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t h e pond and with that, I s a i d
g o odbye. Before I knew i t ,
t h e time h ad come to pack u p
a n d get home altho ugh I d i d
m anage a further 2 carp b o t h
l o w doubles.
I t’s an hour from the l a k e
t o my front door so it g a v e
m e a little time to hav e a
t h ink about the messag e f r o m
laughed and said nothing like
cutting it fine mate! and I
a r r a n g e d to m e e t h i m o u t s i d e
S p o r t s D i r e c t i n To l l g a t e.
As I pulled up Darren was
a l r e a d y t h e r e w a i t i n g, a n d
we exchanged goods like a
dodgy drug deal. It was not
l o n g b e f o r e w e s t a r t e d t al k i n g
about his old fishery and what
Fe nton, more to th e p o i n t
w i ll the bait quality ch ang e. I
m ean for all I know, noth i n g
m ay change and the b a i t
m aybe even better. I supp o s e
t h e only thing I coul d do w a s
w ait and see.
Later, that week I recei v e d
a message from Darren Hil to n ,
w ho had just so happe n e d
s o ld Hilto n Fisheries e a rl i e r
o n that week. I have su pp l i e d
D a rren over the years wi th
v a rious clothing items al o n g
w i th prizes for his ch arity.
Darren had a Fren ch t r i p
p l anned and need ed n e w
c l othing delivered to h i m
F r iday morning as he was d u e
t o travel on the Saturda y. I
w a s n e x t f o r h i m . We l l , Yo u
k n o w wh a t t h e y s a y, w h e n o n e
d o o r s h u t s so m e o n e l e a v e s
a wi n d o w o p e n , t h i s i s t h a t
w i n d o w. Da r r e n e x p l a i n e d
t h a t wh e n h e c o m e s b a c k
f r o m F r o g l a n d h e i s d ri v i n g
d o wn t o D e v o n t o s e e a g u y
w h o h a s a s m a l l b a i t c o m p a n y,
the reason being Darren was
looking for a small company to
invest in. My ears pricked up
at this point and I explained
m y p r e d i c a m e n t r e g a r d i ng t h e
bait company I was currently
w i t h . A s we g o t d e e p e r i n t o
the conversation it was clear
D a rr e n w a s r e a l l y e xc i t e d
a b o u t t h i s a n d s a i d M a rk , d o
not worry about finding a new
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