Bert Thomson

Can ships get 'bone spurs'?

There are still hundreds of them though.
All there on 'merit'. e.g. Mone, Woodcock, Austin, Lebedev and so on, almost ad infinitum.
Useless in all cases and in many cases worse than that.

A photo of 2,pages of the Ayrshire Coastal Path guide book. The left hand page shows a detail from an ordinance survey map showing the walking route from Ballantrae north to Lendalfoot. The right hand page is the beginning of the walk's directions which goes on for some pages describing both the route and the local history. At Bennane Head on the route there is a hermits cave, the hermit was Henry Ewing Torbet, known locally as 'Snib' and originally came from Dundee. He lived in the cave for long years before dying aged 71 in 1983.

After a 7 month hiatus, part 2 of the Ayrshire Coastal Path. Ballantrae to Lendalfoot. Not a great walk. Although parts of it are beachwalking and there were cormorants, shags, oystercatchers and curlews seen to name just a few, a deal of it is by the A77 and endless heavy lorries. Here's to part 3.

How brilliant,Paula. Great.

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Joyce DiDonato - Dido's Lament

This is no longer about saving the corner building. It's lost. All the SFRS can do is try to prevent what would be a catastrophic spread to Glasgow Central Station.

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It was, Ewan though I was only worried about the bonus point rather than them losing. Forwards immense and the backs just fantastic.
Beautiful handling for the last French try.

The French XV said goodbye to their dreams of a grand slam in the Six Nations championship, dominated 50-40 at Murrayfield this Saturday 7th March, taken away by the Scottish onslaught. (or thereabouts 😀)

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What a game! If somebody has said France will score 40 points and lose who would have believed that. The Scottish effort and expression from the backs, especially in the first hour was gargantuan. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

I've got no doubt about that, Angela.

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Appreciate I'm ridiculously late to this and only came to it after I read Natalie Haynes' novel 'Stone Blind' but just in case you don't know of it. Eleven series on BBC Sounds to be downloaded. Really funny and informative. If you're not well ahead of me and already turned on to it, get on it now.

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They can't possibly hate 'Hot Rats'. Everyone likes 'Hot Rats'.

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Maybe even a wee bit quicker on a good day BC.
'Get your kicks on the A985, the M876, the M80, the M8 and the A82' does not make a great road song, and two hours doesn't quite make a road movie.

Dumbarton I think, Mark. The other side of the country.

Definitely Ewan.. France have been my second team since I was at school. Since I first saw Jo Maso in fact, but it will indeed be tough tomorrow.
To win we have to take risks with the ball and obviously against France in particular, that can go catastrophically wrong. They attack from everywhere.

Not quite Bielle-Biarrey mind you. 😀
Dupont got the ball from broken play a fortnight ago and after he'd turned to face the Italian try line had a quick shufti to his left to see who was there and once he saw Bielle-Biarrey he just punted the ball into the space behind, certain of outcome.
So good.

They'll have 'sprinkled a little bit of f**king fairy dust over the b*st*rd.' while they've been waiting

Dan'll fight to hold the title though. Never fear.
I think we've still to hear from him on this American shambles but he's there in his corner, banging his gloves together while his corner people, Suella and Robert, put his mouth guard on and wipe his face

I'm not.

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He was waiting for the restaurant, rather than Godot then.

You're going to be Estragon.

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Excellent

Yep, Camus is more mobile round his area and a springheeled jack too, but I like a tall goalie.

Good to hear, Ewan. Really looking forward to it.

Thanks, Mairi. I'm sure I will. I love the Citz. Two or three streets away from where my dad came from so all good.