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BOBBY
JACK
THOMPSON
COOTE
t h e park became very qui et , l i ke i t d o e s wh e n t h e wa l ke rs g o
h o me and the boats moo r u p .
M y friend popped back to t he va n to g ra b s o m et h i n g wh i l s t
I watched the rods, only to f i n d t wo me n a c t i n g ve r y s t ra n g e
a n d sniffing around the va n s. He c a me b a ck a n d g o t m e, an d a s
we approached the guys, we a s ke d t h em wh a t t h ey we re d o i n g
c reeping around the vehic l es i n th e mi d d l e o f n owh ere . W i th
t h is they became extreme ly a g g re ss ive a n d we n t a b s o l u te ly
b e rserk. T hey were sho ut i n g a nd h o l le r i n g a t u s s ay i n g t h ey
were going to take our hea d s o f f w i th t he m e ta l b a ll b e a ri n g s
t h ey had loaded in their ca t ap ul ts a nd h ow th e i r t rave l l e r
c o mmunity would block us i n a n d to rc h th e va n s . W i th t h i s
we tried to calm the situa ti o n d ow n , a s i t wa s g e t t i n g o u t o f
h a nd, but it didn’t seem to wo rk . L u c k i ly fo r u s , a p a s s e rby wh o
m i raculously knew them ma n a ge d to d ef l a te th e s i t u a t i o n a n d
s teer them away. As you c an i m ag i n e , t h i s re s u l te d i n a ve ry
re stless night , and as so on as t h e l i gh t b ro ke i n th e m o rn i n g ,
we were out of there. I di dn’ t wa n t th i s to ru i n wh a t I h a d
worked hard to achieve so fa r o n t he la ke a n d fe l t b l e s s ed t h a t
I had a mate with me duri n g t he eve n t . B u t I c o u l d n’ t l e t t h i s
s top me, and I focused pu re ly o n th e d ays fo r a wh il e , wh i c h
t u rned out to be the best d ec i s i o n I m ad e .
I t was very early one mo rn i n g t he fo l low i n g we e k , an d yo u
c o uld tell it was going to b e a sc o rc hi ng d ay – exa c t ly wh a t I
n e eded for picking out the b et te r f i s h. I d o re m em be r th i s d ay
b e cause it was the day after a we dd i n g , a n d my h e a d wa s s l i gh t ly
s o re, leaving me feeling ra th e r v u l n era b le , b u t I ju s t h a d t h i s
fe eling it was going to be a g re at d ay. J u s t a s th e te m p e ra t u re s
were starting to rise, I retu r n e d to t h e s p o t I p rev i o u s ly s p o ke
a b out , which to my s urpr ise l a cke d n um b e rs o f f i s h , e s p e c i a l ly
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