navigation in 2007

09 Tuesday Dec 2014

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While routing through some old hard drives I discovered a folder labelled ‘East London.’ Being distracted by anything rather than my actual task of finding some new work I  went through the images recalling the journey I took on a still, misty spring day in 2007. For those who remember this area before the Olympics will recognise the route I took from where the main Olympic stadium now stands, to the old Lesney Matchbox factory, sadly demolished. Although I have nothing against the Olympic park I do look back with fondness for the more industrial and run down feel of the place, the shear lack of people, where I once fished undisturbed.

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