Well another week and we will be back in the UK, we had over a month in Markadia Portugal but the fishing was very patchy compared to how it has fished in the past, with my best days catch only 13 carp, compared to the 20 or even 30 plus we normally catch... The Barragem is very high at the moment with a good 15ft more depth, and the water was cold making the carp not feed as much, I suppose I caught over 70 in the 34 days we were there, but there was a PB for Marksdia with a carp of ten pounds, the first double I have ever had out, the normal weight is between a pound and a half up to 7 lbs...

So we left Markadia and made our way up to Villa Nova D Serveira in the north of Portugal to see Chris and his mum, they took us out for a nice trip along the Spanish coast as the Spanish border is the river Minho and Spain is only at the other side of the river, we had some Tapas at bar and a few drinks, and it was a lovely day out, we will all being well see them again next year,,,

So we are sat in Hornfluer North France and will stay here on the local Aire as there are all the facility's including free electricity, there is also free wifi but I can't figure out how to get on line as the registering process is in French, I have tried a couple of times but have given up!..

So we sail back from Zeebruge to Hull on the 20th of March, it will make a change to have to drive the 20 minutes back home instead of the 10 hour slog battling the M25 and Dartford crossing..

A few pisc's