fair enough, wyreside sounds much better then!

In reply to Post #58
when did you last go? Some of the pegs are excellent! A few Large doubles with woodchip. I'd say 10 decent pegs for bivvies at least.

Its quite safe too as she locks the gate at 8pm. I'm not saying its the best venue but not a bad alternative if the price is right. Theyve just stocked some more commons in to 22lb aswell.

how about leisure lakes, Southport?
It's not a bad venue, large tidy pegs, can drive to most of them, clean facilities, club house and cafes basically on the bank. Quite an easy water too. Done two 48 hour session recently and landed 4 carp to 15lbs but some catching quite a few more and they go to mid-upper twenties.
Wasn't plan on fishing there much more on weekends as it gets very noisy with the clubhouse and campers but for a social maybe not so bad!
Sure if there's enough of us I'll get it for £15 per person per night.

Edit: I'm struggling to link here. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002085531929#!/profile.php?id=100002085531929 thats leisure lakes facebook page

I'd be up for this too!

In reply to Post #40
sounds good, hope u had a great birthday too

had my first days fishing in about a year on sat, had a great day with family, my dad hasn't been fishing in 2 years and even longer for my twin bro. We all caught too! made up, had a nice mirror about 9-10lb on large halibut pellet and a common about 10/11lb on free lined bread crust.

Me and my dad are going to do a day or a night somewhere later this week, possibly leaisure lakes near southport? And we need a new day ticket for a 3 night session soon seeing as little wyreside has closed down!

good to hear you've recovered, invaluble advice too