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OP here. Thank you one and all for your contributions so far - it has been a pleasure reading them! THC

Kneecap have been making waves for a while now. They starred in a semi-autobiographical film released to popular acclaim last year. I never thought I'd see the day when rap as Gaeilge was broadcast on the BBC but here we are. And they refuse to be cowed by whatever the British "establishment"...

It does, by and large, and this is a good time of year to do it as it gets very boggy with any rainfall. THC

Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice - The Mary Wallopers THC

Sudbury to Bury St Edmunds, 20.5 miles. An early start before the heat took the day to walk between two of west Suffolk's prettiest towns with a third, Long Melford, thrown in within the first five miles. A real mixed bag, with old railway lines, field paths and lots of back lanes, I managed...

My wife and I went to see LCD Soundsystem at Brixton Academy last night, their final night of eight at the venue over the last couple of weeks. They played a two-hour set across their entire back catalogue, cheered on by an adoring audience. The support act, Working Men's Club, were on first...

I didn't bother with the Don Navigation but went up the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal instead. That was my mistake, clearly. :E THC

A few of the canals and navigations in that part of the world lack towpaths or even nearby footpaths to walk beside them. Some years back I wanted to walk from Sheffield along the navigation to Doncaster but only ever made it as far as Rotherham Central before cutting my losses. Still, it was...

Is this the final final tour? The Wolfe Tones have been going since I was a boy and I know pretty much all of their songbook word for word - that's what growing up in an Irish republican family does to you. First saw them back in 1980 or so. ("Come out you Black and Tans...") To answer your...

Maldon in Essex - population 14,941 in the 2021 Census. Witham is the nearest station but the town will be served via the A414 by the new Beaulieu Park station when it opens. THC

That stretch of the Grand Union Leicester line is really tough going in places, especially when wet. One of my favourite parts of the canal network, however. Can recommend the walk from Leicester to Loughborough - varied, some interesting features and several good pubs along the way. I walked...

On the Hammersmith and City line one day many years ago, the actor Sean Gilder (Paddy Maguire in "Shameless") got on and sat across from me. I clearly recognised him but he immediately shot me a look that said "I know you know who I am but don't you dare speak to me!" I'm no shrinking violet...

Fantastic. Congratulations and many thanks to you all for providing us with such a wonderful outlet for our musings, a reliable source of information, and above all a community to be part of. Here's to many more years! THC

Cambridge South from the east, taken today through a gap in the fence - taking shape nicely. THC

Audley End to Cambridge, 23.5 miles. I picked up where I left off yesterday, heading through Audley End proper (although no sighting of the house) to Saffron Walden - the best place to live in the UK apparently, and it's not hard to see why. A lovely town. Up the downs from Walden then back...

Chelmsford to Audley End, 29.5 miles. North out of Chelmsford along the footpaths and green lanes to Pleshey and a change of direction, north west around the edge of Barnston to Great Dunmow. I walked north out of Dunmow to the parish church, then across fields to Great Easton, past a Rolls...

Saint Nicked :E THC

No complaints from me - despite Celtic dominating possession, Aberdeen wanted it more and got the outcome their dogged determination deserved. I did wonder whether some of our players thought all they had to do was turn up - well, they know the answer to that now. THC

One of the funniest comments I've read on here in years. Chapeau sir :lol::lol::lol: THC

Sandown to Cowes, 14.3 miles - 1/3. Arriving at Sandown on an ex-District line train set the tone for today's walk on two old Isle of Wight railway lines, firstly from Sandown to Newport in the centre of the island, then beside the River Medina to Cowes at its northern tip. -- Cowes to Niton...