Pig's Practice Poles.

Advantages: Very lightweight, contained in a bag, easy to set-up/put away
Disadvantages: Gets rather tedious when your dog's a complete numpty.

...your dog, willing them each day to achieve the level you didn?t get to yourself. I digress somewhat. Dog agility is essentially an obstacle course for doggies that includes jumps and other particular pieces that each have their own rules. One of the most difficult pieces of equipment to master (though I picked it up quite quickly) is the weave ? it involves poles sticking vertically out of the ground which the dog has to enter from the right and ?weave? in and out right to the 12th pole ? yep, 12 poles. How on earth do you explain to something as dimwitted as a Labrador the rules of the weave? On average it takes about 6 months for a normal dog to grasp the concept, thus, I knew we were going to have a long road ahead of us and she wasn?t going to pick it up by just attending training twice a week. ~~*~~ The Clix Weave...

rolletrog 09.05.2009 (12.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Clix Agility Weave Poles

Pole Dancing....carcraig won't give up her day job

Advantages: Brilliant laugh, novelty factor
Disadvantages: Pricey as exercise class, the aches & pains, the neighbours wanting a demonstration in the back garden.....

...I recently went to my sister's Hen Do. This, in itself, is not all that unusual as she is about to get married for the THIRD time. (Our Dad is banned from using the word "again" in his Father-of-the-Bride speech!) What was slightly novel was that included in the itinerary for our day was a Pinkkiss Pole Dancing Class *gulp*? Now I had been told that Pole Dancing is very good for toning and fitness and it is regarded as a credible exercise form. I'm not sure, however, that 16 girls/women in the tipsy state we were in, doing ANYTHING could be considered a healthy pursuit. No matter the alcohol definitely helped to reduce our inhibitions and we were all game to have a go. Our particular lesson took place in a club in Edinburgh near the Playhouse Theatre (I think it was called C.C. Bloom's.) I found it a bit weird going into...

carcraig 17.09.2008 (09.10.2008) · Read review
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Review of Pinkkiss Pole Dance Classes

the hills have eyes - but only for my poles!

Advantages: increase stamina, stability, safety while walking on any terrain
Disadvantages: you might not want to use them round sainsbury's

...Following an appointment with my consultant today it looks like I will be fit enough to go hiking again in 3-4 weeks , around the start of august. Obviously I?m going to have to build up slowly, so partly to celebrate and partly to assist my training; and follow the Drs advice I have treated myself to a pair of trekking poles. For those of you who don?t really know what these are I will explain. They are a bit like walking sticks and are used to lessen the load on the ligaments and muscles when hiking, particularly when laden. Some people use 1 and others use 2. I intend to use 2 for maximum support and assistance. As a rule of thumb if you?re walking easy terrain with no load, one pole is frequently sufficient. If, on the other hand, you?re walking on varied terrain or carrying a load the advice is to use 2 as not only do you get...

Miskah 10.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Leki Super Makalu Cortec Pole

Poles are a revelation

Advantages: Reduces impacting of knee joints
Disadvantages: No free hands

...Last week I walked the 80 mile Great Glen Way across Scotland from Fort William in the west to Inverness in the east. The walk is mainly flat although I\'d say about 25% of it is up and down some fairly big hills. I had never used walking poles before last week and seeing as I had not walked a long distance walk for nearly 10 years I thought I would give these particular pair a go, given they had such a good review from Miskah. Well I\'m very happy to say they were outstanding and I cannot recommend them highly enough to other long distance walkers - this is what I did on the way last week in fact to quite a number of non-walking pole walkers ! After the 5 day walk I was expecting to come home with a limp and a bit of difficulty walking for several days after - well that just has not happened as the poles have reduced the forces...

Tellingbone 28.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Leki Super Makalu Cortec Pole

You need a lot of stamina to tackle this

Advantages: Some funny moments
Disadvantages: The lame plot

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Mel27 25.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of The Wedding Tackle (DVD)

A Pole At It's Best.

Advantages: The pole comes with a good spares package.
Disadvantages: Heavy and slightly floppy at full length.

...The 12.5 metre Shimano Aero Match Pole. This pole has been out for quite a while now, and it was rolled on the famed 12.5 metre ex mandrel. This pole is a good all rounder, that has a good spares package. Mine came with three spare top three's, and a match top three with the pole. Giving you four top three's in total. of which two were power tops and two were match tops. The two match tops have a elastic rating of 1-8 The power tops have a elastic rating of 8-16, of which I only use the 10-12 through all three sections. As with all midd price range poles, they are heavy at full length, and slightly floppy. This pole is no different, but I have found that I can still use it with ease at full length. If you take one section off and use it at eleven metres, I find it a dream pole which is light, stiff and extremely...

casterman 05.03.2001 · Read review
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Review of Shimano Aero Match Pole 12.5 metre

Inside her - Ten Foot Pole

Advantages: Bigger and better than everything else
Disadvantages: You'll not want anything lesser

...When I first saw ten foot pole, the pleasure I felt inside was unreal, I never imagined it could be so good, the crowd went wild. I only originally went because my friend begged me too, so I went along to see what all the fuss was about I wasn't disappointed, it was amazing I've never been so tired in all my life. After I had recovered and it did take a while I went out and bought this so I could experience some Ten Foot Pole in my home. I like to call the tracks on the album the 12 different ways to enjoy pole, as each track on the album is refreshingly different, 1.: Getaway Getaway, I wish I could after experiencing this I was out for the count it was so intense, amazing. Dennis was probably the strongest performer here. 2.: Hammering Out The Details This one was great again, it was different, not as intense as Getaway...

lauraxo 14.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Insider - Ten Foot Pole

Great carp shop

Advantages: Mail Order, Good prices, also deal in second hand goods
Disadvantages: None

...Sussex Tackle is situated at Wintons Farm, Folders Lane at Burgess Hill West Sussex and is a specialist Carp Dealer. Here you can buy from a huge range of products for the carp angler. All the top names are stocked. They have a great range of bed chairs, rods, bite alarms, rodpods, holdalls rodbags etc and all at reasonable prices. Perhaps what sets this shop out from the others is that they also deal in secondhand carp equipment. They have quite a vast range of pre-owned gear and all in great condition. They will also happily buy or exchange your unwanted tackle. Their mail order service promises that 96% of orders are sent out within 24 hours and my experience is that it is the case. You can email them at sales@wintonsfishery.demon.co.uk...

jonwhite 30.11.2000 · Read review
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Review of Sussex Tackle

Tackle and Watercraft.

Advantages: Learn a bit about tackle.
Disadvantages: No fishing!!

...Julian Cundiff is a well respected angler in the carp community. He is a bit of an authority in this field of fishing, with many column inches to his name in several angling magazines and periodicals, one of his more famous articles is his regular column Carp Clinic, where he informs ordinary anglers how to improve their catch rate. This dvd was shot at his home and on an unknown, but typical, carp water. First Lesson The first thing that you should always do is research the water that you intend to fish. You can do this by reading angling magazines, using the internet or even asking your local tackle dealer. Now armed with this information you can set about sorting your tackle out ,as it's silly to take a rod with a 4lb test curve, to a water that might be only 20yards across, a much softer rod would be...

snake_plissken 11.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Go Carp Fishing With Julian Cundiff - Part 1 (DVD)

Avenue Angling, Norwich - The BEST

Advantages: Excellent service, products, prices
Disadvantages: You'll probably spend too much money

...you buy it etc. etc. but there is no atmosphere in these sorts of places. After a diappointing visit to Angling Direct my mate took me to Avenue. The first thing I noticed was how small the shop was. It looked kind of pokey, and being out of the way in the middle of the residential Golden Triangle I wasn't too sure that it would have what I wanted. How WRONG I was....................... The amount of stuff in the shop is unbelievable. There is everything that you will ever need and some. Avenue sells rods, reels, bivvies, rod pods, bait, clothing, foot wear, small items of tackle, alarms, bait boats, brollies etc etc. The list is endless. If you want it or need it then it will be Avenue. In the rare cases that it is not in stock then it can be ordered and will be ready and waiting for collection in a few days. All top brand names...

yackers1 21.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Avenue Angling Fishing Tackle Shop