Well I’m back in the U.K from the family fishing holiday in France lying on the bed cream crackerd after a long drive back the boy is asleep and the Mrs has gone out and that’s that.

What an eventful week loved the venue as always stunning with great hospitality to match.

I really didn’t like Paris, never again I felt like I was going to have a nervous breakdown. It’s extremely busy although it was nice to see the Eiffel tower, Arch du triumph and padlock bridge but it’s about as romantic as my foot my left one at that.

Vitery-le-francuos how is a stunning little village unspoilt by progress and how you would imagine France to be, nice shops and restaurants surrounding a square were there’s boules and kids game.

The top of the pick though has to go to the venue Carpe d’Or Fishing holidays and desire2 with Andy and Marie for a stunning view, lovely well looked after lodge and a few nice fish caught to top it off what more could a man ask for.

It has to be said nothing is too much trouble for them they go out there way to make sure you have a great time and I know had their hands full this week with Andy de-weeding desire1.

Marie spent endless time chef’in’ in the kitchen for the boys that were on desire1 i hope they appreciate your hard work as much as we have I’ll be back next time with the ink and guns for Andy’s tattoo.

Oh I nearly forgot the fishing!

Well the fishing was slow to start as i was only fishing nights so it took a while to get around to how to present the bait as it needed to be.

Then getting past the problems i encountered with Poisson chat eating my bait and spinning my rigs up the crayfish cutting through my 20lb fluorocarbon hair to pinch my meshed baits crazy defiantly not the normal on there I think it being so hot and air pressure being so high the carp was not as hungry as normal so this gave time for the other lake inhabitants to get to your baits under normal conditions I’m sure the carp would move the crays and Poisson chat off the baited spots.

All said and done I ended up with 2 stunning and scaly at 32lb and 35lb and a 23lb grassy that beat me up at 3oclock in the morning, on the last night off a area i was baiting all week  I had a screaming run I’ve jumped out of the four poster bed seen the receiver lighting up blue and bolted out the side door missing my crocs I’m over the bridge to the island and picked up the 4th rod a nash dwarf 3lb test curve and struck into it.

I thought to myself this is a lump as it was like dead weight plodding around at that point it dawned on me i only had my boxer shorts on, after a little rumble and a lung for the pads I managed to get it under control so i shouted for the Mrs that was flat out in bed ‘can you get my landing net’ no answer hmm i thought how can i get her to wake up.

With one hand I switched off my delkim the anti theft alarm rang out from the receiver in the lodge and i saw the light go on ‘yes’ i thought and shouted ‘can you get my landing net’!

She shouted back ‘it’s behind you’!

I looked around and there was my second net against the post so i replied ‘can you get my scales’! She said, yeh ill bring your trousers too’! I’ve got the fish in the sling up and weighed it’s a new French PB mirror of 42lb 4oz ‘come on’!!!

I shouted and said to Jen ‘it’s time to go home’!

A real big thanks to Dave Mallin for supplying me with his spicy frankfurter boilies he’s done me proud there again.

I have nicknamed them frenchfurters after this trip a great French family fishing holiday and a cheeky way of getting that extra trip to France in.

“Remember you won’t catch em on yah sofa ”  !!!!