Warwickshire Avon - Caves and Cathisophobia

Anyone else up for escaping the modern world ? 

You see haven't you heard ? There’s a big tunnel on the Moon, and we can’t be 100% sure how it got there but it could be a handy place for humans to live, provided there are no aliens inside. 

Fishing on the moon ? why not.

The underground cave has been found in the Sea of Tranquility, the 500-mile wide basin where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first astronauts to walk on the Moon almost 55 years ago to the day.

For almost as long, scientists have suspected there are tunnels on the Moon, but had never discovered one with an opening, until now. 

It was found thanks to Nasa’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which surveyed the Moon and allowed scientists from the University of Trento in Italy to create a 3D model of the cave. Thought to be up to 80 metres long, 45 metres wide and between 130 and 170 metres below the surface, it stretches out beneath a pit around 100 metres wide in the Sea of Tranquility a dark region on the near side of the Moon which can be seen with the naked eye.

The most likely explanation for our observations is an empty lava tube. On Earth, lava tubes are the caves left behind by underground lava flows – earlier this year, scientists discovered evidence of humans living in one 7,000 years ago.

Lava tubes on the Moon are thought to have formed the same way and, in the future, could help humans colonise it. The Moon is hostile to human life and its surface is exposed to cosmic radiation that is up to 150 times more powerful than Earth.

The lunar surface is also vulnerable to frequent meteorite impacts and extreme temperatures, ranging from -173C to 127C. But previous research has suggested underground caves have an average temperature of around 17C, creating cosy conditions for astronauts.

I'd be happy with that most certainly, I don't really like it super hot like it was today !! Anyway how the heck is Ben now 15 scary really as I remember him as a toddler like it was yesterday playing in a ball pit in the playroom.

 

He is progressing as the months go by, however he is unlikely to live independently where he will definitely need lots of support going forward. 

But on the positive note, he couldn't be more happier and unlike many kids his age sheltered from the modern world.  

Anyway with Sam's best mate stopping over this weekend I had a small window of opportunity post a BBQ where hopefully I'd catch a barbel.

Some have been showing here like they usually do this part of the season and I fancy something to put a proper bend in the rod.

The day was very warm indeed reaching 31 degrees so I waited till the end of the day where I rocked up at 8.30pm for a couple of hours fishing.

Simple tactics of a PVA bag of mixed pellets and a boilie on the long hair. It was a very pleasant evening indeed especially when the temperature dropped when the sun disappeared from view, fingers and legs crossed for a barbel.

The fish had other ideas though because despite the relatively dark and sheltered swim where I've caught barbel before to 12lb 8oz nothing happened for an hour and a half, until the light levels had dropped considerably and the tip light was earning its pennies.

Out of the blue a decent bite where the tip jumped in to life and continued pulling round, where you would think there would be a barbel on the end because it was a characteristic bite, but no, the first pull of the rod this was a mediocre chub.

No match for the barbel rod thats for sure so I felt a bit sorry for it when it must have known there is no point trying to pull back because the outcome was inevitable. Still a fish is a fish is a fish so at least it wasn't a blank. Anyway it pulled the Dynamite hot-fish and glm boilie off the hair in the tussle so after rebaiting it went back out again hoping the next bite was from a barbel. 

Errrrr nope, because literally two minutes later groundhog dog because I was playing another chub of similar stamp that even though I was fishing with a long hair was determined to swap stories with the mate of his.

Hmmm best laid plans and all that !!!

Third time lucky ?

Well know, because fifteen minutes later another chub of similar stamp that this time caused some swim carnage, so much so there was no more bites after that, so sadly I left with the tail between my legs with another barbel session ticked off with nothing to show for it. So a change of venue is needed, Buffalo Si to the rescue ?, let's hope so because he's been catching barbel, I haven't and he's put me on to some spots.