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SI LLEWELLYN
t h e local town and under t h e i n f l u en c e o f a lc o h o l wa s a d am a n t
s h e wanted to come to the l ake to m ee t hi m ! S o , s h e d i d j u s t
t h at , and about an hour l ate r, t hi s ra th e r s to u t yo u n g l a dy
t u rned up via taxi with m ake up l aye re d o n a n d h e e l s h i gh . I
was taken aback by the wh o le t h i n g; th e s tra n g e s t bi t b e i n g
s h e turned up with a pro te i n s h ake r f u l l o f g i n ! How ? W hy ?
D i d she go out in town wi t h t hi s mo n s t ro u s g o b l e t o r d i d s h e
p o p home and pick it up o n he r way ? I wa s q u i te re li eve d wh e n
G a z ushered her off to his b iv v y, p ro te i n s ha ke r i n h a n d !
Foolishly, I thought that wa s t h e e n d o f i t , a s I wa s l e f t to
my own devices so I coul d c ar r y o n wa tc hi n g t h e wa te r, b u t
a l as it was not . Not fifteen m i n ute s h a d p as s ed b e fo re I h e a rd
‘ O ooooow! Ahhhhhhhh! Ye ss s s s ! ’ c o m i n g f ro m t h e d i re c t io n o f
my friend’s swim. Clearly, t h ey we re g o i n g h e e l s to J e s u s o r
s h ould I say high heels to J e su s , i n a o n e -m a n b iv vy by a c l u b
l a ke in the middle of a ho us i n g es t a te ! He r m o t h e r m u s t b e
s o proud. Some of the noi s e s t ha t e ma n a te d f ro m t h a t c a nva s
s h elter during the hours o f da rk n es s th a t n i gh t ma d e m e fe a r
fo r my life! Safe to say I did n’ t o b ta i n a g re at n i gh t ’ s s l e e p , a n d
a t around 6am whilst I was ma k i n g my f i r s t co f fe e o f t h e d ay to
g ive me some much-neede d e n erg y, I w i t n es s ed my f i rs t wa l k
o f shame around a carp l ake . M y g o d h ow we g i g gl e d a b o u t
t h at little illicit bunk-up ove r b a co n an d e g g s t h at m o r n i n g .
On the fishing front , not mu c h h a p p e n ed ove r t h e n ex t c o u p l e
o f days in that intimate bay, an d b e twe en t h e s ma l l m i r ro r I ’ d
m anaged and the mating c a ll s t hro u gh t he f i rs t n i ght , th e f i s h
h a d done the off. Plus, the we at h er to o k a sl i gh t t u rn for t h e
worst , bec oming cold and d r i z z ly… Au tu m n wa s o n i t s way. O n
t h e final morning of my tr i p , I ’ d s e e n a fe w f i s h s h ow o u t i n to
t h e deeper water of the lake a n d d e c i d ed to m ove u p i n to t h e
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