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Had his flaws,but we'll miss his drive,and also the local loon link with the fans.Midfield wasnt his natural position and hoping we can find a more complete replacement,as well as someone to compliment Ferguson,....though am struggling to think of names out there??? Good luck to him though,gave his all.

Andy Geoghean,theres a blast fae the past,....and not forgetting goal a game keeper, Marc de Clerq

Chuffed with this,been one of the hardest positions to fill for us the last few years .Likeable chap seems to like it here,as much as we like him...half the battle. Super Joe

Cheers.A couple of local,more family friendly walks since the weathers so fine lately The Princess cairns,Balmoral.Think theres about 5 cairns erected by various phases of the Royal family since the 1800s.Only came across them by accident,but a fine wee wander if youve kids,they involve a bit of searching since some of the paths are pretty indistinct https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/balmoral-cairns.shtml Hill of Newe,Glen Buchat Strathdon - An easy hill,about an hour up an hour down with great views of the surrounding valley and countryside.The quiet roads within Glen Buchat are a fine wander in themselves at this time of year with various wildlife pinging about,Glen Buchat castle nearby https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/ben-newe.shtml One of the Balmoral cairns

Latest adventure recently was the 4 Munro circuit called the Ring of Steall,up Glen Nevis,Fort William.A long day(10-12 hrs),with narrow ridges and bits of scrambling for added fun.John,my walking pal, recently did the Mont Blanc traverse,ie a high alpine route through the Alps,avoiding summits),and said this route was as close as it's felt to being an alpine route.Typical section below Route details here https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/ringofsteall.shtml If that route doesnt float your boat,The walk up Glen Nevis(around an hours walk there,hour back) is worth a wander in itself,walking thru a rocky narrow gorge,ending at one of the best waterfalls in Scotland(Falls of Steall).Only downside is if you want to get right up and close to the waterfall,you have to cross this wire bridge to get to it.2 wires for hands,one wire for feet.Click to enlarge Failing that theres a shallow crossable stream to the right if yuove a pair of crocs or wellies

First trip to Pittodrie was during his tenure.Gutted when he left. Doubt you'll get many opposition fans with a bad word to say about him.Always managed to maintain a bit of decorum about him,whatever results his various sides had. A true Gent

Personally no,I think he prefers to be out of the limelight.Think his left back days are over though,or should be,but a very able defensive stand in for presumably modest money.Keep

Finished 1 - 0,Killiie ending with another red card on 94 mins.A brutal game,good win

McKenna 1 -0

Going right off beards myself.....

Good source close to the club,cant name,but understand your scepticism re wages,seems mental,lets see what happens

Shinnie almost a cert for Derby,and the Stewart to the Hun rumour looks true,@£10k per week

Meant to have a builder round to discuss but havnt heard back.Those Hufhaus ones looka bit out my range,nice as they are.In discussions with another builder of Joiner background to see if he could knock up something similar wood based who gave me a rough quote of about £1000/m2 for a new build.Put off a bit by the CLT stuff because it hasnt been around long enough to assess over time,though it does seem to be building a bit of rep.. http://www.constructionmanagermagazine.com/insight/clt-coming-age/

Wheel him out as a sub for taking penalties to nudge him over the 200 mark.

Highlights

Well done Sam for having a poor game but still managing to bag a brace.I think the scoreline flattered us a bit though.We started fairly brightly,but needed more directness,not in the hoofball way,but somone to just run at the defence.Mckenna tried to show how its done,but it didnt seem to register with the others. We just seem to lack the hunger for scoring,or to look harder for different ways to score if doing the same thing isnt working.Definitley havnt found the right forwards combination yet.Stewart looked lost on the wing,and whatever position MacLennan was playing,he rarely seemed to get into a threatening position,...rarely got ahead of the ball,no angled runs to receive it,...could do better,easy to start playing well after weve scored Pass marks to Shinnie,Lowe,McKenna and Considine Not sure what the young loons were getting chucked out for.Seemed odd the Security grappled with them rather than plod?? Footnote - Tannadice looking a bit like the poor relation on Dens road these days as I walked past.

Sitting on the deck with the first outside beer of the year(just as the haar rolls in ). Bottle of Birds and Bees,nice bright beer without being over 'hoppy' like a lot of others

Yes there's a cash turnstile the morn. Working til lunchtime so will head down if not too late

Change of scene for me - Jerry Douglas

Couple of hills for you,one for drama,and one for the views,especially at sunset, as i found out at the W./E Beinn Liath Mhor - Munro, 926m A long narrow ridge,with superb views at the end,of Torridon and Skye if conditions are clear. Start is at Achnashellach station along mainly stony but straight forward terrain with a steep section for about 3/4 an hour to get onto the ridge Heres the ridge.All the views are in the opposite direction https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/torridon/Beinnliathmhor.shtml Beinn A' Chochuill - Munro,980m An easy hill by West coast standards over mainly short grassy terrain,usually done with Beinn Euanich if bagging Munros,(appx 1.5 hrs summit to summit),but A'Chochuill the better viewpoint,even better at sunset The grassy terrain of Beinn A'Chochuill on the rhs,as you approach the summit,with Ben Cruachan to the left,a cracking looking ridge still to be done https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/munros/beinn-a-chochuill

Sunday chill - Michael Kiwanuka

Great tune.Played that song to death as a budding drummer (via the Sony Walkman),...while trying to replicate John Bonhams bass drum triplets(@0.30).Never quite mastered it A one off band Another great tune, from a pretty poor album,Coda Darlene

Just putting it out there,...4 of us,3 Nationalists,and 1 Unionist are all agreed we'd rather now go for a no deal Brexit than whatever now comes on the table.

Deek not ruling out James Wilson on a permanent deal. Hud me back https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47649823

Is that the big miserable looking granite building up the hill.Driven round most of those roads but never knew that place was there. Lol at the re route looking into his living room