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Just on my way home from taking the Kusttram from Knokke to De Panne and then walking back again. I absolutely loved it - the place, the people, the tram - the whole thing. I will be back! THC Day 1: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19jQnrTr4C/ Day 2...

After the relative excitement of Rotterdam I spent the last three days taking the Kusttram from Knokke to De Panne and walking 46 miles back again. The Belgian coast was an unexpected treat and Ostend simply delightful. Would go again in a heartbeat. Forgive the tram overload but it was a...

Rotterdam to The Hague - 18.5 miles mostly on the wonderful Wandelnetwerk, which makes walking so straightforward here. I started from Blaak station to see the Cube Houses then made my way through central Rotterdam and the parks of its northern districts to join the Schie navigation for a...

720501 at Manningtree this morning on the 0734 to London Liverpool Street. THC

Assuming that "it" refers to GB, this implies that you live in a mainly protestant/unionist part of Co. Down. You'll know that such a description is rarely used in a nationalist area but others here may not appreciate that. THC

The typical lag time in the UK between death and the resultant funeral appears to have grown longer over the years. All my family are from the rural west of Ireland where, even now, funerals tend to take place at most within a few days of death. There are lots of other ritual differences -...

OP here - you are my kind of gig-goer! <D Between now and the end of the year, I have Gurriers and the Mary Wallopers at Brixton, Fontaines DC at the London O2 and a couple of trance/techno day parties. Any more than that would finish me off - just can't do the late nights these days...

I see President Trump has become the first Orange man to declare for a united Ireland - and in so doing laid waste to several decades of careful diplomacy. That said, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. :rolleyes:<D THC

There is always a race between technological advancement and regulation, one which with AI increasingly feels Malthusian in outcome. We need a supranational approach to channelling development and deployment but already this feels out of reach. Geoffrey Hinton no less spoke frankly to the BBC...

This one is in Republic Street, Valletta, Malta. It has lost its royal cipher but not its colour. THC

Correct - I hold both. THC

No good for the Scottish game but I can't help confess to a small amount of schadenfreude. Petty I know, and it bears out @DarloRich's point - all very small time. Both clubs should however be capable of much more than this. (And congratulations to any Hearts fans looking in - an outstanding...

He's not a holding midfielder. And even if he was he's lost any pace that would render him effective in such a role. Thank you Tetchytyke - it sometimes feels like I plough a lone furrow hereabouts but glad to see that I'm not the only one who sees Celtic or Scottish football in the same...

We sold Arne Engels to West Ham before the first leg and failed to replace him, so played without a holding midfielder sitting in front of the back four. Our regular right back is out injured and one of the centre backs has only just returned after a season out, but on the pitch at least it was...

Celtic fan here. We got what we deserved. Sweet FA. Atrocious. THC