Wednesday, 11th.September 2019 Moulin de Gassas, Cahuzac nr. Bergerac, Dordogne, France 22.30 Just got back from a fantastic welcome meal with our hosts Peter and Madeline Bartholemew at their little gem of a home on the Dropt river in the Dordogne region of France. I am so full, my stomach is fit to bursting! A gorgeous steak, foie gras, green beans, wine…. ah! The decadence of it all! I managed to get some baits out before we went to the Moulin for dinner and had my first fish, a common of 26lbs. thirty minutes after starting. My first fish of the week! A typical old, original fish from years ago, long, skinny, and a bit moth-eaten. Fortunately, the newer stock are nothing like these. This was a spectacular fight from a common I was convinced was going to go thirty - but was a long, skinny, lean example of its type that went like a train before I managed to get it in the net, weighed, photographed, and back in the water before the middle rod went! This