The Big One Show

Hi Sorry been a while since the last post but what with the incredibly cold weather and various illnesses that I have had I haven't had the opportunity to go.  Today Aoibheann and I had the chance to pop down to Farnborough to The Big One Show.

The Big One Show was only a 40 minute drive from our home so we arrived at around 9:40am.  The price on the door was £10 for me and Aoibheann being only 4 didn't need a ticket.

  The first angling celebs we came across was Dean Macey (Twitter @DeanMacey) and Tom Dove (Twitter @TomDove11).









  Then we came across arguably two of the best match anglers in England Steve Ringer (Twitter @SteveRinger) and Adam Rooney (Twitter @AdamRooneyGuru).









   A massive thank you must go to Ian Russell from Avid Carp who not only was happy to pose with Aoibheann but he also pulled out a cardboard cut out of the Carp in the picture below which looks excellent.

   We then came across Keith Arthur (Twitter @SkyTightLines) from Sky Sports Tight Lines.

  We had to wait a few minutes to get a snap with Mick Brown but a huge thank you to the chap in the background who gave Aoibheann a free hat (I also got a free hat and t-shirt :) )

  I didn't realise from the telly how huge Iain Macmillan is but what a friendly bloke gave Aoibheann a pen and he really laughed at me getting her to say "Sausages" so she doesn't smile like she has a screw loose.

  I think though the few minutes we spent with MBE and 4 time world coarse angling champion Bob Nudd made our day.  Not only did he sign Aoibheann's DVD but he commented how confident she was.  Absolute magic.












  I also bought Aoibheann a couple of raffle tickets and she one some Sonubait new plum baits as shown below with the winning ticket :).  To be fair though she really really likes her carp pillow too :).