Farnham Angling members please note

[chesters1]

Hi ,unfortunately Bill the head bailiff from Stockbridge pond died last thursday so any concerns regarding the pond please ring me dep head bailiff in permit thanks

[John S]

Sorry to hear that Chesters, my condolences to his family and friends.

[chesters1]

It was a short illness and at 85 had a good innings i think .I was going to finish being a bailiff 3 or 4 years ago but he said if i stopped he would which i think would have finished him off very quickly as it was the only thing to get him out of the house for excercise (we walked his sons dog after rounds ,same track same time all weathers) so i promissed him all the time he could get to my house i would keep an eye on him on his 3 days (i do two as well) so i think we got a few more years out of the old guy lol.

I would have stopped immediatly but being the only number left in the permit decided to keep on until the new permit comes out in April incase some clot locked himself in ! (Not unknown) or needed info on how the pond is fishing etc.

 

Trouble is its time consuming on my two days the mornings gone as i walk down and back if we have to go to town its a mile walk back in the dark with no pavements this time of year,if i had my old honda it was no problem fitting it in but i cant afford to buy a motorcycle nowadays and i have tried a pushbike but destroy them very quickly on the track to the pond lol

As for excercise metal detecting will fill the bill from now to the summer starts so not a lot of difference as i am now a fair weather fisherman so can squeeze in the odd couple of hours a couple of times a weekonce the mrs has her newspaper and chockies in the summer when its not suitable to detect

The two weekend bailiffs will have to fight over positions but being fairly remote getting new bailiffs is difficult or more importantly bailiffs that turn up !

Edited September 27, 2017 by chesters1

[chesters1]

Update .

The funeral went well and the Chairman and ex senior bailiff and one of our weekend bailffs and myself ofcourse went and a fair few scouts (he enjoyed his scouting days and spent hours telling of his adventures on skye and wales etc) not overlong which was nice .

The club has decided to install a bench with a plaque which is nice and the old guys ashes are going to be scattered in the swim he loved so he will be on the bank forever.

Luckily his wife has their son living close as she is in her eighties and almost blind .

Hopefully he catered for the end but it was about a month between going to the doctors and dying so hopefully those with loved ones on here will take a few minutes to think what will happen if they should die suddenly would their wives have everything to carry on until things are sorted.

In my case in the safe is an envelope with all the minor things written on it ,when the money comes in ,more importantly when the direct debits go out ,my passwords and pin numbers and those little things that count until she sorts out things for herself ,at least she wont starve

Being epileptic her memories awful so we moved dentists to alton and the doctor to farnham so theres no transport problems where there was with the old ones and i had a car ,she has the telephone numbers in the safe if the phones memory fails but planning the easiest thing is beyond her she cannot even remember our telephone number lol

Edited November 30, 2017 by chesters1