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DAVID WALLEN
LIFE
ON THE
THAMES
Never did I think that s o me t hi ng my d ad g o t m e i n to a s a
c h ild would become such a bi g p a rt o f my li fe . Fro m a yo u n g
b oy up to the age of 10 -1 1, I s p e n t my f re e days and we e ke n d s ,
l i ke most , out with my fr i e n d s o r f i sh i n g w i th t h e o l d m an .
A l though the Thames was l e s s t h an 5 -1 0 m i le s f ro m wh e re we
l ived, we never ventured o u t to f i sh th e b i g rive r. I d o n’ t t h i n k
i t really mattered where we f i s h ed , wh et h er i t wa s t h e l o c a l
FR E ELINE 81
