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hi all
i took heaps of pics yesterday at the convention, it was great to meet the loachy people again, at the mo i'm working on the pics i took of the talk and will post them later today cos at the moment i have one almighty hangover, me heads like cottonwool.
so stay tuned and i'll do my best to put the pics up later today.
i don't know what the others thought of the talk but personally i thought it was brilliant and to meet and talk to the great man himself was an experience i won't forget.
so laters, get ready for a load of pics.

mick
ps, Kamphol is THE man.

Right i'll start with the crew to begin with.
mark having his first pint.

Helen looking glamorous

Graeme & Emma.

some of the crew with Kamphol.

i'll post alot of pics of the fish that Kamphol was talking about in a wee while.

mick

these pics were taken of the screen while Kamphol was giving the info on them.
first are the Pangio's






every loach keepers dream of owning/keeping.

more to come later.

mick

looks great so far!

Mike

Cheers Mike, here's some more of the good stuff.








more to come in a wee while.

mick

Thats interesting, I wonder if that slide of Y. caudipunctata is a juvenile due to the vertical barring. I picked my 3 up when they were around 2-2.5 inches and they didnt display that kind of patterning on their bodies. Although as adults they do have a couple of them now (they are at 5 inches now).

Mike

Boy, you folks must feel like crap today. No one else has been online all day to update us on the Convention.

Not long back from the catfish convention, had a fantastic time and will post my pics in a bit. Due to the fact that me, Graeme, Hels & Mark did not go to bed until 3:50am this morning, we are all feeling a bit the worse for wear!

Emma

i have just got home. i am surprised how not worse for wear i am feeling

we had a great time at the convention, and we went to visit a couple of fish shops before we came home.

Ian Fuller did a great job of organising the convention

I just can't believe you guys out-drunk Mick!

Our hero Kamphol, surrounded by the British loachaholics:



Graeme winning his raffle prize! (that's Ian Fuller standing between Graeme & I):



Kamphol's presentation. Here he is showing the beautiful collection location of Botia udomritthiruji:



And a spectacular large adult B. udomritthiruji:



Back at the bar. Mark (Mad Duff), me, someone-who-shall-not-be-named-but-who-usually-graces-our-presence-here-at-LOL-wearing-a-long-cloak-and-carrying-a-scythe, and Andy Rushworth (piggy4):



This one was taken this morning, after we presented Kamphol with a Loach Association of Great Britain baseball cap:



Kamphol, if you do see this thread, once again thank you so much for your incredible presentation.

Emma

Matt, they did'nt i had to go at 11 pm as my lift wanted to go home
mind i had nearly 12 hours drinking time mate. haha

mick

Hehehe good stuff mate and really enjoyed all the pics. Is Andy drinking Blue WKD?

yes, you see right Matt

Thanks Mick and Emma for posting all of the pictures. It looks like it was quite a good time.