As a part of my postgraduate training in the 1970s, I had the privilege to work in the UK in Oxford at the Disabled Living Research Centre, which taught me plenty about medicine, patients and myself.

My boss knew that I was a keen angler and asked me to respond to a letter he had received from the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) who wanted to make a film to show that people with disabilities could enjoy this popular outdoor hobby.

I responded and was suddenly swept along in a whirl of meetings and discussions with a group of people the likes of whom I could not have believed I would ever meet.

The organising committee included famous anglers whom I knew by name and reputation only; Len Warren, a gentle Londoner; and Peter Tombleson, the editor of Angling Times.