by Joe Alexander | Apr 17, 2024 | News
Strewth, strange weather the last few days. Here in mid wales, or to be more precise, Rhaeadr Gwy, weβve had the lot, sun, rain, hoofing winds and sleet !!! Today and yesterday were classic days for November, not mid April !!!! As I parked up at the dam wall of...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 6, 2024 | News
Such strange weather we are having at the moment, itβs a Saturday evening and we are in a deep low, with Storm Kathleen battering the extreme parts of the west of Wales and some other westerly areas of Britain β¦.. The winds last night in Rhaeadr Gwy were pretty pokey...
by Joe Alexander | Apr 2, 2024 | News
Well, well, as Iβm writing this brief blog, its started raining again, here in Rhayader !!!! β¦. I was fortunate enough to grab three very sporting hours in the valley this morning, namely one of my early season favourites, Craig Goch reservoir. Wow, she was on fire,...
by Joe Alexander | Mar 26, 2024 | News
Wow, what a start to my season, a varied and hectic three weeks, on some of the wild streams and big reservoirsβ¦.. And I managed to squeeeeeeeeeeze in a lovely session up at the Teifi lakes too, Fantastic !!! Just total wild Wales at its best β¦β¦ Tis always nice...
by Joe Alexander | Mar 12, 2024 | News
β¦β¦.. Was with a great relief that I eventually managed to get out for my first sortie of the year yesterday. Things have been more than hectic in fairness, with only thoughts of wetting a line on open day a dwindling memory !!! I parked up close to the bridge of the...
by Joe Alexander | Feb 6, 2024 | News
Well, as Iβm conjuring up yet another blog, itβs absolutely pouring down here in Rhayader β¦β¦ Just another glorious day in mid Wales !!!! The big wild reservoirs are here for a reason !!!!!! The sheer amount of rainfall we get in mid Walesβ¦.The positive side of things...
by Joe Alexander | Jan 18, 2024 | News
Bbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!! As Iβm writing this itβs minus two outside, got down to minus eight last night, on my thermometer in the garden; when I went out to top up the bird feeders with fat balls and nuts. The birds were straight onto the feeders as soon as I turned...
by Joe Alexander | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Well, this is really my Christmas message to all you kindly folk out there that have a piscatorial interest and also a love of the great outdoors. As Iβm dwelling on what to write in this wee blog, itβs actually just calming down out there tonightβ¦.. Weβve had two...
by Joe Alexander | Nov 14, 2023 | News
SO, what absolutely foul weather weβve had recently, with storms Ciaran, and yesterday storm Debi β¦.. bloody awful to say the least. Damaging, dangerous and damn right difficult to do anything in, be it work, drive, hike, you name it, just totally unpleasant. And the...
by Joe Alexander | Oct 17, 2023 | News
So, where do I start, well, Iβll finish first !!! Yesterday was my last day out chasing the ever gorgeous Welsh Gold β¦.. a biting morning with an ambient temperature that struggled to get above seven degrees in the Elan Valley. I was adventurous and initially headed...