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snorbens_caleyman

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  1. They are dangerous in that they set a bad example to the rest of us. Well, not us, of course, but to others! The players train together, share a dressing room, and there is very close contact with other players during a game. The additional risk to them by a few huddles in a game - very few, if you don't score much! - is minimal. And I'm afraid that looking for footballers as a whole - there are exceptions - to set a good example to society is a lost cause.
  2. The thing to do first of all is find out what the mood is. If 7, 8 or 9 say "play on", then play on, if deemed safe to do so. If it's less than that, then invite the clubs to say what they think should happen - eg temporary suspension, or abandon the league completely - and then get everyone "together" to talk and thrash out the details.
  3. Would have thought that there is more money (TV rights etc) involved in the Scottish Cup than in the Championship, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Championship was abandoned. And then they wouldn't be able to promote anyone, so no one would be relegated from the Premiership.
  4. It now appears that this could well be the case!
  5. Not in the roads that I am thinking of. Maybe I should have said "a successor" to General Wade rather than "the successor".
  6. Built by the successor to General Wade apparently, with (relatively recent) roads in Sneck named after him.
  7. Killiecrankie viaduct. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186566-d8073533-Reviews-Killiecrankie_Viaduct-Pitlochry_Perth_and_Kinross_Scotland.html#photos;aggregationId=&albumid=101&filter=7
  8. Thank you, but I'm not wholly convinced. The photographs of that viaduct that I can find do not appear to have exactly that style of baronial turret, nor the row of protruding bricks just under the parapet. However, when I was searching earlier, I did come across a single-arch bridge on the Dava Way which was very similar, so perhaps I should have another look there. The people in the photograph are my late father, a family friend who is also now dead, my younger sister, and - with the hair and the flares - me. Possibly a last outing for the hair and the flares, because I moved down to London in August 1978, to discover that the look was now post-punk power-pop - shortish hair, suits with drainpipe trousers, and skinny ties.
  9. I am just about out of candidate photographs for this thread, but here is a challenge with a difference. The difference is that I have no idea where it is! They were taken in July or early August 1978 - hence the hair and flares. On the original film, they follow a trip to St Andrews, so it's possible that we might have stopped off somewhere near the A9 on the way back. Or it could have been a completely different outing in any direction from Inverness. Over to you!
  10. Only place I can think of that would fit that description is House of Bruar. Their lobster and chips is on my bucket list
  11. Oi! I was given one as a Christmas present last week. You saying that my family are cheapskates? Currently available from the shop. Official ICTFC tartan, which I'm fairly sure doesn't go back to the Paterson era...
  12. Hadn't noticed that before, so of course I think it's worth emphasising!
  13. spfl support advice: "Can you please try refreshing your browser and logging out and back in?" Doesn't work.
  14. Have just spoken to someone in the Ticket Office. They will let someone know about the problems.
  15. If we could have made money out of it, why not?
  16. And I thought that it might be a tricky one It was part of Culduthel Hospital. The old part is a listed building, and, as IBM says, the wings have been demolished. I see that it is referred to as Culduthel House. There's a possible source of confusion there, as the former orphanage at 71 Culduthel Road has also been known as Culduthel House since it was converted into flats in around 1960.
  17. ...and we saw it again yesterday and today, as we were passing through the park. I was talking to a young lad who was waiting for a good photograph, and he told me about his website - wbphotography.co.uk . A few kingfisher photographs there. OK, the photograph below is one of my Dad's, from around 1990. The building was outside of Sneck when built, but it is now well inside the city boundary.
  18. I think you'll find that world leaders are exempt. Especially if they are willing to sign a Free Trade Agreement
  19. We have seen one a couple of times recently, and a few times in previous years, during our walks in the nearby park here in St Albans. The "river" Ver runs through the park - it's only about 12 feet wide, but it's a chalk stream (quite rare) and the water is normally very clear. There are actually two kingfishers on the river, each with their own territory about a quarter of a mile apart, near the two points where the fish - trout - congregate. The one we have seen sits on a tree branch across the river from the path, and isn't bothered at all by the small crowd of people watching it, which often includes some blokes - always blokes - with expensive camouflaged cameras, long lenses and tripods. You really do see a flash of fluorescent blue when they move. Well worth looking out for. And that concludes nature notes for today...
  20. Got you now! You're in the Merkinch Nature Reserve again, and that railway bridge is just to the east of where the line crosses the canal.
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