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Fancy Trump. Selby, Brecel, Williams, Carter all out. Robertson didn’t even qualify.

Strava for me but there are loads. Looking forward to doing a lot more walking now the lighter nights are here.

Incredible drama at Wembley. So near yet so far for Coventry.

Leeds v Man U FA cup semi final 1970. Billy Bremner apparently lighting up a tab at half time. How the game has changed.

Got a starling sits singing in a tree out the front of me.., makes a noise like a load of mallards quacking on a pond. I remember hearing it last year but never twigged what it was at the time, but reckon its probably the same bird back this year. Hopefully I’ll catch it on the Merlin app.., be interesting to see what it makes of it

I’d like to see that in the flesh one day. They’re a pretty big bird and I think seeing a few hundred all at once would be pretty cool.

In certain places in Scotland Red Kites are a fairly common sight, although I’ve never seen them in the kind of large gatherings seen in England and Wales. There are a few places feeding them now no doubt to create an attraction for visitors. Think there were some planned reintroductions done years ago on the black isle and somewhere in the central belt. I might be wrong but I think a lot of these reintroductions are still done but kept on a lower key now, especially with the likes of raptors and mustelids etc. so as not to upset farmers, shooting estates and the like.

I know he fought Ricky Burns in an exhibition thing last year, which I thought was meant to be a farewell and thanks to the fans thing for two lads from the West of Scotland. Just read he was training for another bout next month. Apparently had a seizure at the wheel of a car. Hopefully not linked to him still fighting but wouldn’t be surprised. Sad that some of these old fighters don’t know how to stop for the good of their health.

Sad news just announced that former British and Commonwealth light welter champ Willie Limond has died aged only 45. I was in a boozer in Wales having just completed the 3 peaks challenge the night he fought Khan. Put him on the floor but didn’t have quite enough to put him away. Brave fighter and gone far too young. RIP champ.

I must admit that Fury and the circus surrounding him frustrates me more than anything in boxing.., and nothing more so than the constant lies and contradictions. Thing is there are times when he’s very respectful and comes across humble and like a really decent guy. That’s probably the bi-polar thing and I do feel some sympathy for him and those closest to him that need to deal with it. He’d do himself and his cause and public image no harm in staying the fcuk away from social media though. None of these boxers are one man bands. And I don’t believe Fury fears AJ any more than AJ fears F

Been up since 3 listening to the wind and rain batter the windows. Only 2 degrees here, with a wind chill below 0. I’m so fcuking sick of the rain now. Really feel for the folk whose livelihood is affected though. There’s bound to be an impact on all things nature too. Any early bees and butterflies won’t last long in this sh!tty cold. And I dread to think how much raw sewage has been dumped into our rivers and coastline this winter.

Not sure there’s any standard for nonces. Certainly there are some that it would appear seek positions that will ingratiate them to society, but I reckon for every priest, swimming coach or scout master that gets caught, there’ll be ten fathers, step-fathers, brothers, uncles etc. that abuse kids from those positions of trust. As for Savile, I think to most except for those who knew him personally, the fact he was religious is fairly incidental. Much of what blinded people to his evil was the charitable stuff, and maybe more so his fame. Think kids and parents alike fell into the trap of

I can buy biological evolution up to a point. It’s easy to see how a species would evolve to become bigger, faster, stronger, have longer horns or tusks etc. all through natural selection. I can’t believe that that same process, even given hundreds of millions of years, results in some of the clever mimicry and camouflage we see in nature. An orchid doesn’t just evolve through random mutations to wind up looking like a bee.., or a stick insect like a dead leaf, or a caterpillar like a snake or a butterfly like an owl.., but these things all exist. It has to have been something conscious.

Staring at a green bead for the next 40 years. Might as well shoot the wee blighter now and save him the misery.

A maritime captain escaped the last laugh a ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…