Fundraising – Prize Draw!

Nick and I travelled to the North Devon Journal offices in Barnstaple this morning for the drawing of the winning tickets of the Reels on Wheels Fundraising Spring Raffle this morning. We met with Kathryn Smith (formerly Fell), who drew the 5 winners from the Buddy Bus Bucket!
1st Prize – £100…. Jan (Bioflow)
2nd Prize – [...]

Unexpected support!

We recently received a cheque for £200 as a result of an appeal by members of www.worldseafishing.com on behalf of a fellow angler George Thornley.
Our sincere condolences go to George’s friends and family and we’d like to say publicly how very grateful we are to receive this support. It will make a big difference to us, [...]

Four lads try fishing…

The Leonard Cheshire Trust near Braunton first contacted us earlier this year and we finally met Mike – their Risk Assessment Officer a few weeks ago at Bideford Angling Club’s water to see if he considered it appropriate for the most severely disabled, wannabe-anglers we’ve ever come across, as a fishing venue. Nick and I [...]

Beating the Summer Holiday Blues

A staunch Reels on Wheels member – and a great ambassador for angling – Darren Jones, got together with his local fishery to hold a series of matches for Juniors throughout the summer holidays. They were very well attended, despite the lack of sunshine and the whole series was a resounding success.
We supported Darren in this [...]

News…

Firstly, let me apologise for not making as many blogposts as I have done in the past. To be perfectly frank, Nick is not as fit as he was last year, but let’s keep that between us, shall we? It is our intention to stay local – SouthWest region – this year for various reasons: [...]

More Photos!!!

There’s another great pic of Nick’s 54lb 10oz Sturgeon on Des Taylor’s SBS Baits website gallery HERE - Thanks, Des!
And if you’d like to see more photos from the Fishing Festival last weekend, there are more in our main Photopost Gallery HERE.
We’re having a debate on the Forum at the moment about the Pros and Cons [...]

More pics from the Festival!

Here are some photos from this weekend’s celebration of fishing… Claire and Katy cooking:

You can see the lads hovering in the background, waiting (im)patiently!

Jon and Andy soaking up the atmosphere…

Let the fun begin!

Like other anglers who were there this weekend, Jim took his entire family! Katy (wife) helped out Claire, who is a corker of [...]

A taste of festival fun!

Here are some more pics Nick sent through today. Here’s Charlie Flack (Manderson Trust) with Jim (5Cs, also disabled through chemical poisoning – which doesn’t account for the headgear!)

Seb and his Dad (chauffeur, carer, general factotum!)

Apparently, Jim and Seb have made Charlie laugh so much, he was ill… *rolls eyes* Standing next to Seb is Jon [...]

Reels on Wheels 1st Anniversary!

Well, Reels on Wheels is officially over a year old and celebrating the fact this weekend at The Manderson Trust, Over, Cambridgeshire. Nick and Claire arrived there early this morning to prepare for the arrival of guests, erect the Marquee, etc. and meet the Manderson Trustees who graciously rented us Lake No.1 for the weekend’s [...]

An award for our blog!

Woohoo – Disabled Angler Blog has received an award from Chris – My Peggypeg – the coveted “E for Excellent”. Thanks Chris… will have a think about who to pass it on to!

Nick’s Sturgeon has also made in into the official Prologic Gallery – Other Species section… so click HERE if you want [...]