Reel Recovery fishing retreat held in Norfolk for men with cancer
The retreat is free to participants and provides meals and accommodation at the location in North Elmham."Fly-fishing is basically like meditation in motion," said Mr Sayers."You're out there and you're literally immersed in nature or immersed in a river and you have the sound of the water flowing by and rustling the trees, no wifi, no interruptions and it's a simple, mindful, rhythmic act of casting a fly line."Reel Recovery ran its first retreat in the UK in Northumberland last year and it has worked with the Big C Cancer Charity and the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital to organise this one.
Comedians Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have fished in Norfolk with their BBC TV programme, Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing where they share personal experiences of life, and Mortimer's experience of heart problems, while fishing.
Mr Sayers said the Reel Recovery activities were "cathartic" and offered men some escape as well.During the weekend, a ceremony is held, where each man receives a fishing vest which has been passed down from each retreat. "We have fishing vests which go back 22 years from when Reel Recovery started this programme in the United States and we get every participant to sign and date it and write a message on it," he said."Some of them will be wearing vests that would have had 22 years of [being worn by] other guys with cancer."There's a real feeling of strength that comes from that, and brotherhood."
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