We Are Off Fishing Today,

we seem to have the kiss of death when it comes to fishing parks, every time we go to one it closes up soon after, for instance Uncle Sam's, Jimmy's, the one next to the electrical station on Soi Siam, the Sun Day park, the one in the dip in Third Road, so it was with some trepidation we called back to Ponmar fishing park, but the good news was that it was still open,

so mix up some bait and let battle commence! Nick is the complete angler, chair, bait, beer, ciggs and even an ash tray!

Diana brought along a few books to read,

the lake has this walkway built along one side

we sit at the end as it is out of full sunshine,

then Nick is into one, which unfortunately got away,

things were pretty quiet after that, so I had a walk along the walkway,

the lake continues around the back of the restaurant/karaoke room,

we are at the far end of this walkway,

strange how you look at some thing, take it for granted then look again and see something different, this looks like a normal tree,

but if you look closely the leaves here at the bottom of the tree,

are completely different to those at the top,

the front of the tree does not give any clues,

but at the side you can see what has happened, the smooth trunked tree has used the rougher barked tree as a support, so it could be two different growing seasons flowering at different times of the year, I am not sure but also the smooth barked tree could be a parasite, but last time we were here I missed this completely, just thought it was a normal tree and looked away, must observe more closely in future dear Watson!

the parrot was making more noise than last time, some one had also taught it to 'wolf whistle'

whilst there Dang arrived and shared some Thai food with Diana,

then Nick was in to another big fish,

this time a carp,

and a nice sized one at that,

then carp number two,

then I hooked one, but it got away, for me no luck at all today,

just as we were packing up to go home, Diana picked up my rod, I mentioned to Nick it would be just my luck that in the last couple of minuets Diana should get a bite,

no sooner said than done! Diana hooked a big one, she played the fish for ages, but it was not to be as the hook came out, so none for me and 3 for Nick, oh the shame of it! we put all of the fish back, we really wanted a few tilipias, but we caught none of them,

then back to Nick and Maureen's for a meal, many of the flowers are now in bloom like this Hibiscus,

I have to admit whilst I have seen so many of these plants growing out here I do not have a clue what they are called,

the seeds Maureen planted are really starting to grow well now,

also more of the Hibiscus are in flower,

there are so many different colour varieties,

through to pure white,

another piece of good news for Nick and Maureen, the banana plant is in flower again, fresh bananas soon!

Ta-Taa taking a rest,

Nick had mentioned a strange looking bird he had seen, sure enough there it was again, to far away to take a picture of, but out with the binoculars,

we are not quite sure what it is, I thought a wood kingfisher, but it was not, so out with Birds of Thailand when we arrive back home,

then it was time to have a delicious chicken stew, with cheese and biscuits and ice cream for Diana as dessert, many thanks Nick and Maureen,

then home feet up for A Touch Of Frost, Unknown Soldiers is the story of guns being sold on the street, he also has to deal with another armed robbery of a security van and the death of a part-time soldier on maneuvers who was shot when everyone was supposed to be using blanks, great story this one, also we guessed who did what to who, then off to bed.