I remember fondly summer holidays with my children at Southwold on the Suffolk coast when one of the regular highlights was taking part in the annual crabbing contest. We regularly used to lift out hundreds of crabs of various sizes by dangling old fishheads and bits of bacon rind into the water.
Recent developments
Generations join in Thames ‘rescue’
Teamwork helps distraught boy fish his homemade skateboard from the river
I’m proud to be a member of the boat-owning underclass
Mort Smith’s new weekly column looks at the lighter side of life on the River Thames.