DrBlox

Back of a fag packet calculation suggests that my 'renewal' should've been 'done' on Xmas Eve. Should I be expecting my ticket to plop on the mat any day now?

You are right I didn't apply at weeks - I think I posted somewhere in PW. I applied immediately after receiving the renewal notice - on March 29th... I make that a mere 12 weeks.

Just had the call, they're not going to extend my 8 week grace period (July renewal date) and I've got 2 weeks to find someone to store them. They're just clearing April renewals so I've got to find someone registered to store them by 24th September.

My son's attending a GK school next Sunday in Rochester. My plan 'A' was to spend the time (which corresponds with HT) fishing from Rochester pier - which I've just discovered is closed. https://www.medway.gov.uk/directory_record/2481/rochester_pier Anybody got any suggestions for a Plan 'B'? TIA

I was warned advised by the local gunshop to put in my application ASAP (I had just got the renewal letter for August) as it "...might..." be done in time (and he was impressed that my GP form 'only' cost £65). I've just had the same two month extension letter... I thought combining the three counties' SGC renewal was supposed to streamline the process?

If it's still available - yes please.

SPACE Herts is a charity that runs events for autistic and learning disabled children in my county. They've recently started offering "SPACE for fishing" sessions - they might be interested in your kit? https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/space-introduction-to-fishing-tickets-528152035957 https://spaceherts.org.uk/ admin@spaceherts.org.uk

So the skipper's part of the CHART scheme https://www.gov.uk/guidance/bluefin-tuna-in-the-uk? As an side when I worked at, what was then, MAFF Central Science Lab (CSL) in the early 90's there used to be reasonably frequent talks/presentations about the history of, what became, 'MAFF' (particularly CSL's wartime role) - ISTR one of them was something looking at the commercial fishing of 'tunny' (actually its eradication as a major predator of herring stocks) in the 40's... Official guidance of what to do if you catch one: https://www.thunnusuk.org/_files/ugd/bfb9b9_776e67d559814ff685b299691a256cca.pdf

Hmmmm, during a visit to Deal a fortnight earlier the bloke next to me was using something that really looked like these and was getting very good results. I tried to get something similar from the tackle shop but but they didn't have anything suitable - that's why I ended up with the shrimps...

Off deal pier this HT in 2 hrs bangin' we (my son & I) came away with 20 good size mackerel. To save time when the feathers became too tangles we just put them aside and replaced them with one fresh out the packet - these were the only 'feathers' that got 4 (four) at once (twice) - normal feathers just got singles and doubles:

Getting some gear yesterday to go crabbing with my littlest one yesterday I finally located the source of "that smell" in my shed (I thought it was a poisoned rat that had crawled into a corner to die). Something with black & white fur and no noticeable tail (I'm assuming that it was the weasel I've asked about previously on here), judging from the remains, climbed into one of the Ikea bags hanging from the shed roof (with my fishing clothes in them - bottom half of a FLADEN flotation suit and TFG over trousers - both quite dear so I really don't want to bin them) sometime after 13th May (when I put them away) and curled up and died. It died became a feast for greenbottles and 'liquefied' and leaked all over the trousers which have now been baked dry in the heatwave. They've been on the line since yesterday as I was hoping they would be 'rinsed' by the promised storms which missed us. With the stench of them I'm afraid/ashamed to take them to a local cleaners. Is there anything I can do at home or has anybody got a product they would recommend if they've been in a similar situation? TIA

Speaking from experience the cops were very, very interested in the drugs I was on for chemo (dabrafenib, trametinib and folidipine) and their psychological side-effects (none of them had any of these) - I ended up sending the FEO lots of stuff from Macmillan. I can only assume this was the case for 'your friend'. And thank you to everyone for their kind sentiments - according to my oncologist I was 'cured' when they cut the mole out of me over 16 months ago - so I can only imagine the year long 'unpleasantness' with the chemo was for ****s and giggles (I had plenty of one of those options).

...and I've picked up my guns , ticket and cartridges this morning (they were helpfully piled up in a shopping trolley that my sons and I wheeled out of the 'nick'). TBF I could have picked them up on 15/03/22 but I was having a very nasty time on chemo (stage 3A malignant melanoma - so do remember to slap on the SPF 50 and a hat when out in the fields folks) and I wanted my non-autistic son to be there as well. As it was a 'domestic' I, sort of, understand the confiscation order BUT I do feel that some better written guidance could have been given so I had a clue what was going on eg cooling off period the takes 'so long', then a background investigation into me that takes 'so long' and finally a open source review of my SM output that "...only takes 24 hrs..." (nb it didn't) rather than waiting for very infrequent 'phone calls. I couldn't even celebrate by pulling into the "A1" as that closed its doors for good a fortnight ago.

FYI I have just had a telephone interview with FAO and things don't look so bleak/uncertain as they did yesterday. Can I thank everyone who's replied for the helpful input. And even more apologies to all for not being able to spell "cartridges" in the thread title.

Thanks for this little bit of positivity. And apologies to all for not being able to spell "confiscated" in the thread title.