Yet another disappointing day for the intrepid souls on Saturday partly due to the howling gale we endured and partly to the curse of "I didn't want to be at that end of the lake"
After the usual splendid breakfast and banter

it was time for the draw - the favoured pegs are usually 1-15 especially with the wind blowing into that end so of course I did the complete opposite and drew 26

not where I wanted to be especially with Dave's encouraging "that's a sh*te peg".
And so it proved, after plumbing around the deepest I could find was a colossal 15 inches

so the omens were not good.
The island was about 11metres away which on a reasonably calm day would have been fine but keeping the rig still in that wind proved impossible and it was whipping backwards and forwards constantly, after about half an hour i'd had a couple of quick bites that I failed to hit and then the third time I think the wind struck for me just as the float went under and I was connected to one unhappy carp but after a few minutes of fighting the fish and the wind the hook pulled.

I could see Al land a few and Tony had a couple but apart from that it was fairly dismal our end, my arms were now complaing at the constant battering so decided to come in closer but that was just as fruitless - this was a bit like Pea Lane re-visited. After three hours I had managed two small carp which probably weighed in under 2lb, Al was still catching and so was Tony but couldn't see how anybody else was doing and Simon opposite was starting to catch a few on the feeder between the islands. The last hour proved to be the best with one of the margins showing a little bit of life and managed to winkle out another 4 carp and a tench but they were all pretty small for a total weight of 15lb 4oz.
Colin obviously made full use of drawing one of the best pegs - well done to him - and to Dave and AL for their 2nd and 3rd.
Slightly off topic I was disappointed to see that a lot of the greenery that not only sheltered you a bit from the elements but also attract the fish had been hacked away giving the lake a distinctly bare look - I think they've rather spoilt it.
Hee's hoping that Rockells provides a better day for all.