Now a few years had gone by with myself and Janice making trips to the local club water catching small silverfish, although I found it most enjoyable, I still felt the need to catch something bigger.  Then suddenly from out of the blue came Eric.  Now Eric had been a friend for 30+ years who I used to fish with back in the old days when he first moved down from Scotland.  We got talking about the old days when we used to go fishing and he said how much he would love to go again and that he would take me.  I couldn't believe my luck.  I don't know how much he wanted to go with me or just take me to the lakes so I could fish, but as they say I wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth.  I did explain to Eric what my limitations were and it really didn't seem to bother him, I thought, I wonder how long this will last before he gets fed up with pushing me and all my tackle around the lakes and it would just be me and Janice again.  My fears were soon pushed to one side after our first trip, I could see that his enthusiasm for fishing was still there.  This was almost 4 years ago and we have gone fishing on a regular basis most weekends and in all that time I haven't heard him moan once, which is unusual for a Scotsman! Haha.  In fact I am sat here sorting out my tackle for our next trip, so all I will say is, apart from all the tackle that is needed to go fishing a good friend is without doubt the most important piece of your equipment that you will need because without one like Eric in the early days of being in a wheelchair, catching carp and tench would still be a dream so let's all raise a glass to all the Eric's out there and hope that if they need our help one day we are able to give it. THANKS MATE.