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Just thought I'd share a brief but perfect summation in a post from an ACCOONTANT TYPE called mcfc on TSFM. "So to summarize m’lud. The club has the same name, the same stadium, the same strip, the same five stars, the same fans, the same website address, the same continuous history – but not the same debt or creditors. So it is our contention m’lud that it was not the club that was liquidated, but the debt and the creditors."

http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/sport/football/glenn-gibbons-mccoist-and-smith-fail-to-see-true-ibrox-saboteurs-1-2261890 A wonderfully truthful report from a regularly great Scottish reporter, in a SCOTTISH paper! WOW!

Ironically it was GUS!!! He SUBBED Tony Bullock (having a terrifyingly gash/nervous match) on the day Saints won the league. Gus moves in mysterious ways... Like Marmite, you'll love or hate him. I loved him.

Naw - you were going the right way. It's a bit of a boulder field towards the end of cmd. Though in Jan/Feb it can just be nice and smooth, though steep. And very white.

It's a busy road but no drops and not extremely tight or as twisty as bits of the Loch road are (were). I never knew there was a new zigzag path up The Cobbler from Succoth - pressure of boots, I guess has forced that. The other hill by Ben Dorain is Beinn Dothaidh. You could add on the hills to the east (Achallader, Creachain etc (mibbe even BeinnMhanach sp?) and drop down to Gorton to make a BIG day of it, in good weather... ...a fine circuit. ETA: FOR FRASER SMFC Being in the hills gives you a great and true sense of perspective. It diminishes all your day-to-day life-problems and helps you see how important you are in the big scheme of the world. When you're dealing with (intellectual!) challenges of map reading, route-selection and following, camping, climbing, making your food especially in inclewment conditions like a blattering Cairngorm wind, a Cuillin mist or simply scottish snow and ice, then meeting those challenges and overcoming them can be very satisfying. And lets you forget for a little, problems that had been bothering you back home - and sometimes gives your mind space and time to address and solve those previously knotty insolubles... I also love the views and the beer when I get back down. And it takes my mind off StMirren.

The entry forms for the fabulously flat Paisley 10k are now online: HERE THE COURSE GOES PAST THE NEW GRUN. I'm suffering an achilles tendon problem and may not make it this year.... which is a right bugger.

GOOD pixx, MM! And now you have an excuse for another visit up there on a lovely summer's evening simply to 'do the top'...

Aye. Is it all the Narnia movie hype that's getting you interested in adding it on? Not a bad ridge up ontae Narnain via Cruach nam Miseag. And there are howffs and holes all around the hillside to investigate. (Like on The Brack/Ben Donich to the south). But if you are already committed to going up onto that bit of high ground, you could make a nice day of it by doing a wee 'easy' circuit of FOUR hills. Park at the foot of the burn in Glen Croe (GR 243061). Do Beinn Luibhean (a Corbett), Ben Ime (a Munro...) , Beinn Narnain then finish on the diminutive Cobbler as your highlight before a satisfied, smug descent in the glorious gloaming by the same burn you came up beside.

I already did a post about a way up from that side - on the other thread, asking about going up The Ben. One route that I enjoy - which requires a good head for heights, solid route-finding and some scrambling experience (or as Oddjob suggests - a rope, in case...) is Ledge Route. Here's a wee write-up I did some years ago. With some foties.

Aye - it appears to be 2.2 miles - but still good to run! Check this Blog which mentions from the Broadwood gym around the loch... Which? Magazine recommends Glucosamine as the ONLY supplement which their team of doctors confirms ACTUALLY does do the good it claims. However, they say you need to consume a minimum 1500mg a day: I take only1000mg a day - and it does work. My wummin had crippling back problems and tried it - I believe in NONE of that nonsense - but suddenly her back got better and has continued strong! She now goes spinning 3 or 4 times a weeka and does Bodypump classes - as well as going up hills wi me. It took about 6 weeks before she thought she felt benefit. Took me about 2/3 weeks, before I realised I was not stiff every morning... er... you know wot I mean. Various guys in my ruunning club use it and it works for them Ir replaces the worn out bit between joints and is merely crushed crustacean shells. It pishes out of you if you have enough and does no harm. And is particularly beneficial for Auld basturts. Allegedly. It's VERY Expensive in Boots or High Street drug stores - I get mine online. Used to use an Embra firm citidrug - but they don't operate any more - currently best deals on Gold Seal. Remember 1000mg minimum - and - persist for a few weeks afore you feel the benefit. Straight glucosamine 1000mg tabs is best. You can get it with or without salt (sodium) and with added creatine for which unsubstantiated claims are made - and it costrs extra... I hope this helps?

StMirren have an almost completed new stadium near choo-choos, motorways and airports and perfectly sited for strolling from a local hostelry to a comfy seat... possible beside Will Haining's wife. (A Ms M Marsh, they tell me) Plus StMirren are debt-free and solvent and returning to their rightful place as third force as best unbigoted team in Scotland. Be part of the happy march to Saintly success. This works for me...

It took 5/6 weeks for it to transform mah wummin(!); about 3 for me and similar for the pal with shot heels. It DOES take time - but you have to start sometime.... It really does help - shifts tiny pressures to different parts of the feet. Instead of continually exacerbating one particular niggele, it keeps your feet all over knackered.... Now, I hope your team don't have your attitude - cos then I will have wasted a lot of dosh on my trip to Hampden for the 24th to see them gub the ****! Go running! You know it makes sense...

Serious answer which may sound daft, Thundermonkey. Have you been constantly running in the same shoes? And have you been doing the same training circuits? Club runners have more than one pair of shoes and swap them about. And we don't run the same training route the same way round regularly. Your shoes will get worn in a particular way so that may exacerbate any tendency your body may have to tilt and hurt joints etc. Similarly, road cambers and pavement may pitch your body in a similarly unfortunate manner. Avoid repetition of all sorts if you're a runner... And Glucosamine!! I have no shares therein - but wish I had. The ONLY supplement that WHICH magazine's doctors say actually works. It SOLVED mah wummin's back crisis; a pal's heel decrepitude so he again beats me in races; and stops me moaning and grumping about all manner of aches and pains. Minimum 1000mg caps a day for it to work, tho. It replaces lost 'cushioning' between joints - with crushed crustacean shells. "a good make"? If it is a known brand name then it IS a good make. But you want a good running shoe rather than one for posing in the pub with... then... Go to a running shoe shop - NOT JJB SPORTS or similar! They will have runners staffing it - and they always seem to have last year's model going cheaply... Sales. Or go to JJB sports or similar check out your shoe size and fit there, then go online. I buy my shoes online now cos I know wot I want and what size.. ...and that IS cheaper... In the same manner, I buy my Glucosamine online, rather than at Boots etc - which are rip-off! I hope this helps?

Nearer 280 nowadays... Not 'conquer'... please... sometimes mountains let you climb them. I've been on that hill a few times and some of those times it was wild. No matter how fit, you could be batted away some days! Just had a brilliant week over Ardgour/Moidart etc hills. One bad day when we drove out far west to Ardnamurchan (due north of Dublin! ) and staggered in gales and rain along the coast for a few miles ending just outside the alleged 'extinct volcano' seen in my sig, below. Sunshine every other day and a lot of hills were covered. Too hot... Best day was a circuit around Coire an Iubhair, finishing on Garbh Bheinn, below. Great views to the still-snowy Ben and south to snowy Cruachan, as well as Eigg, Rum, Skye... some pix here

I'm surprised by this. I'd heard it was filled in two weeks ago - almost immediately. here's the link...

The Cap is lying again - he's not that fast. MY PB for 22 miles is only... er... 40 minutes...?

At last!!! The date you've all been waiting for!!! End of August... Just found this... Paisley 10k Entries not opened yet but at least the race is still on... and there's a date. Now... I hope Saints aren't playing till the Sunday afternoon...

But you'd said you intended doing it in a mere 20 hours - no mention of the "4 or 5 days....'being away from it all'". I totally agree with you, though. Get a lightweight tent (mibbe join the Mountain Bothies Association) and use OS maps of your land. Design your own routes - explore. Just escape from the invented Long Distance Footpath polluted by the hordes - mostly from south of the border who don't understand the Freedoms of scottish hillwalking. Yet. There are unlimited long walks in Bonnie Scotland. You'd be limited only by your imagination and lack of experience. The length of time taken is only a self-proscribed limit, also. A huge mental challenge is to spend happy evenings poring over maps and working out your own routes and goals - and then seeing, on the ground, if your ambition outstretches your capacity. Folk have walked Cape Wrath to Berwick; John oGroats to south of Stranraer; all the 4,000foot peaks IN A WANNER; all the Munros in a wanner; all the Munros plus the Corbetts in a wanner; All of them IN THE WINTER IN A WANNER; down or was it along... the watershed!; the Great Outdoors or similar magazine 'organises' several hundered folk who plan their own routes coast to coast over Scotland or just make up your own ang go when the spirit takes ye. (I ran across one day recently... ) And there's no need to rush. There are no prizes for being first. I hope this helps?

I'm a great HATER of the WHW - why stay in the regimented rut when there's aw these braw hills around on which you can wander anywhere you want?! Nevertheless... It should not be a dificult task to do, if you're fit and not hungover. I've done a few Mountain Marathon things - and IMHO the hardest part of it, is all down to your MENTAL not physical strength. Of course, you can cover those 45 miles easily in that time, even taking into account the few ascents which are not killers. But after a few hours of slogging you (at least, I do...) begin to think what's the point of this? What will it prove? And if those doubts are there... and you're asking if it's possible, then why bother? You'll never beat or conquer the hills. As the great Gaston Rebuffat once said, "Sometimes mountains let you climb them". And I haven't mentioned the weather and potential of midges to add to your lack of pleasure....