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I will put this here although it might not be the right place. From today's P&J

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That's a good blog with some great photos, much better than watching the TV

The smallest ferry I have been on. You collected the keys for the BT Lismore van from Appin Telephone Exchange on arrival on Lismore the van was an old Austin Maestro which did not require a road tax or MOT as it was always left on the island. The engineers that were doing bigger jobs took their own van from Oban on the larger ferry that sailed only once or twice a week.

Where do you find this big fella?

You must have been sleeping all day then. that's the sunset ?

You have me on the pies. You are right it was from Torrington, I thought you might have climbed it!

Looks delicious but I have no idea where you got that from! This one should quite easy to start the New Year.

I have never been on that one or this one, another freight boat which was the last on the Stornoway to Ullapool route which was known in Stornoway as 'The Olympic Flame' because it never went out!

Might be to much voddie or have you gone back in time IHE? A happy New Year to one and all! What a great start to the year something good to build on and I am looking forward to next weeks game again. Well done to the team and the away support today, even on the BBC they mentioned Doran's goal more than once!

Yes that's it the view from the telephone exchange

Well Dougal was wrong but I thought someone might have been there, I will leave it till next year

I did hear recently that there was no sell on clause in his contract which if true is very bad business but we will just have to wait and see if he makes a move and if our club gets anything. I hope for both!

We might have been better watching the Happy Clappers on Saturday ?

I don't know who has it but remember seeing it stopped for speeding by an unmarked police car on the A9 coming home from a cup game a few years ago

Well Jaggie you watched a crap game and got no macaroni pie. Not such a good birthday!

Thanks for all the reports and all the good work done on the forum ? As for the team on reflection I think it must have been to much turkey and ??at Christmas.

And that's what we need to do again starting in January

Honking today ? Nothing else to say!

Just heading down hoping for a good 3 points!

Where is this?

It was late 1995 when I first traveled to the Western Isles and on my first trip on the Isle of Lewis there was a hell of a clatter every time a wave hit the bow! I also think the Loch Seaforth (photo below) is a far superior boat which seems to glide through even rough seas although I think they could also do with a freight service as well but it will be down to lack of money. I was never on the Suilven but heard many stories about it, one from a friend who was a lorry driver and regularly traveled the route who left Stornoway and by the time they reached Loch Broom it was to rough for berthing in Ullapool they sailed back across the minch and it was to rough to berth in Stornoway, after sheltering outside Stornoway for 12 hours they sailed back across the minch to Ullapool and finally berthed after 30 hours Here is a link of the Suilven when sailing as a freight boat in New Zealand don' look at it if your going to be travelling on a ferry soon!

Yes an easy one for me Alltsigh Youth Hostel. There was an old BT Repeater Station just across the road.

I would pick Ryan Christie as he came from our youth teams to first team in the Scottish Premiership and was part of the winning team. Although he left for Celtic halfway through he is still 'One of our own'

That was in Lerwick but it was on loan to Cal-Mac for a while doing the night freight sailing from Stornoway to Ullapool at midnight and returning early morning. I managed to get on the Hascosay with my van one night as there was a storm brewing and I was due to sail home from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis at 07.00 the following morning. It was a better sailing in rough seas than the Isle of Lewis although there were no services on board you just grabbed a bunk and went to sleep till they woke you up at 3.00 in Ullapool, lucky I always carried a sleeping bag in the van