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BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes - Chris Yates reads The Secret Carp

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BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes - Chris Yates reads The Secret Carp
BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Presented by Hannah Tribe.
This week we're heading deep into the Sussex countryside in the company of writer and angler Chris Yates. In this, the first chapter from his book The Secret Carp. Chris heads out on an eerie late summer's evening to find the perfect pool for fishing.
The whole work is now available as an audiobook (£14.99) from Merlin Unwin Books https://merlinunwin.co.uk/.../products/the-secret-carp-1

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Royal Ascot - Read about Ashforth's Curiosities of Horseracing at this iconic event

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Royal Ascot - Read about Ashforth's Curiosities of Horseracing at this iconic event
Crowds will be gathering at Ascot Races, a highlight of the racing calendar and a place that has seen many a sporting mishap, celebration and curiosity...
You can read all about them in Ashforth's Curiosities of Horseracing... from the theft of the Ascot Gold Cup in 1907, to the bizarre incident involving Ile De Chypre in 1988, and the regular appearances of the unmissable Gertrude Shilling and of Linda Lovelace in 1974.

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Today is the Saint's Day of Etheldreda, you can read all about her in Charles Moseley's book - Etheldreda's World

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Today is the Saint's Day of Etheldreda, you can read all about her in Charles Moseley's book - Etheldreda's World
Today, St Etheldreda is remembered on her feast day of 23rd June. She is the patron saint of Ely Cathedral.
Although Etheldreda is little known today, she was once one of England’s most popular saints, and her shrine at Ely was a site of pilgrimage up to the Reformation.
If you would like to know more about this remarkable woman, Charles Moseley's book is out now - Etheldreda's World, Princess. Abbess, Saint.

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Listen to Chris Yates reading his book, The Secret Carp - FREE CLIP

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Listen to Chris Yates reading his book, The Secret Carp - FREE CLIP
Here is a clip from Chris Yates reading his book, The Secret Carp, now available as an audiobook from Merlin Unwin Books.
'One of the few books that manages to capture the real joy of fishing in such a way that even a non-angler could be seduced' review by The Independent.
The Secret Carp tells the true story of the events of a single day and night beside an English carp lake in high summer. Listen to the clip below.

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The Glorious 16th - Our fishing book selection

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The Glorious 16th - Our fishing book selection

Where will you spend June 16th this year? Will you be returning to your favourite river or wild lake, observing how it has changed. This time of year is guaranteed to bring a potent mix of excitement, reflection and anticipation... 

To mark the moment, here are a selection of our fishing books (both coarse and fly fishing, memoirs and guides).

We have a broad range of title that capture many aspects of angling, if you are new to the sport - how to get start - or for those who already love fishing a reminders of what draws you back to the water time and again. 

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