ROCK HARD PIKE FISHING: Ice sets in as temperatures plummet.Tha'ss a bit hard for pike fishing in the Fens - so get yer skates on...
Ice skaters took to the frozen Welney Washes today for the first time in more than a decade, the Cambridgeshire Times reports today.
The vast wetlands, between the Delph and Hundred Foot River, on the Norfolk/Cambridgeshire border, were once the home of great skating contests, when skaters flocked from across the country to challenge Fen folk to races.
Many anglers are hanging up their rods, as waters up and down the country freeze.
Temperatures are tipped to dip as low as -10C tonight - colder than the Antarctic, as an unseasonal cold snap grips much of the country.
Forecasters predict warmer weather by the weekend. But many pikers are faced with an unexpected break in their winter campaign unless the ice clears.
Click here for a report from the Daily Mail on the cold snap.
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