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MIKE BRIDGES
THE BIG
SUTTON
You often hear within t hi s wo n d e r f ul s p o rt t h a t a ce rt a i n
c a pture should never have h ap p en e d d u e to t h e s a i d a n gl e r
b e ing faced with an issue th a t un d e r n o r m a l c i rc u m s t a n ce s
would have meant they should “never have been there in the first
p l ace”. Well, this is exactly wh at ha p p e n e d to m e… H owever,
w i th a little bit of luck and a h ug e a mo u n t o f d e te rm i n at i o n , I
m ade memories, and I’m a b le to s h a re my ta l e .
I arrived on Saturday morning amid the start of a huge weather
system change. Drivi ng to t he la ke , my t r u ck wa s re g i s te ri n g
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