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Ken can you recommend a good alternative cheap (but good) android tablet? Thanks Keith

This is the only forum (so far) that I'm having problems with when using my iPad. I don't have any problems when I access the FishingMagic or the MaggotDrowners forums. I've had the same problem before but Elton solved my problem the last time it happened. My iPad is no longer supported or updated by Apple which I think is probably my problem. Although I can still access this forum I just can't reply or create a post using my iPad. NB: I can't open my virgin email using my dated iPad either. I can use my laptop but because I don't regularly use it I have to wait for it to perform updates for several minutes before I can open the forum. So using my mobile using a stylus is my quickest way to reply or create a new post on this forum. I was thinking of getting the missus to buy me a new iPad or a new android pad which would solve my problem. Keith

I can still post on other forums (so far) Keith

I think I'll just have to bite the bullet and spend some cash on a new iPad. Keith

I've often wanted to post on here however my iPad can no longer post on here (as it is no longer supported by Apple) . So I'm having to post using my mobile phone or get my old laptop to post which is a bit of a pain in the backside. Anyone else having to do this because of their aging iPad? Keith

We always used to use Pearl Barley in our Turkey leftover stews after Christmas which we cooked in the pressure cooker. I didn’t take very long at all to cook in the pressure cooker and it thickened the Turkey Stew nicely and took on the flavours it was cooked in. Unfortunately we no longer have our pressure cooker, which is a shame as me and our son always looked forward to a good turkey stew after Xmas. Keith

That’s a real clonker of a Pike, well done that man. Keith

They’ve been a fairly common sight in the gardens and countryside around me in Hertfordshire for several years now. Sometimes they become scarce and at other times you see them every few days. Sometimes there’s about eight or ten of them sitting in the tree at the end of my garden. They damaged one of my nut feeders beyond repair and I’ve had to use a squirrel and large bird proof nut feeder to try and prevent them damaging that too. They also occasionally feed from one of my unguarded seed feeders as well. Keith

Martin, why don’t you get involved with making some decent Wagglers (Onions & straight & bodied), sticks, Avon’s etc. good ones are getting harder and harder to Source these days now that the Pole has become so common; and the parts are quite easily obtained from the bankside (wildfowl feathers) and from the web or hobby shops . If I didn’t already have so many floats myself then that is what I might have started doing. You might even become the new Andrew Field Keith

I bought myself a Ninja reel off of the Web about a year ago because of the good write ups the Ninja gets; however I returned it when I saw it; as I didn’t realise how small the spool was compared to some other reels I’ve used; and I much prefer a reel with a much wider and shallower spool which makes casting a waggler a lot easier for me, plus a wider spool doesn’t cause as much line twist/coiling on the cast because of its wider spool. I returned the Ninja and bit the bullet and went out and bought myself a Shimano-Aero-4000FA reel instead which has a much wider spool together with a Spare spool and two spool reducers for when I’m using finer lines plus a small reel body. It was more expensive (at twice the price) but in my view was well worth me paying the extra cash; plus unlike the Ninja It comes with a spare spool. I’m not saying that the Ninja is not a good reel; it obviously is a good reel; however it’s just a bit too small for me for the above reasons. The Shimano-Aero-4000FA reel with one of the line reducers fitted. Keith

There’s some very nice quality sized Dace (and Roach) caught on our local Barbel stream in flowing water, although there are plenty of slacks below reed beds along the stretch; they are caught both in these slacks and in the faster flowing gravel runs in front of the reed beds. Keith

This year I haven’t seen many goldfinches or coal tits, chaffinches or greenfinches on my feeders; plus I’ve only seen a few great tits visiting too. However sparrows and thrushes have been out in force and even now (in November) my garden is full of them. I haven’t seen so many Red Kites in the area as this year although I don’t think they are responsible for the lack of tits and finches as they are mainly just scavengers and eating road kill and dead animals mostly; although they might have had a few. I have put stiff wire meshing around my feeders and my bird table to prevent the pidgeons, magpies and the other larger birds from raiding them which may be the reason why I have so many sparrows and thrushes visiting my feeders now; but where the tits and finches have been this year is a bit of a puzzle. Keith

Has the broads recovered from the problems it had in the past with sludgy deposits spreading over its river beds in certain places ? Or is it now back to its former glory ? Keith

Very few posting these days unfortunately. It seems like most of the old regulars have moved over to (the rubbish interface in my view ) Facebook or elsewhere. Keith