1 - Treoes - A jog, a sea swim then a fish. Stop off at petrol station for a loaf of bread for bait - £2.89 for a loaf! No chance. Wafters and sweetcorn it is. Watch a guy pull out fish after fish on a pole a few swims down while my rods sit untouched. Finally though regular feeding brings them in and I end up with a very pleasing 3lb 1, 5lb 6 and 8lb 9 mirrors, commons of 8lb 3, 8lb 7, 5lb 14, 5lb 2 and 5lb 6 with a solitary small bream

2 - Half Round ponds - I thought you could do with a change, so made my way to Swansea conscious that the tench might be sleepy and unlike Treoes, no bream to make up the weight. It was a fair guess. I'd managed to purchase a fair price loaf, but not a sausage on it all morning. The only bites come from coots that dive to pick up my bait before at last, after 4 hours and my time ending the rod tip bent right round hard. I struck, the hook getting immediately snagged to the bottom and the line inevitably snaps. Can a snag really give such a strong bite?! My first Welsh coarse fishing blank.

3 - Treoes - an evening session in late summer sunshine. Fish the margins for commons of 9lb 4, 7lb 4, 11ln 10 and 10lbs. They all fought like mentalists.