Kowalski

New Steve Mason album is a delight.

I think he genuinely would want to play one last match/humping at Wimbledon (mainly for the fans) if he thought the op was going to prevent him from ever playing again. But reading between all the lines over the last couple of days, I think he'll have the op very soon.

Quite the shambles most of us expected 2 years ago. Article 50 needs to be stopped/postponed ASAP. It’s a shame the government will win the confidence vote.

Highly emotional stuff at the end of the match. What an incredible sportsman, fighting right to the end. He seems to have suggested he might go for the big op as he said he'd do everything he can to return to the Aus Open. Really hope he's playing at Wimbledon.

Indeed. I was so glad I went to the Andy Murray Live event which Federer took part in, it was a great evening. Perhaps that sort of thing may continue, I don't know. The greatest British sportsman ever.

Gutted but he's having to retire Obviously pushed his body to the limits by getting to the top of the game. A proper Scottish & British sporting legend.

Hopefully he doesn’t jump into the Hudson River.

Cracking two part Storyville documentary on BBC4 about Waco. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0001v8s/storyville-waco-madman-or-messiah-part-1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0001vzj/storyville-waco-madman-or-messiah-part-2

Perhaps you should have said that in the OP rather than trying to dig yourself out of yet another hole.

Bang on the money as usual. Fuck it, lets win the league! It's wide open with lots of teams capable of taking points off one another.

One of the reasons it'll be a tough game is because the weather is abysmal today.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/12/eleven-sports-may-be-facing-closure-in-uk-after-only-four-months Shambles. There's no room for all these different sports broadcasters. Hopefully La Liga gets snapped up by BT if they get the chance.

Now vice chairman: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46541484 Good move.

Hardly a convincing victory for May but a good night for remainers.

And yet the SNP, unless they change, want to leave the UK but stay/join the EU. Brexit has weakened the case for Indy, only because this whole shambles will put some folk off voting for Indy. Even though Indy couldn’t and shouldn’t be as complicated as trying to exit the EU.

Popcorn at the ready tonight then. Perish the thought of some right wing loony taking over who just wants us to crash out of Europe with no deal. If May does go I hope it’s not a hardliner that gets the nod. If she survives then that’s no deal / hard Brexit off the table. Still think no Brexit / second referendum is the most likely outcome of this clusterfuck.

Never in doubt.

Lewis Hamilton is very good but F1 is a sham these days. Winning titles doesn’t make you the greatest, especially when there is a huge reliance on the car. My old man has lived through all the champs post-Fangio (he’s not THAT old) and he says Jim Clark was the best. And that’ll do for me wrt F1.

Thank fuck.

Haven’t bothered to vote. Dodgy poll. Hendry over O’Sullivan every day. Not convinced Hamilton or Farah are the best there has been in their sports. Far from it. Same for Tiger and Wiggins FFS. Almost impossible to pick. Federer is up there though (grudgingly too!). Would have been better to try a British or Scottish sporting GOAT.

Cheers man

Blue Monday

Cheers will take a look at them. There was a really bizarre bit in the Speyside Way zig zagging through a field. It was nonsense.

That’s a straight red.

Has anyone done any long distance walks? I’ve done 3 and here is my tuppenceworth: West Highland Way - Milngavie to Ft William. Fantastic experience, loads of walkers, good craic in the stopovers, lots of facilities on route. Great scenery particularly in the second half - walking into Glencoe is a real highlight. Only real downside was the slog along the top half of Loch Lomond, scrambling over boulders. Great Glen Way - Ft William to Inverness. Nowhere near as busy and the first half (Ft William to Ft Augustus) really struggles for facilities (lunch stops, bars, toilets are very infrequent). Second half along the length of Loch Ness high up in the hills is stunning, a cracking experience with good stops in Invermoriston and Drum. Speyside Way - Buckie to Aviemore. Pish. Only interesting bit was the last leg from Grantown to Aviemore. The rest was dull as fuck IMHO. I really enjoyed WHW and GGW. Anyone recommend any of the other long distance routes.