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In an age where failures in performance are vaunted as “well at least I tried “ and the celebration of masculinity is regarded as toxic . What a fantastic person Kevin sinfield is , and what heartbreaking determination from rob burrows to highlight the devastating effects of that awful disease . proper proper men

Well well well, the big man Nigel Farage has just taken over the leadership of the Reform party I wish him all the best, they say when you hear Drakes drum a hero comes to save the day well that drum has been banging in my ears for a while now.

As some of you might know I was at Doddies funeral and the wake at the heart of rugby, Melrose Greenyards. These guys and all who support the cause, be it family, friends, fellow players, deserve a lot of credit. I hear that three of Doddies pals and indeed fellow players are doing a Europe run to raise funds for the charity. Good on you guys. Jok.

This week. Think I will go but it's not as good as in the past. For a start they are going to close all the pubs. There's always a bit of disorder but it seems a total overreaction to me. The fair must bring in many thousands of pounds to the town. In the past there was always a whiff of chaos in the air especially in the evenings. Nowadays the place is crawling with police and RSPCA personnel dressed to look like cops. In the past you could take a punt on a lurcher pup or buy chickens or goldfinches. But I haven't seen livestock for sale for a few years. However I'm still going. M

My mate and I bought this lurcher off the p***y’s on Newcastle Town Moor in 1972 for £20. Thats my mate, by the way, not me ! They said it was a “staghound”, deerhound/greyhound. It turned out to be one of the best lurchers I’ve ever seen, and up to date is the only one I’ve personally seen that took 100 rabbits in one night on the lamp. So yes, it IS possible to get a good dog from the gypsies. Cheers.

Not a place to take a dog; hot, crowded, and idiots wanting to buy your dog. I’ve never taken a dog with me, far easier without one. Cheers.

The pup..the young pretender.

Just saw this online and it sums up the last few years in a nutshell. I never bought it and Usyk is now rightly crowned aa the best in the division. Doesn’t mean to say there’s no value in Fury v AJ, or either rematching Usyk. I’d pay to watch.

Been sat out on the lawn all day Barbie few beers family and neighbours very nice all topped off by hearing my first cuckoo of the year

the worst people in this and all elections are the people themselves......the lazy disinterested fucks...who are the first to piss gripe and moan................AND THEY HAVE NEVER CAST THEIR VOTE in the first place............

Some Lamb chops and some new potatoes just dug from the garden. Cheers Arry

speaking of which..........sausages again.......and for you Mel BBQ'ued hampsters next week

Pretty much sums it up in a nutshell, though I have heard there is a bloke from hull that still thinks fury is going to come back and reign again as an all time god of the ring lol

Cheeky haggis supper

Sorry to hear about your fall Ray,...it sometimes seems that when you get old,...one terrible thing happens in your life,. and gets followed on by another Now that I have lost a few stone, I am still fairly fit , but the jolly old Osteoarthritis can kick in as and when it chooses, and then,...you ain't going nowhere AS for the dogs,...well, I've said that I am done and dusted so many times, but like a druggie, I have invariably succumbed to the call of the wild, or been tempted by the offer of a fat and juicy pup.....but,...you have to call a halt sometime.... I miss the h

Day of rest

Long, long ago, I had a very good black non-ped whippet called Pot Black, 23” and 45lb; my mate had a black, non-ped whippet called Silly Rocket, 19” and 30lb. Anyway, your aforementioned Sunderland Greyhound Track had a time trial Open meeting on for whippets, with bookies in attendance. We, of course put the smaller, lighter dog in for the time trial, then swapped it for the bigger, heavier, far faster dog in the race, and even though the handicapper still just gave us scratch, we knew we were on a winner ! We put everything we had on it at 3-1, and it won by a distance !

Yeah he's standing as MP for Clacton on sea ....Make Clacton Great Again!

One year I was walking up the field and a p***y had a cage of lurcher pups, I stopped for a look and the guy said “whippet/greyhound pups, £50”, I carried on walking and he shouted “£40, ok give me £30”, but I kept walking. Coming back down the field, a different p***y was selling the same pups; this time it was “saluki/greyhound pups, £30” ! Again, I kept walking and he was shouting “ how about £20 ? OK, a tenner” ! So ; when in Appleby “ caveat emptor”…… Cheers.

That finishes Roland Rat Sunak quite nicely, Starmer "my dad was a tool maker" won't be happy either. Yes his dad was a toolmaker, he fathered that dickhead didn't he?

Did a build your own breakfast burrito deal for the guys this morning Sausage Bacon sauteed onions read and green bell peppers, think that can handle the rest lol

Sometimes hero worship is a symptom of homo eroticism. I think there's a lot of that type of thing in Yorkshire.

Sad as it is of this man's passing and I do hope they find a cure he was privileged to have a great mate and an hero in Kevin Sinfield. R.I P Rob

Wicked disease and a long lingering death. Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. He bore it with much bravery, putting himself in the public eye when he was a shadow of what he’d once been. As said, hopefully his sacrifice, like that of big Doddie Weir, will bring about a cure sooner rather than later. RIP Rob Burrow.

Lil steaky steak

I've been badly with chest infection so r lass has cracked on with veg garden bless her. Got my name down on two OSB weaners aswell, due to farrow in next couple weeks so should be ready for me come August.

Quick BBQ while me and the lad are fishing

Pork steaks off the collar....

Sad day really , but he's done well to last as long as he did with mnd, hopefully all the money rised can help find a cure

Anyone got a youngster who would appreciate this? Free to a young fisherman. Box and pole roller North west area. I'm not posting

I always thought of Appleby a bit like the Waterloo Cup,somewhere anyone with an interest in such things should try and visit at least once,Waterloo cup is gone,Appleby has probably changed but still worth a visit.

Hi there , been to nz twice now ,when i get a break from running my pest control business ,long flight from uk to your north island ..Took all my family my 2 sons and wife Had met some young kiwi s in ipswich suffolk,and had some good hunting with Seanad his brother (came over for a couple of years before joining the army in uk ) Pig Hunting and other things these guys would talk about ,and i said to myself i must put it down on my bucket lists..At around 40 /44 yrs old we went over.for around 3 weeks i believe The views in north island and hiring a car ,we did it cheap by stay

Can't believe non of you have sold a wart, licked a lizard on the bog or drunk milk a ferret has left behind. Weird bunch.

I can’t cope with these people, turned up this morning and more Yorkshire stone had arrived, when I asked why that was here I was told “ we’ve changed the layout and ordered more “ so now we are 48 square meters, 10 grands worth of paving, they haven’t taken into account more sand, cement and most importantly to me time

Sad isn't mate as it's got to be one of the most interesting birds that visits our country. I always remember bird nesting when younger and would always hope when finding a dunnocks nest or a reed warbler that there would be a cuckoo's egg in the nest though we never found a nest where the cuckoo had laid an egg.

Not heard one for a while around me and I am out and about every morning. They must becoming are already are one of our rare migratory birds especially in certain areas where years ago every wooded area and land with gorse and reed beds the calling of the cuckoo was not a rare occurrence like it is now.

No a big cat but surprising what's out there. Confusion as driver finds lone wallaby on rural road in England AU.NEWS.YAHOO.COM A puzzled local man thought he was seeing things during an early morning drive this week. Cheers Arry

I've just read Ambon by roger Maynard ,about an island ,the aussies were sent to defend against the japs in ww2 ,very interesting

Necky c**ts . 30k a night for a look at a finding nemo fishbowl . employing fillipini maids , wonder what their overheads are to justify that ? chancers

Bad knees are the pits, both mine were replaced last year, and I'm pain free in that respect. I'm now 67 years old and had a keyhole operation 8 years ago. At that time, the Doctor reported that he had to remove a lot more of the feathering along the edge of the damaged cartage, that stops any more damage, however it means what is left will spread out thinner in the joint speeding up the wear and tear process. Back then, when I went under the knife, I asked the Doctor if it was ok to go pig hunting the very next day. He told while I couldn't undo his repair, the knee might swell up tight. So o

Funny how some rifles like 551 And some like 55,2 and so on Try some of the jsb jumbo 55,2 U may just get a surprise deker Cant hurt to try can it son atvb Jimmy

A good read , Ray. Reminds me of a tale I’ve told on here in the past; me and LDR were out coursing first light up Northumberland and then two tractors appeared on opposite sides of the field and came at us in a pincer movement ! Now LDR was half my age and a very fit young bloke. He took off like a whippet, cleared a stream and vaulted the barbed wire fence on the other side. I approached the stream with trepidation but managed, just , to clear the stream but grabbed the top strand of the wire and fall backwards, ending up horizontal, inches above the water ! I was shouting “pu

and hey up to you to charts, as for me, things arent to good with me at the moment, you may recall my post where i had lymph nodes removed under my left arm, well i developed an infection in that arm, which caused me to collapse, i was taken into hospital yet again and there i spent my 80th birthday for a week, i am an octo generian now , keep well you all

Texan molassis belly pork...........similar sauce to the sticky chicken i did the other day i tellee now that belly pork was TOTALLY LUSH.....crispy and melt in yer mouth belly pork luuuvvvess molassis..the juices from the meat went into the branston baked beans...excellentano...

Like you said mate it's not going to change jack shit same as the big EDL march I went on in Rotherham when the towns CSE scandal broke the news. My only excuse and I know its a poor one is I work all week in a shit job surrounded by people I don't want to be around and when the weekend comes I just want to get out in the countryside for hours on end to reset my mind.

Talking of taking the lad fishing I was looking through some old pics last night with my son he is now a very accomplished carp angler but it all started when he used to sleep on my unhooking mat at the beck of my bivvy as kid

good mate of mine took the dog on for me for a few months, he’s back home how. Got the summer to get him fit and ready for his first working season

I was in a bookstore a few months back near picadilly,it was a bibliophiles wet dream,thousands of old books,but sadly all in locked cabinets with just the spine visible to tempt,I couldn’t spend hours in there as I had a table booked for lunch,but it was your sort of place.Your a librocubicularist.

He definitely knows how to handle a Dog now I would say now the student has become the teacher ?