Podcasts about Coniston

This week Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre visits Sudbury, we visit a seniors apartment in Coniston, the mayor of Timmins talks about moving a homeless encampment, northern municipalities procure Canadian, and we talk about the record price of gold.

Renee joins us to speak about her new book Fuel For Thought, but in true YHRF style, we speak about so, so much more!Renee is so giving with information and her opinions on a variety of subjects, and it's delivered in a way that everyone can understand,.'Humans are not textbooks', keep that in mind...Our relationship with running fluctuates doesn't it? Renee covers all of this in her new book, it's packed full of advice, facts and recipes, Renee has a passion to make food accessible, and her fantastic recipes include ingredients and methods that people don't have to think about to much.Fuel for Thought, written from the perspective of Renee's life and learnings is a must have for your bookshelf, although it won't sit there too long, you'll be engrossed.We speak about a newly released film entitled 'Unfiltered', the subject matter is Renee McGregor, the film has been created by Ellie Green of Summit Fever, it's showing around book/film festivals at present with general release scheduled for Summer 2025We also speak about Renee's running, specifically her Lakeland 50 2024 experience, and guess what...July 2025 will see a return for Renee on that start line in Coniston.Grab a cuppa, or lace up your running shoes and enjoy an hour and a bit with Renee McGregor.#realbutnottrueFuel For ThoughtUnfiltered

Richard Bowker is in conversation with his father Roger Bowker, a legendary transport industry professional who spent 62 years in the bus industry working for Eastern National, Oldham Corporation, SELNEC, Greater Manchester Transport, Rossendale Transport, Eastbourne Buses, London Transport and Stagecoach Group. A pioneer with the industry, Roger Bowker's passion for excellence in service whilst at the same time delivering a profitable business means he is highly respected amongst his peers. His passion for transport began with railways though and in this video, he discusses the influence that his father (who also worked on the railways during the Second World War) had on him. We hear about 10000 and 10001, the Coronation Scot, Clan class locos on the West Coast Main Line, rides on the Keswick line as well as the Coniston and Lake Side branches. We also hear about tram and trolleybuses. Everything is covered! This is a wonderful trip down memory lane but where all the memories and messages are as relevant to public transport today as they were in the 1950s and 1960s. In this episode: (00:00) Intro (00:30) Influence of Bob Bowker, Father (01:12) A reserved occupation during the War (06:12) 10000 & 10001 (08:02) A Coronation class Pacific at Perth (10:27) Trips to London and London trams (13:20) Moving to Barrow (16:37) Barrow railway scene in the 1950s (18:52) Ration Books (19:40) Freight trains to Barrow (23:11) Shipyard station and Sunday school outings (25:27) The Coniston branch (26:30) The Lake Side branch (29:55) First ride on a Derby Lightweight DMU (34:12) Family runabout tickets (36:04) Morecambe (36:38) Liverpool and the Overhead Railway (40:11) The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith line (42:50) Gricing on Clan class locos on the West Coast Main Line (44:42) Water troughs (45:43) A love for Buses (51:00) Training as a schedule clerk at Eastern National (55:32) The Virgin bid for East Coast (56:50) East London Buses, Stagecoach and Souter Investments (1:00:30) Greater Manchester Museum of Transport (1:06:00) The Last Bradford trolleybus (1:07:07) The Midland Pullman (1:08:54) A passion for trolleybuses (1:10:20) Final thoughts Membership: If you want to see even more from Green Signals, including exclusive content, become a member and support the channel further too. YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@GreenSignals/join⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GreenSignals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Green Signals: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.greensignals.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.greensignals.org/#mailing-list⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow: X (Twitter) - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/greensignallers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-signals-productions-ltd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/greensignallers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Credits: Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)

...in which we take an autumn stroll into Grizedale Forest with local-born author Rebecca Smith to explore the hidden history of working class people in the countryside. Exploring the expansive pine plantations north of Satterthwaite, we learn about Rebecca's idyllic childhood roaming the Graythwaite Estate, where her father was head forester. Seeking out elusive Bogle Crag, we consider the class ambiguity of living in the shadow of 'the big house', and the mixed blessings of tied housing for foresters and farmers. Taking a long view of the rural working class, Rebecca talks about her grandfather and great-grandfather, and the reality of navvy lives – including at Thirlmere – that were tough, transient and are largely forgotten today. On a mission to find 'Black Apple Tree', we reflect on the social impacts of mass tourism and the risk of dysfunction in rural economies that lose the workers they rely upon. Finally, we ask: why have the Coniston raves been airbrushed from history? Rebecca's book, Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside, is available at all good bookshops (we recommend local!).

Welcome to episode 249 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!We've got another race recap for everyone this week. Joining us to talk about their experience at the 2024 Coniston Swimrun are long time supporters of the show and our friends, Hannah and Nick Mathers, AKA Team Stumble Til You Crawl. The finished in 3rd place mixed team at this event that took place north of Manchester in the U.K. Be prepared to be both surprised and not surprised by how cool the event was!Enjoy!~~~That's it for this week's show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star rating and review since that's the best way for people to discover the show and the sport of Swimrun. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and on YouTube. Check out our website for Swimrun resources including gear guides, tips, how-to videos and so much more. Also make sure to check out our meme page @thelowtideboyz on Instagram. If you have any suggestions for the show or questions for us, send us a dm or an email at lowtideboyz@gmail.com. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

Let's dip back in time a smidge.  This week we're joined by Robyn Cassidy winner of the 2024 Lakeland 100. Robyn took the top podium spot in Coniston, we focus on that terrific effort but delve into tons more. Robyn runs us through her running career to date picking out highlights along the way. A recap of a busy 2023 including a win at the Dragons Back, a brace of 2nd places at the Arc of Attrition and Ultra Trail Snowdionia and a 'different' day out at the 2024 Madeira Island Ultra Trail all covered. Proud Somerset lassie Robyn then reflects back on her recent weekend in the Lake District in detail. Picking out the highs along with what seems an endless list of lessons learned.....despite the win! Robyn, a physio to trade, also tells us about her day job mixing with her hobby. Tales of being part of support teams at The Spine and the Dragons Back ensue with a current study into injuries sustained peaking our interest. Fire in all your YHRF favs with kit, scran and what's next into the mix and you've a belter of an episode. Enjoy!! We mention the up and coming Pyllon XP7 weekend in the intro more info and sign up avail here https://www.pyllonultra.com/pyllon-experience-7 We also spoke about the Wildheart Runners The Female Athlete Workshop https://www.entrycentral.com/wildheartwomen

We said we'd be back to unpack our Lakeland 100 weekender, let's go! Dusting ourselves off after another everlasting weekend in the Lake District John, Stevie Boy and Mel Sykes sit down for the big debrief! We've plenty to cover. It proved to be a tough race for both John and Mel as the course threw all it had at them. Their outcomes differed with John battling injury and Mel battling the downright rude terrain. We get tore into in typical warts n all fashion.  Kicking off with pre-race vibes, meeting pals old and new, and start line feels. Who forgot what? Did John leave his world-famous undercarriage obliterators at home?!? Then we're onto the main event, 105 miles of Lake District paths awaited. How did it pan out for our intrepid duo? What weather curveballs got chucked their way? How did they cope with the arduous terrain? Did they come a cropper and end up on the DNF bus back to basecamp? There's hunners of tails from the trails to cover before we reach what is a best-in-class finish line back in Coniston. The fun doesn't stop at the finish line though, no no no, this last weekend in July has turned into quite the spectacular for us so we can't not make time to have a good old blether about some memorable post-race celebrations. Whether you've ran, plan to run or even if we've even peeked your interest in either the Lakeland 50 or Lakeland 100 our chat will have you laughing and a bit greety all at the same time. These are the halcyon days we'll look back on, now mon in and let us share our weekend adventuring with you!

Danger Zone ye say? Mon then. Our eyes are on the Lake District this week as we turn ALL our attention to what is set to be another tumultuous weekend in Coniston. Yip, the time has come for our John to hit go on his latest adventure as he looks forward to taking on the Montane Lakeland 100. Joining us is fellow LL100 2024 starter, our esteemed Yorkshire correspondent Mel Sykes. Stevie Boy leads the questioning as we whet the appetites ahead of the big dance. Training blocks, race plans, expectations, scran plans, kit checks along with all the nerves we can muster. Are they even running a 100 miler if they aren't a wee bit sh*tting it?? It's a magic look inside the minds of 2 of yir all time fav people in the days immediately before they toe the race start line. We'll be back next week to recap just how their weekend played out, make sure to tune back in for that, it's guaranteed to be a sensation. Bawbag and Yorkshire, we feel the need, the need for speed..... Chart John and Mel's progress over race weekend on the tracker here https://live.opentracking.co.uk/24lakeland100/

Most episodes of The Cycling Europe Podcast know where they are going from the outset. This episode is slightly different. We start in the English Lake District to take in the sounds of the recent Cycle Touring Festival in its new home of Coniston. We then head to India to hear from long-distance cyclist James Thomas. He lives in a coastal town in Goa on the shore of the Arabian Sea but often ventures into the mountains on foot and on his bike. He reflects upon his current experiences in India as well as past experiences cycling through Europe, especially Albania. We stay in Albania for an extract from Along The Med on a Bike Called Reggie, Andrew P. Sykes' travelogue about cycling the EuroVelo 8 from Greece to Portugal in 2013. To explain if things have changed in the past decade, the podcast speaks to Dritan Kolgjini, a tour guide for Explore Travel's Albanian cycling trips. Does the country really live up to its reputation of being the 'new Croatia'?

This week's episode moves from a shadowy story of cyber-attacks to Coniston Brewery, as Barbs tries to win Rich over with Old Man Ale.

...in which we uwrap a selection box of our favourite clips from the year past in the company of Lakeland Walking Tales blogger and Lakeland Walker contributor, George Kitching. Featuring clips from, among others, Bill Birkett, Will Rawling, Charlotte Fairbairn, Rob and Harriet Fraser, Debbie North, Mark Hatton, Fell Foodie, Chris Butterfield and Melvyn Bragg, we sift through 19 episodes and 20 hours of recordings from as far flung as Ennerdale, Wigton, Coniston, Grasmere, Keswick and the big-sky North York Moors. In our annual extended fire-side chat, we ponder pubs, peat bogs, Potter and 'potatovators'; we visit Crosthwaite, Coniston Old Man and the Coast to Coast; we discuss Wainwright – a lot – and consider how the romance of his prose still draws folk to the fells; and finally, we close by asking 'What is the enduring magic of Lakeland?' You can find George's brilliant Lakeland Walking Tails blog – walks, stories and musings from the Lake District Fells – at lakelandwalkingtales.co.uk

We knew from the moment we started chatting with Emma (aka The Scarpa-rer) on our Access All Areas spin off we were talking to someone with running talent. Fast forward only a few months and Emma has added in some wonderful running performances, as well as sharing a stage with us at the Lakeland 50 and 100 Running Festival in Coniston in July. Arc of Attrition, Ultra Trail Snowdonia, Lavaredo Ultra Trail and then top it off with Tor des Geants, you could say it's been no a bad year for Emma ! This episode takes us on a journey through all of the above, but our main focus is Tor des Geants, it just takes us a wee while to get there! There is talk of when Tor des Geants came onto Emma's radar, the preparation beforehand (including altitude tents!) lessons learned from events, and the execution of all of that into a fantastic eeh few days out in September 2023 in Italy's Aosta valley. Refuges, life bases, hallucinations, deja vu, nutrition and kit, it's all in here! Buckle up baby, this is a belter of a feature length episode. We also discuss Emma's plans/hopes for 2024, we have the feeling she may just be getting started. Listen in and let us now what you think by sending a wee message. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youngheartsrunfree/message

When an MI6 operation in Belarus is attacked and a key asset is killed, Gabby Lane, Agent Blackhawk, has to go under cover to break a crime and espionage ring in Eastern Europe with her team Laravelle, Hans and Coniston. But will they stop the gang and all survive the coming attack? Get the audiobook of Season 1 Spy or Traitor on audible here: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Spy-or-Traitor-Audiobook/B0C67NM7ZT For all M.F.Kelleher kindles, books & audiobooks follow this link: https://linktr.ee/mfkelleherauthor

Well hello again, we've had a busy week since we last spoke. We're here to recap it all PLUS welcome to the show a most excellent guest. Come on in, the kettle's just off the boil. We spend the majority of this week's intro blethering about the epic Auchterarder Running Festival, a warm weekend of racing and achievement in glorious Perthshire. We do have a quick nip over to the Aosta Valley to see how a few pals of the show got on in the gruelling Tor Des Géants. Neil MacNicol then joins the fray, a familiar face on the Scottish Ultra Running circuit, himself a superb athlete as well as being pivotal to many others in his role as run coach. First up we find out all about Neil's running back story and his entrepreneurial motivation to set up his successful run coaching business RunRecover (see link below). It's Neil's personal successes and approach though that we home in on, after breaking into ultra running races back in 2011 it's fair to say he's achieved great heights. A methodical approach, a discipline and a love for stats and data emerge as we get under the lid of what drives Neil on and gives him his competitive edge. From early impressive forays into the marathon distance Neil recaps finding his strengths in longer distances, the appeal of the hills and trails winning over the tarmac and towpaths he'd started off with. A love affair with the Lake District is apparent and his regular return ticket to Coniston to take part in the Lakeland 100 each year dominates our chat. A first go at the Lakeland 50 in 2023 allowed for Neil to race hard, it was one he was up for ending in a superb victory. With a glimpse forward to an up n coming Bob Graham Round attempt thrown in along with all your YHRF favourites (fav kit, fav scran etc etc) this episode covers all the bases. Enjoy and let us know what you think! Neil's Runrecover website details all his offerings https://www.runrecover.co.uk/ Date for Auchterarder Running Festival 2023 is 7 & 8 September - get yir diaries marked!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youngheartsrunfree/message

VOTE FOR THE THREE RAVENS PODCAST IN THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS HERE: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/votingOn this week's episode of The Three Ravens Podcast, Eleanor and Martin gallop to Westmoreland, a western part of Cumbria.With the episode released on St Arnulf's Day, they discuss his wolf-hampered hermitude and life of drink, then hop onto horseback to explore the history and folklore of Westmoreland - from Kendal Mint Cake and the curse of Calgarth Hall to the malicious fairies of the Old Man of Coniston, the secret lake of Podnet Tarn, the mythic tragedy of Aira Force Fells, and much more besides. Then it's time for the main event: Eleanor's telling of "The Witch of Westmoreland."Learn more about The Three Ravens Podcast at www.threeravenspodcast.com and join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/threeravenspodcast. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for the 2023 season finale of Access All Areas, our Montane Lakeland 50 & 100 podcast series. We've two special guests join us to help wrap up the 2023 Lakeland experience. We catch up with the familiar faces of Race Director Marc Laithwaite and Chief of Staff Terry Gilpin aka Uncle Terry in the immediate aftermath of an epic weekend in Coniston (and surrounding areas!). Relaxed after another successful delivery of the UK's largest ultra marathon Marc and Terry are in fine spirits as John n Steven dissect the 2023 edition in their company.  We get tore into a retrospective look at how this year's races panned out from their perspective. Uncovering just what it's like organising and overseeing the event, it's insightful stuff and leaves us with a greater appreciation of the scale of logistical operations going on to help the success. We spend time chatting about the charity legacy the race leaves each year, the nonstop challenges going on behind the scenes throughout the weekend and get to delve into some of the unique craziness that makes the Lakeland 50 & 100 into the memorable, euphoric event it is so well known for. Take a look back at our previous episodes on the You Tube channel or segway across to John and Steven's world famous Young Hearts Run Free Podcast link and explore a whole world of running inspiration here https://t.co/4PnqqFBGpa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youngheartsrunfree/message

...in which we are joined by industrial archeologist supremo Mark Hatton to talk all things slate as we ascend and then tunnel deep into the fellside of The Old Man of Coniston. Picking through the abandoned remains of old working floors and tips, we learn about the long history of slate quarrying in the Lake District – an industry spread over 200 sites that yielded a range of highly-prized stone. Discussing how slate is formed, we make our way to the powerhouse, smithy and working floor of the Old Man workings, where millions of tonnes of stone were shaped into prized roofing slate by generations of miners. As we wander, we hear about the likely Norman origins of the industry; the revolution wrought by compressed air; the perils of journeying home in the snow; and the Sunday-morning miracles that collapsed caverns – and saved lives.   *** It would be remiss not to note that we recorded underground in the company of an experienced guide, and kitted with helmets and torches. Exploring these workings is immensely enjoyable - in the right company and with the right kit. In all cases, leave the workings as you found them. ***

Welcome back to Access All Areas. Your one stop shop for all things Lakeland 50 and 100! In Episode 3 your hosts, John and Steven, welcome along 13 time Lakeland 100 finisher Matt Neale. Matt takes us on a journey through all of his Lakeland experiences, there are golden nuggets aplenty in here for you whether this is your first trip to Coniston or your umpteenth. An early shout-out and a reminder to attend the world famous Sunday presentation ceremony, it's legendary don't you know! You can catch the video version of this episode along with other content on your hosts YouTube platform here: Access All Areas Terry Fox Movie on YouTube

Welcome to episode 169 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!We are graced by greatness this week on the show! Joining us is the legendary triathlon coach and founder of Purple Patch Fitness, Matt Dixon. We're serious…he's our guest this week! This was an awesome conversation about training, life and balance and we can't wait to share it with you.But first…Training UpdateQueue the air horn! Chris is back in the pool! It wasn't pretty but it's safe to say that the Böyz are back to our regularly scheduled training!ShoutoutOur shoutout this week goes out to Andy Scherding. (Keep this name in mind for later in the show) He recently donated to our Wild Swimrun Wild Youth Initiative fundraiser and we really appreciate his support to help get more women and girls into the sport of Swimrun!Wisdom Nugget of the Week“Always do what you are afraid to do.” - Ralph Waldo EmersonFeats of EnduranceThis week's winner is Tony Portillo. He ran the Hat 50k in Maryland over the weekend in what he self-described as “gloriously muddy conditions” plus took over an hour and twenty minutes off of his 50k PB. Strong work Tony!Bonus award to friend of the pod Will Ramsey for running the Terrapin Mountain 50k a few weeks ago. It was a beastly looking course with over 7,000” of climbing over the 31 miles. Way to be!Make sure to sign up for our LTBz Strava Club and join Swimrunners from around the world as they train for stuff.This Week in SwimrunBefore we get to the news we have a special race director report from our friend and  Race Director of EX Swimrun Nicolas Roman with a preview of their 2023 events.Now for the “news.”In the bummer department, on our last TWIS we shared a new race announcement for Swimrun Whistler. Well, fast forward a few weeks and now we are sharing that the race is being postponed until 2024. Swimrun is indeed a rollercoaster of emotions because we have a new race alert to share! Swimrun Cape Cod is a new event taking place on Cape Cod in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. This is a point to point race through some of the inland ponds and it looks great. The race date is Sept. 16 and they are offering two distance options (a short course and a super short course) for both teams and solo athletes. A long course will be added in 2024. If that wasn't enough, sign up and use the code LOWTIDE to save 20% off of your registration!So we're still net plus one in the Western Hemisphere Swimruns department.Over in the UK, Swimrun Coniston announced their 2023 race date. The Full and Sprint course events will take place on Sept. 24 in the “wild and rugged UK landscape” of Coniston. We believe that the courses will be similar to the now defunct Breca race that used to take place in the area.Staying in the UK, “The Original Welsh Swimrun,” Love Swimrun Llanberis, is scheduled for June 17th and will offer a 6km sprint course and a 16km long course. According to their website, both courses are tough so make sure to check out that event!If you happen to be in the UK a week before Swimrun Llanberis, head on over to Nene Park, Peterborough in Cambridgeshire for As Keen as Mustard's event on June 10 and 11 offering everything from an intro friendly 5km to sporty 39km Swimrun distance options. They are calling the 39km event the “Hot Mustard” distance and we're here for it!Looking for other Swimrun events to race? Check out the UK-based Swimrun.com's race calendar that breaks down events by country. Jon and Fred are doing an awesome job building out their website and it's chock full of great content for beginners and seasoned Swimrunners alike.Finally, are you looking for a Swimrun partner and wish there was an app to help you find someone? Some of you might remember us talking about a Tinder for Swimrun app called Swimder all the way back on Episode 4 of the podcast that we thought someone should develop. Well, fast forward 3 years and Nicolas Remires of Envol Coaching is doing just that! Luckily it's called Swimrun Connect which is a much better name than Swimder. Check out his gofundme campaign and help crowdsource the new app that he is developing.That's it for this week. Reach out to us if there's any Swimrun news that you'd like for us to share on the show.Show BusinessMake sure to check out our YouTube channel to see our latest video all about the Pull Buoy Simple Mount. We explain why we like this setup for Swimrun and include DIY instructions for making your own.Matt Dixon, Founder of Purple Patch FitnessIt was so great to catch up with Matt Dixon. We both have a long history with Purple Patch Fitness and it was fun to chat with Daddy Dixon about his athletic roots, his evolving coaching philosophy, Swimrun training and so much more. This is definitely a “get your notepads out” conversation.You can learn more about Purple Patch Fitness and all of their offerings on their website. Make sure to check out the Purple Patch Podcast as well for weekly wisdom from one of the best in the business. Enjoy!That's it for this week's show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star review. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, and on YouTube. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram. Email us at lowtideboyz@gmail.com with any feedback and/or suggestions. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

He holds the Ottawa 67's rookie record for goals in a season with 44. In his last junior season, he won the OHL scoring title with 166 points ... in just 52 games. He's regarded as one of the Top 50 Ottawa 67's in franchise history. And that's just the beginning for Jim Fox, who was drafted 10th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in 1980, played almost 600 NHL games, and then moved into the broadcast booth where he remains today. From his blue collar beginnings in Coniston, Ontario to the bright lights and star-studded streets of Los Angeles, Fox's stories are sure to stir some memories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He holds the Ottawa 67's rookie record for goals in a season with 44. In his last junior season, he won the OHL scoring title with 166 points ... in just 52 games. He's regarded as one of the Top 50 Ottawa 67's in franchise history. And that's just the beginning for Jim Fox, who was drafted 10th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in 1980, played almost 600 NHL games, and then moved into the broadcast booth where he remains today. From his blue collar beginnings in Coniston, Ontario to the bright lights and star-studded streets of Los Angeles, Fox's stories are sure to stir some memories.

Episode 105 - Marc Laithwaite - Lakeland 50 & 100This week Eddie @edwinasutton and Gary @garythwaites2498 catch up with Marc Laithwaite ahead of the Lakeland 50 & 100 ballot. 'The Lakeland 100 ‘Ultra Tour of the Lake District' is the most spectacular long distance trail race which has ever taken place within the UK. The circular route encompasses the whole of the lakeland fells, includes in the region of 6300m of ascent and consists almost entirely of public bridleways and footpaths. The route starts in Coniston and heads South before completing a clockwise loop which takes in the Dunnerdale fells, Eskdale, Wasdale and Buttermere before arriving in Keswick. From here the route heads to Matterdale and continues over to Haweswater before returning via Kentmere, Ambleside and Elterwater to the finish at Coniston.' https://lakeland100.com/Please check it out our Patreon group if you would like to get involved and support the podcast. https://www.patreon.com/runtothehillspodcastEach week we'll bring you interviews with runners from the front, back and middle of the pack. We'll share training advice, nutrition advice and kit reviews too. We'll talk about current running stories and stories from inspirational people who we feel you might be interested in.This podcast is available to listen to at Spotify and Apple Podcasts too. Links below.https://open.spotify.com/show/2HlWHlGA8D6ifm1TmnP2Kthttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/run-to-the-hills/id1504643103YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaUcGDYF8919iZSDC8uV9xgFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1005937909821744Blog - https://www.chiacharge.co.uk/​blogs/newsTwitter - https://twitter.com/run_tothehillsStrava - https://www.strava.com/clubs/runtothehillspodcastInstagram -  https://www.instagram.com/runtothehillswithchiacharge/?hl=enStrava - https://www.strava.com/clubs/runtothehillspodcastChia Charge - Since 2012 Chia Charge has been making sports nutrition which not only helps you perform better but tastes great too. You won't find any oddities in our Yorkshire baked flapjacks either, just good honest kitchen cupboard ingredients that make you move and feel great.

Here it is our Lakeland 50 race report and review. Warts and all, a no-holds barred episode all around our weekend down in Coniston. We had an agenda for the weekend, and top of that agenda was to cross both start and finish lines. What transpired was a whole lot better than we could have dreamed and that's because of the people. Listen in to hear the frustrations, the smiles, the pain and the suffering, all in the name of having fun...right? What happens at the Lakeland 50 is quite special, unique actually, an experience like no other. If your considering taking part in a future Lakeland event, all the info you will ever need as a runner is in this episode...no even joking!

...in which we journey into the mining past of iconic Coppermines Valley above Coniston with industrial historian Mark Hatton. Rewinding time to the 16th century, we seek out the earliest signs of copper extraction on the lonely slopes below Hole Rake, before climbing to the wheelpits and addits of The Company of Mines Royal - monuments to the German miners who abandoned Keswick when their Newlands seams were exhausted. As we climb ever-higher into Red Dell, we learn about the audacious scale of 18th century infrastructure - the breathtaking leats, the mighty waterwheels and the miles of tunnels; we consider the dangers of the shaft-potted landscape and its unforgiving technology; we picture the hard lives of the men, women and children who once worked these remarkable slopes... and we ask, 'Did the IRA really try to assassinate John Major using a bomb below Levers Water?".

GB2RS News Sunday the 3rd of July 2022 The news headlines: RSGB Regional vacancies Tribute to Zorro, JH1AJT Tonight@8 on Radio waves and antennas The RSGB has vacancies for someone to be co-opted as the Regional Representative for Region 11 until the AGM in 2023. Region 11 covers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire and the Channel Islands. There are 13 RSGB Regional Representatives covering the whole of the UK and they must reside in the region they represent. There are also vacances for District Representatives for Dorset, North-East England and Lancashire. Details of the Regional Team can be found on the RSGB website rsgb.org.uk. If you are interested in becoming part of the Regional Team please contact David, M0MBD on 01234 481 412 or rr12@rsgb.org.uk. 3D2AJT is the special callsign that Dom, 3D2USU will be using for one month from Nadi in the Fiji Islands in memory of the late Yasuo ‘Zorro' Miyazawa, JH1AJT. Activity will end on 27 July, which would have marked Zorro's 73rd birthday. Zorro was also known for his DXpeditions and charitable work on behalf of children in Cambodia, Bangladesh, Japan and elsewhere. The special event operators will be on the air using CW, SSB, FT4 and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. You can read more on qrz.com. Tonight @8 will take place on Monday, the 4th of July. This is the final lecture before the summer break. Peter Duffett-Smith, G3XJE will be looking at Radio waves and antennas…and all that. His presentation covers a range of antenna-related information so there should be something for everyone. Tonight@8 webinars are live-streamed on the RSGB's YouTube channel, YouTube.com/thersgb. During the recent HamRadio show in Germany, the IARU Region 1 Spectrum Regulation and Liaison Committee chair took part in a joint session with the R1 Political Relations Committee. The session highlighted the connections the SRLC maintains with Region 1 regulatory bodies and the work carried out since early 2021. This included engagement in the WRC23 preparatory activities in a number of regional bodies and the detailed study work both with the ITU and CEPT. Topics affecting amateur spectrum bands were summarised with particular attention being paid to the 23cm band topic on the agenda of WRC23. The SRLC slide set can be found at iaru-r1.org. The TX5N DXpedition that took place in April from the Austral Islands, OC-114, has updated the information on QSL cards. All TX5N QSL cards were taken to the post office on the 30th of June so please allow sufficient time for the card to reach you. Bureau cards will be shipped to the individual IARU bureaux in the next bureau mailing that is scheduled for Summer 2022. QSL via M0URX. Dennis, G7AGZ has been fundraising for Cornwall Hospice Care since 1991. This year, he will be attempting a six peak Summits On The Air challenge. He will be climbing some of the most popular summits in the UK and hopes to activate an amateur radio station at the top of each summit, subject to the weather. The six peaks will be Snowdon, Scafell Pike, Old Man of Coniston, Helvellyn, Skiddaw and Ben Nevis. Keep an eye on qrz.com under the special event callsign GB0CHC. The DXCC Most Wanted 2022 list has been updated on the 28th of June. The DXCC most wanted countries are North Korea in 1st place, Bouvet Island in second place and Crozet Island in 3rd place. See clublog.org for more information. And now for details of rallies and events Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk. We'll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. Today, the 3rd, the Cornish RAC Rally will take place at Penair School, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall TR1 1TN. Doors open at 10am with a £2 admission. There will be a Bring & Buy, traders and local club stands. Refreshments are available on site. Find out more at gx4crc.com. Sunday the 3rd of July is also the date for the traditional Barford Norfolk Radio Rally at Barford Village Hall. Doors open at 9am. Most of the stands are outside but inside the village hall there is a Bring & Buy, RSGB bookstand, Morse display and refreshments. A Norfolk ARC club stand is outside the hall with a radio raffle in aid of the clubs 2022 nominated charity, Cancer Research UK. Admission is £2 per person with under 16s free. Outside selling pitches are £8 and there is no need to prebook. On Saturday, the 9th of July, the Houghton Radio Club Free Radio Rally will be held in the Dubmire Royal British Legion Club, Britannia Terrace, Fencehouses DH4 6LJ. The doors will be open between 10am and 3pm. The rally is open to trade, clubs and private sellers and exhibitors. Table space is limited. There is no charge for tables and entry is free. Donations are welcome to the Royal British Legion Club. Tea and coffees will be available and a licenced bar from 11am. Anyone wishing to book tables please contact Amanda, M6LXK at westona84@gmail.com. Now the DX news Henri, OH3JR and Pertti, OG2M will be operating as OJ0JR and OJ0MR respectively from Market Reef until the 6th of July. They are there on work assignment. Activity will be in their spare time on the HF bands using CW, some SSB, and FT8. QSL OJ0MR direct to OG2M and OJ0JR via OH3JR. Bo, OZ1DJJ will be active as OX3LX from Upernarvik Island, Greenland, NA-134, until the 11th of July. Activity will be on the HF bands with a focus on 6 metres and 4 metres. QSL via OZ0J. Paul, F6EXV and Florian, PB8DX will be active from Monaco between the 6th and 14th of July. They will be using 3A6M on 6 metres, as well as 3A/F6EXV and 3A/PB8DX on the HF bands. QSLs for all callsigns via Club Log's OQRS both direct and via the bureau, and Logbook of The World after six months. Franco, IZ5IUY will be active as IL7/IZ5IUY from San Domino Island, EU-050, until the 21st of July. He will operate SSB, FT8 and FT4 on the HF bands. QSL via his home callsign, the bureau is preferred. Rafael, NN3RP will be active holiday style as YN2RP from Nicaragua between the 5th of July and the 2nd of August. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on various bands, and will also be active on FM satellites. QSL via Logbook of The World, eQSL or direct to NN3RP. Now the Special Event news Durham and District ARS is participating as one of the bonus stations in the 13 Colonies Special Event. GB13COL has been issued for this event and will run from the club station until 0400UTC on Friday, the 8th of July. The primary focus of the event will be the HF bands, including VHF, UHF & Satellite for QSOs using SSB, CW, FM, and various digital modes. More information at 13colonies.us. On Saturday and Sunday the 9th and 10th of July, Bishop Auckland RAC and Wearside Electronics and Amateur Radio Society are activating GB4BM from Beamish Museum at Beamish, Chester-le Street, Durham. Operations start at 10am. If you wish to attend and assist in the event contact Ian, G7MFN at g7mfn@hotmail.co.uk. All are welcome. Now the contest news This weekend is the RSGB VHF National Field Day ending its 24-hour run at 1400UTC today, the 3rd. The contest uses the 50, 70, 144 and 432MHz bands as well as 1.3GHz. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Today, Sunday the 3rd of July, the third 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 1000 to 1500UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Monday the 4th, the CW leg of the 80m Club Contest runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number. Tuesday sees the 144MHz FM Activity Contest run between 1800 and 1855UTC. It is followed by the all-mode 144MHz UK Activity Contest from 1900 to 2130UTC. The exchange is the same, signal report, serial number and locator. The 144MHz FT8 Activity Contest takes place on Wednesday the 6th between 1900 and 2100UTC. The exchange is report and your 4-character locator. Next weekend, the 9th and 10th of July, is the IARU HF Championship. It runs for 24 hours from 1200UTC on the 9th and uses the 1.8 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted. The exchange is signal report and your ITU Zone. For the UK this is 27. Next Sunday, the 10th of July, the UK Microwave Group 24, 47 and 76GHz contest takes place between 0900 and 1700. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The UK Six Metre Group's Summer Marathon is still taking place, ending on the 2nd of August. Using all modes, stations exchange their 4-character locator. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO on Friday the 1st of July 2022. Last week was not a good one for HF propagation in general. There were many complaints from amateurs about poor conditions that can be explained by a combination of low solar flux levels and unsettled geomagnetic conditions. The SFI started the week last Sunday at 102 but then dropped to 98 the following day. It subsequently continued to drop, reaching 92 by Thursday. At the same time, the Kp index reached five and it continued to be unsettled into Monday. The effects on the ionosphere were not good, with maximum usable frequencies over a 3,000km path struggling to reach 18MHz. Conditions improved as the week went on with F2-layer MUFs back into the 21MHz region by Thursday. This is fairly typical of Summer ionospheric conditions, leaving Sporadic-E as the likely main propagation mode on 10 metres until the Autumn. Next week NOAA predicts that the solar flux index will start to climb again, perhaps peaking at 140 by the 11th of July. Geomagnetic conditions are predicted to be stable with an average Kp index of two, until the 10th when it could reach four. As long as we don't have any coronal mass ejections during this time this could mean slightly better F2-layer conditions next week. As always, Sporadic-E may provide loud short-skip signals on the upper bands. Watch out for multi-hop Es paths which are harder to predict. And now the VHF and up propagation news. With VHF National Field Day, this weekend we would all like conditions at their best, and with the Sporadic-E season still in full swing, that's a possibility. The position of the jet stream is often instrumental in defining the directions that perform for Es and this weekend it looks to be a close-by jet stream over the near continent. This means paths towards central and southeast Europe plus the Baltic and Scandinavia. You might be able to get some notion of how it's developing by Googling and looking at the ionosonde from Dourbes in Belgium for spikes in the foEs trace. With low pressure close to Scotland over the weekend, it's only southern UK under a weak ridge that will see any Tropo. This will typically be better overnight and around the coasts for paths into the continent across the North Sea or the English Channel. So unless you are on the coast, your tropo options will diminish early this Sunday morning once the solar heating starts to break down the overnight temperature inversion. The UKAC 144MHz contest on Tuesday evening looks a better prospect with high pressure nudging towards western Britain and a chance that conditions may be slightly up, even for more northern stations. With some showery episodes likely, rain scatter is always a possibility, but decaying as the high moves in later. The clusters should tell you if aurora or random meteor scatter are viable options. Just one meteor shower this week, the July Pegasids active from the 4th of July to the 14th, but its Zenithal Hourly Rate is low at around five. Meteor showers in July are at their best around the end of the month, particularly the Southern delta-Aquariids, peaking on the 30th of July. The maximum ZHR of this shower is around 25 over two days. The radiant of this shower is above the horizon in the UK during the night and early morning. Moon declination goes negative this coming Wednesday so expect lower peak elevation and shortening Moon visibility windows for EME. Path losses are dropping as we head towards perigee a week on Wednesday. 144MHz sky noise is low all week. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

...in which we trace the rise and fall of local dialect in the company of long-time friends and Cumbriana champions Jean Scott-Smith and Donald Angus. On a journey that begins with the earliest Celtic settlers, we learn how Angle and Norse immigrants left their mark in the language of landcape; we mull the meanings of Blencathra, Wetherlam, Coniston and Catstycam; we hear how Donald perplexed walkers by posting a National Park weather forecast in dialect; and – after a nostalgic diversion to consider unlikely Cumbrian remedies and the 'mobile bomb' dangers of petrol irons – we bow out with two note-perfect renditions of dialect poems. You can find out more about the Lakeland Dialect Society at www.lakelanddialectsociety.co.uk

...in which we descend upon Coniston Water to talk all things Ransome with lifelong Swallows and Amazons devotees Paul Flint and Geraint Lewis. Embarking from Bank Ground – a familiar location to the young Arthur – we journey past springtime Brantwood before crossing to Coniston on Gondola, one of the inspirations for Captain Flint's houseboat. As we travel, we learn about formative Nibthwaite holidays in which Ransome fell in love with Lakeland; we talk about the Great Freeze of 1895, which an unhappy schoolboy was to return to with nostalgia in Winter Holiday; we discuss Russian adventures and the lure of Bohemia; and we discover why lifelong wanderer Ransome – who suffered ill health for much of his adult life – never quite found home. We close, besides Titty's grave, with a favourite Ransome excerpt from each of our guests. Paul and Geraint are trustees of the Arthur Ransome Trust. You can find out more about their work at arthur-ransome-trust.org.uk The exhibition 'Swallows and Amazons as Seen from Abroad' will run at Brantwood Saturday 18 June – Tuesday 9 August. An App featuring locations from the novels will soon available via arthur-ransome-trust.org.uk

Josh has plenty of experience in investments, having spent 5 years investing in SMEs prior to joining Coniston Capital.  He gives his opinion on what makes a great brand, the pros and cons of selling products through subscriptions vs. one-off sales, and explains the importance of CAC, AOV and LTV, collectively.  We also discuss the importance of having multiple marketing channels and why, as an investor, Josh does "not want to see any single reliance on one marketing channel," whilst touching on the advantages of user generated content for a business.

Welcome to today's show, a quick prelude to the week ahead and what we will be getting up to when we visit the Lack District. We are collecting a hire vehicle to use for 3 nights, before exploring the Lakes and around Windermere, and Coniston. Links to my content: www.drivinghorizons.com www.youtube.com/richardchubb Social: @RichardChubUK

Sheep have been at the heart of Lake District farming for generations but their wool is worth next to nothing. Coniston farmer Maria Benjamin hopes to change that, for some farmers at least, with Lake District Tweed – Sustainably Hefted Cloth, a new initiative that connects the history and culture of wool production in the Lake District with contemporary Lakeland farming. Wool from farmers in 13 different Lakeland valleys is being used to weave individual valley tweeds with designs inspired by the unique characteristics of each valley, the lakes, the landscape, the geology and the former industry. The material will be sold as throws and by the metre representing valleys including Ennerdale, Windermere and Ullswater. The project is supported by a grant from the Lake District National Park's Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund and an already oversubscribed Kickstarter fund. Caz Graham travels to Coniston Water to meet Maria and her flock of Castlemilk Moorit sheep, farmer and knitter Sadie Edmondson, weaver Sheila Phillips and textile designer Louise Dixon.

Cali can be described by many titles including Eco-Therapist, Ancestral Healing Practitioner, Artist, Producer and more recently Creator of The Silver Spoons CollectiveHowever it wasn't where she started out. She spent the first 13 years of her adult life working for a large American multinational company and climbing the corporate ladder to burnout! Her interest in people development led to a change in direction and 13 years training in complementary therapies, transpersonal and eco-psychotherapy, and ancestral healing. Her transformational coaching and women's empowerment programs have helped transform the lives of hundreds of women.Since 2018 Cali has been exploring ancestral and collective trauma with a focus on the Burning Times. Throughout 2019 she spent a life-changing year travelling around the UK/Ireland, exploring her indigenous roots found in the Neolithic stone circles and burial chambers, and hosting workshops to help women heal the inherited trauma passed down through over 20 generations since the European Witch Hunts of 1450-1750. In her recent role as Head of Business Partnerships for TreeSisters, she managed the charity's Partnership programmes, working with businesses to embed reforestation into sustainable business models. She was passionate about taking the TreeSisters' Feminine-Based Leadership model out into the Corporate world to support humanity's evolution from a consumer to a restorer species, and was instrumental in helping the charity reach 20 million trees planted worldwide, via her work generating corporate donations.Cali believes that ancestral connection and understanding is vital to our health and wellbeing. Alongside her work at TreeSisters, she has been guiding a group of 32 women through a creative healing process and is now working full-time on curating this work into a month long experiential and educational exhibition called, I Am Witch – Tales from the Roundhouse, at the Storey Institute, Lancaster in January 2022.She now lives near Coniston in the Lake District and can be contacted on Facebook or her Website, Love is Our Power. The I am Witch Exhibition is in Lancaster January 2022, more details check out The Silver Spoons Collective websiteMy passion is Inspiring Women to Inspire Women. So if you love these podcasts, please share them with those you love, and if you can leave me a review. It helps me to reach more women. And you can Join the UnMasking the Feminine Community here.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RachaelT)

In this episode of Gimme Some Murder, Anne tells Ashling about the Coniston Massacre that occurred in Central Australia in 1928. The Coniston Massacre was the last known officially sanctioned massacre of Indigenous Australians and lasted for three months. Beginning as a response to the murder of a hunter named Frederick Brooks by an Aboriginal man, at least 31 people were killed as a result, although Aboriginal oral histories reveal the number of fatalities could be closer to 200.

Tweet Season 2021 – Talk 01 – Coniston Coniston is a talk  by John Mitchell about the history of Coniston Water and the surrounding area. John knows the area well, he has made regular visits there since his childhood. Click a thumbnail below to view the image gallery that accompanies the talk. John tells us … Continue reading "TH 2021 Talk 01 Coniston" The post TH 2021 Talk 01 Coniston appeared first on The MrT Podcast Studio.

Since we started the Young Hearts, Run Free podcast we've had the pleasure to meet tons of new folk who as well as entertain us also inspire & motivate us. Some of those folk are guests who have given up their time to blether with us and pass on words of wisdom and stories from their adventures. We've also been lucky enough to meet loads of new folk through our Twitter and Instagram pages. In Season 3 Episode 13 we managed to catch up with one such super likeable person. Cumbria based Jodie Laird has been entertaining us on her own candid Instagram posts since way back. Our worlds kinda collided in Coniston in the Lake District a few weeks back, where Jodie took on the challenge of the LL100. A lady with a certain way with words Jodie gives us a warts n all look at her ultra running career. There are some highs, there are some lows. It's all uber relatable sh*t though and we love Jodie's approach to ultra training and racing. In a refreshingly honest take on things we lift the lid on some memorable experiences from fell races, to learning her ultra 'craft' to finishing epic sh*t like WHW races n all that. A certain synergy emerges with a mutual love of scran and run rewards, 'Jodes' also likes a sweary just as much as we do. We barely even touch on Jodie's recent experience at this years UTLD, who even knows what that stands for?? Enjoy this super easy listening episode with one of our many many new pals. Read all about Jodie's Ultra races on her brilliantly written blog here Jodes Running Blog

Welcome to episode eighty of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!This week's show will hopefully leave you saying Snyggt! (“Nice!” in Swedish)In this show we are demystifying one of the most mystifying aspects of Swimrun to non-Swimrunners and Swimrunners alike: The Tether! We are going to break it all down for you and by the end, hopefully convince you why you will want to race with a tether at your next Swimrun event. Welcome to Swimrun 101: The Tether!But First…Training UpdateWe had a good Casco Bay race simulation practice over the weekend and we're definitely starting to feel the itch to race in a few weeks. In the meantime, we'll keep swimming and running and swimming and running and so on.ShoutoutsThis week we're shouting out our newest Patron on Patreon: Hugh B. As ever, we really appreciate folks supporting the show and helping us keep the lights on at Studio G. You're awesome Hugh!Feats of EnduranceIt was really tough to pick a winner this week but we had to give the award to Tom Avontour from The Netherlands. Tom raced the Trail des 6 cols 45k race in France over the weekend and given that he lives in a practically pancake flat country, a race that had over 11,000ft of climbing is no easy feat. Major kudos Tom!Make sure to check out our Strava Club and follow fellow Swimrunners from around the world as they train for races and life.This Week In Swimrun (Powered by Raceid.com)It's been a good week for Swimrun news!ÖTILLÖ Engadin took place over the weekend and it looked as epic as ever. Congrats to everyone that raced and a special shoutout to Desirée Andersson and her partner Victor Dahl for winning the World Series event Mixed Division AND finishing 3rd overall! A bonus shoutout to Oscar Olsson and his partner for Adriel Young for finishing 2nd overall and then doing a bunch of interviews with livesporttv.se after the race! This race is second on our bucket list (just being ÖTILLÖ Utö) and we were experiencing major FOMO. Hopefully next year.... Swimrun Madrid by HEAD happened over the weekend in Peyalos de la Presa Spain. They had over 300 Swimrunners in attendance (according to their website) racing either their Sprint (10km) or Half (19km) distances. Both courses looked like a lot of fun!Over in the UK, Breca Coniston and Mad Hatter Sports's Hokey Cokey Roseland Swimrun took place and both events looked like a success! Shoutouts to friends of the podcast Iain Shaw and Sarah King who raced Coniston and Bill and Christina Lankford who won the mixed division at Roseland. Strong work all around.In more UK news, our friends at As Keen As Mustard Events are back at their back to back event hosting escapades with the Manvers Lake Swimrun that happened last weekend and the Long Eaton Swimrun coming up this weekend in Nottingham. We expect to see some clever Robin Hood-themed team names for that one!Here in the U.S., Swimrun season is about to get kicked into overdrive with five Ödyssey Swimrun events starting with Casco Bay on August 8th (use the code LOWTIDE15 to save 15% on registration for any 2021 Ödyssey event), Swimrun NC on November 7th, and fittingly closing out the year with ÖTILLÖ Catalina on November 20th.That's it for this week. Feel free to email us to tip us off to any events or Swimrun news that you'd like for us to share on the show.UpdatesIf you're going to be in Portland, Maine on Aug. 8th, make sure to come join us at our inaugural LTBz post-race after-party, co-hosted by Ödyssey Swimrun at Lone Pine Brewery. We'll be there from 5:30ish until they close at 8 pm. Mark it on your calendars!SWIMRUN 101: THE TETHERWe've been getting a lot of feedback asking us for a Tether episode so for this edition of Swimrun 101 series we are going to break down the What? Why? And How? of the Swimrun Tether and make our case as to why you should be going to your local paracord/shock cord and carabiner supplier and DIY'ing one of these for your next Swimrun.You can also check out our article in Triathlete Magazine about the tether and our video on Youtube.What is it?The tether, or tow line, is essentially a 3m (or roughly 10ft) cord that Swimrun teams use to stay in contact with each other in the water and on land during a Swimrun. Swimrun event rules typically state that teams must stay within 10 ft of each other at all times for safety. The genesis for the tether, according to previous guest of the show and legendary swimrunner Jonas Colting, was to keep teams safe and in contact during the original ÖTILLÖ race, which in the early years took teams 18+ hours to finish. While they aren't mandatory at every race, as you will hear later, it's a definite advantage to use one.Why is it a thing?There are some tactical advantages for using a tether. Mainly, it allows teams to stay in contact during swim legs and stay in each other's draft. The advantages of drafting in the water are pretty well understood. In longer swimrun events, recovering behind the lead swimmer can keep everyone fresh, which can pay off later in the race. Teams can draft with different strategies. Teams will typically stay tethered during run legs and we would definitely recommend this. The tether provides real-time haptic feedback that lets you know exactly how your partner is doing pace-wise. If a team member is not having a good day, it's not uncommon for a runner to tow their partner up a steep climb. The tether can keep a team moving forward until they recover or hit the next aid station. Rather than thinking of it as your teammate giving you a push of motivation, they are actually giving you a pull of motivation.  When you are using a tether, we would also recommend keeping it on all the time unless the terrain makes that dangerous (cliff jumps) or annoying (lots of shrubbery for it to get caught on.) Clipping, unclipping, wrapping the cord up after a 200m swim, pulling it out and trying to rehook it to your partner will eat up a lot of time. This all comes down to practice and developing the technique to wield the tether effectively.How to build a tether and how to use it?The majority of teams DIY their tethers and we recommend using quick release carabiners to attach at both ends for um...quick release. (You can buy them pre-made but they are usually way overpriced and, more importantly, where's the fun in that?!) The length can vary depending on comfort level, but typically you want it just long enough so that you stay on your partner's feet in the water. (PRO TIP: if the tether is too long during a race, make a knot on the line during the next run leg.) Teams then attach each end to their wetsuit (some suits have integrated loops for attaching one), to the cord of your pull buoy waist loop (if you're using that type of pull buoy mount), or to a waist utility belt a la Batman. Chris uses a “tactical military grade” nylon belt that has a loop built into the belt that sells for around $13.00 on Amazon. Companies like Orca and ARK Sports also make these belts.To make your tether, we recommend using either a thick, bright-colored 1/4” paracord/shockcord or ½-¾” nylon webbing material and attach carabiners on either side. We recommend a highly visible color that can be easily seen in murky lakes and crystal clear ocean waters. You don't need anything special in terms of carabiners, something that's light and basic (but not easily snapped) will do the trick. As with anything Swimrun, you should experiment in training to see what works best for you. It definitely takes some getting used to swim and run with a tether...and dinner plate-sized hand paddles...and a giant pull buoy. Basically though, the partner being towed wants to keep the tether in their midline so that they can swim freely without getting all caught up in the tether.In summary, we really can't recommend the tether enough! It was a game changer for us when we finally stopped taking the tether off during runs and think that it will be the same for other teams as well.That's it for this week's show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star review. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, and on YouTube. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram. Email us at lowtideboyz@gmail.com with any feedback and/or suggestions. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

Welcome to episode seventy-nine of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!This week's show is all about swimming. We were super lucky to be able to chat with Gemma Hollis of PushGlideKick. She's a swim stroke and mechanics expert and we pick her brain on all things swimming for Swimrun. Get your notepads out for this one.More on this interview later in the show.Training UpdateWe're stuffing as much hay into the barn as we can the next few weeks during our last training block for Casco Bay. (Friendly reminder: use the code LOWTIDE15 to save 15% on your registration to any Ödyssey Swimrun 2021 event.) Long Swimruns, long pool sets, and long-ish runs are all on deck the next few weeks so that should be fun.  #LFGShoutoutsThis week we're shouting out the Country of Switzerland. In the last few weeks, they have cracked the top ten (in terms of show downloads by country) and we're super stoked on that. It's also fitting since ÖTILLÖ Engadin is happening this weekend and it's a race that is 100% on our bucket list.Feats of EnduranceThis week's winner is Oskar Boberg who participated in the Slottsrundan Swimrun and raced the 29k long course over the weekend. We looked up that race after seeing his post on Strava and it didn't look easy! Strong work Oskar!Need some inspiration in your training life? Then join the LTBz Strava Club and connect with fellow Swimrunners as they train and race all over the world.This Week in Swimrun (Powered by Raceid.com)Here's all the Swimrun news that's either fit to print or that we were able to glean from Instagram.As we mentioned above, the Slottsrundan Swimrun took place over the weekend and it looked like a dope event. The event takes place on the coast of Lake Mälaren and the course stretches along Rosersbergs, Steninge Castle, and Sigtuna. Fun factoid: Lake Mälaren has 594 reviews on Google with an average rating of 4.5 stars. Who knew that you could review a lake?It's race week for Breca Swimrun's Coniston event. This will be their first race in the UK in 20 months and we're stoked for them to be back hosting events! Check out their hype video on Youtube to see why this race looks amazing!In ÖTILLÖ world, all eyes are on Switzerland this week with Engadin taking place this weekend. This was the first ÖTILLÖ race outside of Sweden and helped launch the international Swimrun movement. Want to know more about this event? Check out our Engadin Course Preview episode and learn why we are already trying to convince our wives that we need to go to Switzerland.In the bummer portion of the news, ÖTILLÖ 1000 Lakes has been cancelled for 2021. Registered participants should be getting info from ÖTILLÖ regarding their options. Germany has general elections on that weekend and the City of Rheinsberg informed ÖTILLÖ that they were unable to get enough volunteers to support the races. Registered participants will either receive a refund of 95% of the entry fee or they can move their registration to another ÖTILLÖ event. In other news, We Swimrun has a couple of events on deck that look pretty cool. First, on September 18 they are hosting the Tal Y Llyn Swimrun in Snowdonia National Park in Wales. This race has a cool format where Swimrunners will run on a loop course consisting of two swims and two runs and they have 6 hours to see how many laps they can complete. Less than a month later, We Swimrun is hosting the Dyfi Swimrun (pronounced Dovey) on October 2. Registration for both events is open now so if you're in Wales or want to go to Wales, check these events out!That's it for this week. Feel free to email us to tip us off to any events or Swimrun news that you'd like for us to share on the show.UpdatesIf you're looking to show your Low Tide pride, head over to our website to get yourself some LTBz apparel and other stuff. We've also got something totally new in the store that we recently soft launched that we're super stoked on but we'll just leave it at that.Are you racing Casco Bay in August? If so, come join us at our inaugural LTBz post-race after party, co-hosted by Ödyssey Swimrun at Lone Pine Brewery. We'll be there from 5:30ish until they close at 8pm. We'll be sharing more details about that as we get closer to the race but mark it on your calendars!Our Conversation with Gemma HollisWe first heard about Gemma from Lars at Ödyssey Swimrun and figured since he went to her for swim analysis then we should definitely be chatting with her. She was great to chat with and her passion for swimming was definitely on display. We spoke with her about her journey to becoming a swim coach, her thoughts on teaching swimming to adults, her opinions on optimal stroke rates and form for swimming for Swimrun, and finally, the amazing pool in her backyard. This interview is action packed and Gemma was awesome. Enjoy!Make sure to check out the PushGlideKick website for more info on getting Gemma's expert advice.That's it for this week's show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star review. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, and on YouTube. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram. Email us at lowtideboyz@gmail.com with any feedback and/or suggestions. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thank you for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

…in which we explore a rainy Rusland valley – the wooded lowlands between Windermere and Coniston. As we wander, with Rusland Horizons’ Marion Brown, we learn about the industrial heritage of bobbin mills, charcoal pits and tanneries, and the extraordinary rarity of Cumbria’s Atlantic woodlands - Britain’s temperature rainforests - before being joined by Jo Clayton and Darryl Kelbrick, who abandoned the nine-to-five to buy, live in and work their own 33-acre wood. In the sheltered porch of their off-grid home on the hill, we talk about the highs and lows of a simpler way of life; we hear why trees don’t just need planting - they need long-term care; we discuss the couples’ sustainable lifestyle making charcoal products and traditional woodland crafts; we witness the devestation inflicted by out-of-kilter deer populations; and we abandon decimalisation in favour of the Cumbrian pimp. You can find out more about the valley and the Rusland Hoirzons project - which includes downloadable walks - at https://www.ruslandhorizons.org Jo's woodland crafts can be found at https://joclayton.co.uk/ Darryl's charcoal, biochar and more can be found at https://naturalcharcoal.co.uk/

Come for a hike and an adventure around the Coniston Fells in the Lake District in the company of local guide, Vicki McCreadie. Vicki opens our eyes to the joy and majesty of these hills and takes us on a few of her favourite walks.

I spoke to my friend Alexander who is based in New South Wales about his journey as piano player and crooning singer.  With his old-school sound and dapper demeanor, you would never guess that “piano man” Alexander is only 21 years old. Citing Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole as his influences, Alex uses his strong, smooth tone and old-school character to stand out among up-and-coming singers his age. Like all notorious lounge singers, Alex isn’t simply a talented vocalist but also aims to keep his audience entertained. Over a decade of performing has allowed him to develop this skill and charm his audience every time he steps on stage. Alexander found his love of music at his family home in Coniston, New South Wales when his mother bought him an old ragtime piano. From the moment he sat down in front of the keys, he knew that he was destined to perform. Once he reached high school, he started studying music and added singing to his repertoire. In 2013, Alex had his biggest performance yet, singing “Candle in the Wind” by Elton John to a crowd of 20,000 over 4 nights. At 16, Alexander organized Christmas Carols in Wollongong, a nearby city, to raise money for the “Disability Trust” and within the first two years had raised thousands for the organization with numerous in attendance. Five years of performing these carols helped develop Alex’s character and build his confidence on stage, turning him into the performer he is today.  Learn more on Dreams Not Memes  FB: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderPerforms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexanderperforms/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dreamsnotmemes/support

Janine is a new mum, writer, triathlete, runner, cyclist and open water swimmer.  Apologies for the change in audio half way through due to internet issues!Before having a baby Janine cycled Land's End to John O'Groats, competed in UK Ironman, represented GB as an age group triathlete, ran the Paris Marathon and then cycled home and swam the 5 mile length of Coniston.We talk about the lack of athletic role models for pregnant women and new mums and the realities of trying to stay active during pregnancy while coping with pregnancy related injuries.  Janine suffered from pelvic girdle pain, pubic synthesis and a subchorionic haemorrhage during pregnancy and then a prolapse and weak pelvic floor post baby.  She found there to be a lack of support and advice to encourage an active pregnancy and then getting back to an active life post baby.We talk about getting back to fitness post baby, the hurdles and the importance of support we well as Janine's big athletic goals for the future including another iron distance event, competing as part of Team Soas, swimming Lake Windermere as well adventures with her son.I hope you enjoy this episode.  Please take the time to subscribe, leave a review and share with a friend.

With iconic lakes and mountains, the Lake District National Park is one of the UK's most popular tourist destinations and attracts millions of visitors every year. In this episode of highlights from our Cicerone Live event, Cicerone author Mark Richards and Managing Director of Cumbria Tourism Gill Haigh join us to celebrate the new Walking the Lake District Fells ‘Fellranger’ series and discuss sustainable walking in the Lake District. By offering several routes for each Lake District fell and identifying 'fell-friendly routes', the Fellranger series aims to spread footfall across the Cumbrian hills and support the work of charities like Fix the Fells. Mark and Gill offer plenty of expert advice about how tourists can be more sustainable when visiting the Lake District this year, and how to find quieter places to explore in Cumbria. In this episode, Amy also chats to in-house editor Natalie Simpson about her work over the past four years creating the eight new Fellranger guidebooks.Discover more about all eight Walking the Lake District Fells guidebooks and explore the online resources for the series on the Cicerone website: www.cicerone.co.uk/fellranger. Offering multiple routes for 230 different fells, each guidebook focuses on a particular Lake District valley: Borrowdale, Buttermere, Coniston, Keswick, Langdale, Mardale and the Far East, Patterdale, and Wasdale. To hear more from Mark about Cumbrian landscape, culture and heritage, listen to his podcast Countrystride: www.countrystride.co.uk. Search for @CiceronePress on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook community group, Cicerone Connect. Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts or email feedback to Hannah and Amy via live@cicerone.co.uk. We hope you enjoy exploring the world with Cicerone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to episode sixty-one of the Low Tide Boyz - A Swimrun Podcast!We’re super stoked about this week’s guest! We are headed to South America for the first time to check out the Swimrun scene in Brazil with Fabio Iskandarian. He’s the founder of Hero Swimrun and chief Swimrun Evangelist in the Rio de Janeiro area. It was great to interview him for the show and it really reaffirmed our theory that Swimrun is just a special sport that draws great people from all over the world to it. Fabio’s passion is a testament to that!More on this interview later in the show but first...Obrigado a todos do Brasil por ouvirem este podcast.ShoutoutsThis week we’ve got dual shoutouts to our two latest Patrons on Patreon: Caleb Baity from North Carolina and Jason Hodgetts from the U.K. We really appreciate your support of the show and helping us fund our outsized international sticker mailing budget.Adventure Time/Training UpdatesThe unstructured training continues...except in the pool. We are both officially being coached in the pool by Tower26 and really can’t speak highly enough about Gerry, Jim, Megan, and the rest of the crew over there. We decided that we wanted to really work on our swim fitness going into this year’s race season and well, we’re certainly doing that. Make sure to check out our two episodes with Tower26 coaches (Episode 32 with Gerry Rodrigues and Emma-Kate Lidbury and Episode 42 with Megan Meelgard and Jim Lubinski) to glean some swimming wisdom from them.Feats of EnduranceThis week’s winner is Bart Czarnecki from Poland. He’s been posting 3-minute ice bath swims and adding a photo with a smile. Not sure if the smile is frozen on or not but keep it up!Make sure to join us on Strava and cheer on your fellow Swimrunners as they train all over the world.This Week in Swimrun (Powered by Raceid.com)We have a couple of updates to share this week.Ödyssey Swimrun Mackinac Island, located in northern Michigan, is open for registration. Sign up for either the short or long course to check out this small island on Lake Huron. The race date is Sunday, August 29, 2021, and registration is limited to 250 teams total so you know what to do if you want to experience this race.Speaking of Ödyssey Swimrun, today (March 4th, 7 pm, EST) they are hosting a Zoom call talk about their 2021 race season. We will be on the panel of speakers so we hope that Ödyssey won’t regret that decision! The link to the call can be found on the Ödyssey website.In other news, Breca Swimrun has announced that they have opened all of their 2021 U.K. races for registration. They have only opened Sprint and Solo Sprint distances at the moment and plan on opening up the long course distances once the U.K. eases their COVID restrictions. Their confirmed 2021 races are Coniston on July 10th, Gower on July 31st, Loch Lomond on August 7th, and Jersey on September 4th. Head over to their website for all the latest details.That’s it for this week. Feel free to email us to tip us off to any events or Swimrun news that you’d like for us to share on the show.UpdatesOur new “Super Stoked on Swimrun” stickers are being mailed out at a steady clip. Drop us a message on IG or send us an email with your mailing address and we’ll mail you a free sticker to anywhere in the world that accepts mail. The new Low Tide Boyz hats should arrive at HQ in the next few weeks. Now that their arrival is imminent, we’re taking pre-orders in our shop for those who want to be the first to rock one.This Week’s InterviewThis week’s interview is a special one. We were stoked to chat with Fabio Iskandarian of Hero Swimrun a few weeks ago and we were humbled about how stoked he was to chat with us! A stoke fest all around for sure.We chatted with Fabio about all kinds of stuff from his athletic background, to his role in the Rio Olympics and the ITU circuit, to his entrepreneurial spirit, and ultimately, to how he found Swimrun. Fabio also talked to us about how influential (and helpful) Michael Lemmel and Mats Skott of ÖTILLÖ were in helping him create his first race and have it be the first merit race in South America. (Side note: It was so friggin cool of them to take the time to help Fabio!) (Second side note: The Swedish Consulate in Brazil also supported Fabio’s efforts to grow the sport!) Finally, we talked about the journey of Hero Swimrun as a race and how Fabio is almost single-handedly growing a vibrant Swimrun community in Rio, and his plans to keep elevating the sport.Obviously, Hero Swimrun is on our bucket list and will definitely accept Fabrizio’s  invitation to come to race his event at some point. We encourage everyone to check out Hero Swimrun on their website or on Instagram.That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, please be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star review. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and Google Podcast. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram. Email us at lowtideboyz@gmail.com with any feedback and/or suggestions. Finally, you can support us on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.

Welcome once more to the Dark Paranormal. Today we hear what in my opinion is the best type of true experience, that of a sceptic. This tale revolves around the most interesting of paranormal beings...The Witch. Long throughout history, the witch has reared its head in every civilisation, even the Bible includes a tale regarding a witch. Did these enagmatic people actually have supernatural powers? Or where they just medicine people who irked the wrong men at the wrong point in history? We may never know, but if todays story is anything to go by, perhaps we should keep an open mind. Dont forget, send your true paranormal experience in to: contact@talkaboutghosts.com

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On this day in 1928, Constable George William Murray led a punitive raid against Aboriginal people in Central Australia in response to the murder of dingo trapper Fred Brooks. Five Aboriginal people were shot dead in the attack — and what followed was a series of mass killings that'd last two months and claim 31 lives, though modern historians put the toll at around 170. In this episode, I talk to historian Dr Robyn Smith, who has worked to map this and other mass killings of Aboriginal people in the NT for the University of Newcastle’s Massacre Map project. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul talks to son and lifesaver Mark Holt about his father's cardiac arrest in a remote Lake District pub. Mark takes us through the event that occurred soon after his seemingly fit and healthy father had completed a run and a walk up the Old Man of Coniston. Mark talks about his work as a carer and how the experience of doing CPR in a medical environment differs from doing it on a family member far away from a hospital. He talks about how it has affected him and his family, his dad's recovery and how a previous stranger's cardiac arrest effectively saved his dad's life.Presented and edited by Paul SwindellRecorded in June 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Following on from the sell-out book of his letters to his friend, Stanley the Border Terrier has put the audiobook of DEAR CLEMENTINA on the internet for everybody to listen to FREE of charge. So now you can follow the antics of our hero, which have received five star reviews on both sides of the Atlantic, and keep yourself amused and smiling as the soothing voice of Jimmy Hibbert brings you 27 different letters from Stanley, in which the young pup tries to understand the strange, but not unpleasant, world of humans and dogs, and the interaction between the two. So sit back, relax and dip into this delightful work, which will hopefully bring some light-hearted relief in these troubled times.New episode on Distinct Comedy every Thursday - wherever you get your podcasts or at distinctnostalgia.comNote: The Distinct Comedy Theme is composed by Rebecca Applin and Chris Warner. 

In episode 11 of Away from the pitch, we speak with Bulli goalkeeper and Talk2MeBro ambassador Ben McGinnes. The custodian opens up about the role suicide and mental health has played in his life and how he's looked to make a difference through the #talk2mebro campaign. McGinnes also discusses starting his career at Woonona before moving to rivals Bulli as well as his season with Coniston which saw the club earn promotion to the Illawarra Premier League.

Welcome everybody to episode 44 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. I would like to sincerely thank all the interviewees, listeners and the soccer public of the Illawarra, Australia and the World who download this podcast. Additionally I would like to say thank you to the people who contribute, comment and reminisce on the social media pages. Please note if you have a person you think I should interview please message me directly on Facebook or Instagram or Twitter.Paul Giraldi started playing junior soccer in 1969 as a left full-back with Woonona Junior Soccer Club down at Ocean Park. Although humble about his own abilities, Paul was proficient enough to play representative junior soccer for a couple of years along with his club soccer with Woonona (and school soccer with Woonona High School).His senior career started with Fairy Meadow under 18s in the Illawarra Premier League in 1977 while he was still dual registered with his junior club Woonona. The first couple of years at Fairy Meadow allowed him to play with his brother and good friend Dean Gardiner. Added to this his U18 team had success winning the Kass Cup a couple of times.Paul was approximately 16 and a half years old when he joined the Bellambi Rosellas after being asked to come across by his former high school teacher John Frew. Here he played first grade under John Frew and other experienced senior players such as Rob Banks, Tony Gill and Geoff Farrar. He learnt a lot at Bellambi and after this he joined Wollongong United with his brother, Dean and the Sattin brothers in 1981.Here in State League 2nd division he was coached by Mike Johnson, a coach that had an enormous influence on his football career as well as his life. Mike was an intense man and it was fascinating to hear Paul discuss his time with Mike. For several years he played with Wollongong United/Wollongong Macedonia along with many team mates. His time at this club was highlighted by the state league derbies between Fairy Meadow, another intense coach in John Bingham and Paul’s ability to play alongside very good friends.In 1989 Paul went across to Fairy Meadow Italia under Glenn Fontana in the state league for a year. Unfortunately Fairy Meadow folded at the end of that year and this was a sad event for Paul and the Illawarra. Next he went to Bellambi Rosellas for a second stint as a player under Steve Quirk. After a couple of seasons he then moved on to Coniston Makedonija with former team mate, friend and now coach Harry Sattin in 1992. They had a successful year as Coniston won the league championship and were grand finalists.In 1993 he joined Fernhill SC as their coach Larry Gaffney rang him and at the time it suited Paul’s personal life. Paul played at Fernhill for a few seasons and amongst playing with a great club, he discusses former team mate Scott Chipperfield and very good friend and team mate Claudio Cellini. It was very insightful to hear Paul’s thoughts on both men who have contributed a lot for our game in the Illawarra.Paul thought he had retired from first grade football in 1998 after finishing with Fernhill and he started to play with an amateur team. But he was mistaken as Woonona Sharks coach Ian Cirson saw him play for the amateur team in the pre-season Corrimal Leagues Knock out in 1999. Ian liked what he saw and called Paul up and at the age of 37 Paul played 1 year in premier league at the club where he started his football career thirty years prior.For me the interview with Paul was fantastic as I learnt a lot about him, especially the Macedonia days where he played at a high level with his brother and 5 to 6 very good friends. Paul has longevity and a passion for the game in the Illawarra. He played at a high level across two decades, with strong and successful teams (and coaches). Publicly I would like to pay my respects to him as he allowed me the time to speak with him for over two hours. I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I enjoyed recording it.

In the inaugural episode of a new Football South Coast podcast series, Away from the pitch, Coniston head coach Jeff Allport virtually sits down with Dylan Arvela to discuss his coaching career. Allport has coached three first grade sides in the Illawarra Premier League since joining Albion Park White Eagles in 2016. In the time since, he’s enjoyed tremendous success, reaching two grand finals, winning one and steering newly-promoted Coniston to top-flight safety. Allport talks about his experiences along the way before putting together a five-a-side team of players he has worked with.

Welcome everybody to episode 41 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. As always I would like to sincerely thank all the interviewees, listeners and the soccer public of the Illawarra/Australia who download this podcast. Additionally I would like to say thank you to the people who contribute, comment and reminisce on the social media pages.This episode’s interviewee started playing with Figtree Junior Soccer Club in 1990 when she was 10 years old. After three years of junior soccer Cath Lear had to stop playing due to girls not being allowed to play the sport past the age of 12.Prior to talking to Cath about her move into senior soccer we talked about Cath’s other involvement in our sport with her Grandfather Peter Bannister. “Banno” as he was known, is a legend in Illawarra Soccer with Coniston as a player and for his lengthy time at University of Wollongong SC (where he wore many hats). In her teenage years Cath had a lot of involvement with her Grandfather helping him out at the University of Wollongong SC.In the mid 1990s Cath joined the senior ranks when she signed with South Coast United where she developed her football, friendships and a rivalry with Oak Flats.After 4 seasons with South Coast United Cath moved to the Wollongong Wolves in 1999 to play state league football and challenge herself as a footballer.Concurrently around this time Cath was at the University of Wollongong where she was studying for a teaching degree. Cath successfully represented the UOW at the University games playing football. During her time at UOW she represented the Eastern University Games team which toured New Zealand and she made a “Green and Gold” select team which toured China.In 2003 she joined Woonona SC and played eight successful seasons. After her eight seasons at Woonona Cath then spent a few seasons at Balgownie Rangers FC where she played and in addition to this went into the player-coach ranks. Near the end of her time at Balgownie, Cath then moved onto the Football South Coast Womens Board, where she continues today striving hard for womens football in the region along with the other board members. Cath additionally had a year in 2017 as a referee in the womens competition, which shows you the passion and discipline she has for the womens game.It was an absolute pleasure to interview Cath. My respect goes out to her for allowing me into her home and giving up her time. Her journey was amazing to record and I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I enjoyed recording it.

The Coniston Massacre is the name given to the officially-sanctioned murder of hundreds of Indigenous people of the Warlpiri, Anmatyerre, and Kaytetye tribes, committed by Northern Territory police and landowners in 1928.The massacre was motivated, ostensibly, by the murder of Fred Brooks, a white station hand who worked at Coniston Station. In retaliation, William George Murray led a series of expeditions in search of Brooks’ murderers. Murray and his party indiscriminately murdered almost every Indigenous man, woman and child they came across. The number of murders in the official record is 31, but the true number of Indigenous people killed in this series of attacks is believed to be around 200.EPISODE NOTES:The Coniston Massacre is one of many atrocities committed against Indigenous peoples by white settlers – atrocities that began on January 26, 1776, and continue in various forms to the present day.Whatever your feelings about Australia Day, it cannot be denied that Australia has a continuing history of violence towards the Indigenous people of Australia. Indigenous people have lived on this land for over 100,000 years, and in the less than 300 years of white settlement, we have destroyed the land, marginalized its first peoples, and placed hundreds of refugees in offshore detention centres. We need to fix these systemic issues, and find a day when all people can celebrate all of the many incredible things that this great Southern land has to offer.To watch the Coniston Film, go here https://rebelfilms.com.au/films/coniston/To read more about the massacre from the Central Land Council, go here https://www.clc.org.au/files/pdf/Making_Peace_with_the_Past.pdfTo read about the Northern Territory police apology for the massacre, go here https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-24/nt-police-apologise-for-state-sanctioned-coniston-massacre/10162850If you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREONSubscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.comwww.thatsnotcanonproductions.com

Fukrur, Kirra, Mayumi and Ward escort Kiva Bigge with the help of the sorceress Anaris from Davenport to Coniston, hoping to find a way to Sudbur, where she should be safe from the pursuing forces of the Dark Light. Will our adventurers succeed in keeping her safe from harm?

…in which we climb the perennial Coniston favourite from the Tilberthwaite quarries up the breezy ridge of Steel Edge, one of Wainwright’s missing routes. As we stroll, with George Kitching, we discuss Andy Goldsworthy’s sheepfolds, the tricks of Langdale smuggler Lanty Slee, how a WWI Howitzer ended up below the Coniston waves, and an unlikely IRA terror plot to assassinate John Major using Levers Water.  You can read George's blog at lakelandwalkingtales.co.uk     

It's a part of our history that is little known and not often taught in schools. Why is it important?

In 1928, a massacre of Indigenous Australians occurred in Central Australia and the Board of Inquiry that was appointed to investigate the case exonerated the three police officers responsible for the killings. Managing partner at Marque Lawyers, Michael Bradley, was shocked to discover this underreported miscarriage of justice, penning the story of this mass-killing in his new book, Coniston. Michael talks with host Jerome Doraisamy on this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show about the legal history of this particular case, why it's imperative for legal professionals to examine such incidents of discriminatory practice, and how delving into this topic has impacted his work professionally. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (The Lawyers Weekly Show) and by following Lawyers Weekly on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you have any questions about what you heard today, any topics of interest you have in mind, or if you'd like to lend your voice to the show, email editor@lawyersweekly.com.au for more insights!

Alassar, Momi and Ward, three members of the Order of Fall, arrive in the Town of Coniston, searching for the maker of Zircon Crystals, Our heroes hope to identify who is behind the attacks on the two daughters of Lord Kussar Bigge.

…in which we set out from Coniston to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of John Ruskin, the Victorian polymath who wrote that mountains are "the beginning and the end of all natural scenery". As we walk, with Ruskin Museum archivist Vicky Slowe – past wildflower meadows, lime kilns and iconic Yewtree Farm to arrive at Coniston Water with its view of Brantwood – we discuss the great man's remarkable life, his connections, and his legacy on everything from architecture and education to social thinking and our understanding of climate change.

WHEN you have a dream stuck in your head, you'll sacrifice whatever it takes to achieve it. This is non more applicable than to Callala product Blake Horton, who has just returned to the Shoalhaven following four years of playing football professionally in Europe. After starting to play at the age of just four, because he wanted to emulate his older brother, Horton quickly fell in love with the game and developed a natural talent as a goalkeeper. Since then, after stops at Culburra, Bomaderry, Southern Branch, Port Kembla and Rockdale City, the former Nowra Christian School student chased his football dream overseas - which led to him playing at FC Chabab in the Hoofdklasse, SC Telstar in the Jupiler League and finally OFC Oostzaan in East Amsterdam Derde Divisie. While abroad, largely based in the Netherlands, Horton would travel five hours a day just to train, in a country where English wasn't the first language. But despite all this, as well as numerous injury concerns, Horton wouldn't have changed his experience overseas at all - which has led to him now playing for Coniston in the Illawarra. Hear all about his amazing journey below, in his in-depth chat with Courtney Ward.

Welcome to episode 15 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. It is a pleasure to have you the listener downloading this podcast. The listeners of this podcast are predominantly from Australia and I thank all of the Australian listeners. And there are some consistent downloads from Spain and America and I appreciate the listeners from those countries.This episode’s interviewee played senior football in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and the 2000s. So he saw quite a lot of football in the local and state leagues. The man I interviewed was Lupcho Dafkovski but he is widely known as Sarge to most people in the Illawarra soccer community. His journey is not just about the players he played with and against but as he described it in the interview it was about the camaraderie amongst the people he met and played with at Wollongong United, Aris, Portside and Coniston.A delight to interview as he held nothing back and was open in terms of his experiences but additionally letting me interview him at his cafe. So my thanks and respect go out to Sarge, please enjoy the interview. Please note at the latter part of the interview another person engages in the interview and this was one of Sarge’s customers Matt, thanks to Matt for his contribution.

The complex and disturbing case of The Corpse In Coniston Water is rounded off in this episode of The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast - showing why to this very day, it is one that continues to intrigue, cause controversy - and divide people's opinions. Music used in this episode: **"Chance"** by **Kai Engel** from the album **"The Run"** All music used is sourced from **http://freemusicarchive.org/** and used under an **Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)** **References/Further Info:** * **[FREEGORDON.COM Web Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20060708001633/http://freegordon.com/freegordon.html)** * **[Wikipedia (with links)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_in_the_Lake_trial)** * **[Real Crime Documentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHHDWy5uFqE)** * **[Countdown To Murder - The Lady In The Lake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqbmUGTgRz8)** * **["A Very Cumbrian Murder" - Douglas Binstead](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Cumbrian-Murder-Tragic-Story/dp/178456351X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?keywords=avery+cumbrian+murder&qid=1554303226&s=gateway&sr=8-2-fkmr0)** * **[No Smoke: The Shocking Truth About British Justice - Sandra Lean](https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Smoke-Shocking-British-Justice/dp/184685704X/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_3?keywords=no+smoke+the+shocking+truth&qid=1554303287&s=gateway&sr=8-3-fkmrnull)** * **[http://www.nickthorpe.co.uk/journalism/news-and-features/lady-in-lake-sunday-herald/](http://www.nickthorpe.co.uk/journalism/news-and-features/lady-in-lake-sunday-herald/)** * **[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/husband-is-convicted-of-lady-in-the-lake-murder-488727.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/husband-is-convicted-of-lady-in-the-lake-murder-488727.html)** * **[http://obiterj.blogspot.com/2018/10/r-v-gordon-park-lady-in-lake-murder.html](http://obiterj.blogspot.com/2018/10/r-v-gordon-park-lady-in-lake-murder.html)** * **[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11206198/Lady-in-the-Lake-New-DNA-could-throw-new-light-on-crime-says-family.html](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11206198/Lady-in-the-Lake-New-DNA-could-throw-new-light-on-crime-says-family.html)** **Follow/Support/Contact The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast:** * **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheTrueCrimeEnthusiast/)** * **[Facebook Discussion Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/1973169242968995/)** * **[Twitter](https://twitter.com/@tc_enthusiast)** * **[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/truecrimeenthusiast/)** * **[Patreon Page](https://www.patreon.com/thetruecrimeenthusiast)** * **[Wordpress Blog](https://truecrimeenthusiast.wordpress.com/)** Remembering Carol and Family

The more celebrated case of the "Ladies Of The Lake" episodes drops this week on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, an intriguing, sad and controversial tale that spans a number of decades - and continues to divide opinion to this day. And as it's such a complex in-depth case, both parts will be released this week - just a day apart. Music used in this episode: **"Chance"** by **Kai Engel** from the album **"The Run"** All music used is sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org/ and used under an **Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)** **Follow/Support/Contact The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast:** * **[Facebook Discussion Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/1973169242968995/)** * **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheTrueCrimeEnthusiast/)** * **[Twitter](https://twitter.com/@tc_enthusiast)** * **[Instagram](https://instagram.com/truecrimeenthusiast)** * **[Patreon Page](https://www.patreon.com/thetruecrimeenthusiast)** * **[Wordpress Blog](https://truecrimeenthusiast.wordpress.com/)** Remembering Carol and family.

This week’s guest said so many things that either resonated with me or surprised me I don’t know where to begin. The one that grabbed the podcast episode title, was when Suzanna realised she “could get the top of the mountain feeling in the middle of a lake”. I’ve been at the top of mountains, Kilimanjaro being the highest, and I knew exactly what she meant. For me it is a mix of achievement, peace, isolation, daring, adventure, (often) cold, challenge, environment and conditions which create that feeling. She talked about what can happen when plans change. Suzanna Swims appears to have risen like a phoenix out of not completing her Mountain Leader qualification, losing her dad, and to an extent her identity. What was a devastating and life changing period became the foundation for a job and way of life that now brings her joy. She mentions a friend called Jude, who provided a bridge into wild swimming - something she says she needed in her life but never realised it, until she was regularly leaving the house before 6am to swim in the lakes. How many of us have a Jude in our wild swimming story? Someone who helped us to get in, to move on and to grow? She also talks about the water in the different lakes in Cumbria feeling different on the skin. I’ve never even thought of this before, but will certainly be even more mindful the next time I get the opportunity to compare. And finally, while I will persist in my efforts to learn front crawl, Suzanna validated breaststroke as a credible stroke for long distance open water swimming in skins and made me question my own strategies for going faster and further. It was an absolute gift being able to interview her. And because of her I’m signing up for the Winter Swimming World Championships at Lake Bled, Slovenia next year! Go me. Things we talked about Crummock Water, Coniston, Jelly Babies, Suzanna Swims, Walking Women, Buttermere, Windermere, Bassenthwaite, Poland, Borrowdale, Barefoot shoes, Derwentwater, Wastwater, Scottish Winter Swimming Championships, Estonia Look closely and you'll see the island we swam to.

Top professional jockeys will be appearing at a special Q&A session at The Coniston Hotel Country Estate and Spa on Monday 4th March 2019. Stray FM's Beth Parsons talked to jockey Harry Bannister to find out more.

Today’s interviewee has had an extensive career which has traversed the Illawarra Leagues and NSW State Leagues. He has played for Clubs ranging from Fernhill (junior and senior clubs), Illawarra Junior representative teams, Fairy Meadow, Bellambi, Wollongong Macedonia, Unanderra, South Coast Croatia and Coniston. Add in the coaches he has played under and you can understand why Dean Gardiner’s episode will be one you will enjoy. A striker who worked hard at his game and learned a great deal about himself from the people around him, Dean’s interview was a pleasure to conduct and put together. Thanks again to Dean who has supported my social media pages from day one and has sent through a lot of material for other people to enjoy. A very generous guy.Music by Luke Nolan

Welcome to episode 2 of the Swim Wild podcast. This week I’m talking to Sarah, a very lovely, funny woman who very generously shares her time and experiences with me. Our conversation about wild swimming goes into many different subjects. But the thing that I come away thinking about, is how similar we are when we sign up to do an event. By the time this podcast goes live, she will have done the 10km Bwrlwm Bermo - Barmouth Hurly Burly, and I’ll have completed the 1.5km Aberdovey Swim. We met the weekend before, both contemplating having a week to go before our big event of the year. For Sarah, the 10km challenge will be the farthest she has ever swum – by a considerable distance. I’m utterly in awe at the thought of completing such a distance. For me, more comfortable swimming in lakes, the Aberdovey swim will pose new and unknown challenges – not in terms of distance, as I’ll comfortably swim a mile each week in the local lake, but through the unpredictability of the weather and the effect of the tide. I don’t do a lot of sea swimming, I understand the water less, feel more nervous about its power and overall less in control. When we talked about our respective events, neither of us knew the detail. We had the big picture – date, place, time. But neither of us had studied the details. For me, it’s the detail that can psyche me out. If I’d read too much about what the weather had been like on the same weekend in previous years, or how strong the currents and tides were, I wouldn’t have felt more prepared, I’d have felt more scared. Sarah seemed to have the same psychology. Her approach was, “I’ve been working on the distance. On the day I’ll just turn up and do it.” She wasn’t even sure which way up the estuary she would be swimming. I admire this brave and crazy approach. I equally admire people who study the detail and use that to give them confidence. I’ve done quite a few events this year, and am starting to think I’ll do less next year. Not less swimming. Never less swimming. But less events. Less mass starts. Less event swimming hats. Less medals. Some events have pushed me to swim in places I might not venture into. Others take me to places that may otherwise lay undiscovered – it’s Killary Fjord next week! Others test your stamina due to the distance or temperature, or presence of jellyfish. But next year, I’m wondering if I can summon up these tests into a calendar of events that only involve myself and a couple of friends. We could design our own t-shirt and hat and medal and tick them off as we go – finding the things that will push each of us to discover new places, experience more joy and face personal demons. That’s what I’ll mainly be Googling this week! Places we mention Capernwray diving centre, Burgh Island, Salcombe, The Pilchard Inn, USwim Boundary Park, Holmes Chapel, Great North Swim, Windermere, Hatchmere, Bala – Llyn Tegid, The Quarry near Delamere, Coniston, Cumbria, Alderford lake, Pickmere Events we mention Epic events, Bwrlwm Bermo - Barmouth Hurly Burly, Salford Quays polar swim, Aberdovey Swim, Big Welsh Swim, Great North Swim, Windermere Groups we mention #ChesterFrosties, Outdoor Swimming Society Other stuff Robson Green wild swimming adventure, Swim Trek, Brownlee Brothers, Raynaud’s, OW swim coaching qualification

Retired Socceroo Harry Kewell will become the first footballer inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame (SAHOF) in 22 years, joining Peter Wilson, Ray Baartz, John Warren, Joe Marston and Alfred Quill. In the NPL Championship Semi Final, a 93rd minute penalty proved the difference as South Australia’s Campbelltown City defeated Sydney Olympic to set up a Grand Final next weekend against Lions FC. In the Illawarra District League Grand Final, Coniston has finished off a great year which already included the Premiership and promotion to next years Premier League, with a 3-0 win, adding the Championship to their trophy cabinet. And in the Victorian NPL2 Grand Final, Dandenong City has beaten Altona Magic 3-1, despite playing most of the game with 10 men.

Illawarra Mercury Premier League - 1 min 51 sec ft. Bulli’s Marcus Beattie and Wollongong United’s Jake Leighton WGC Cranes District League - 15 min 49 sec ft. Warilla Wanderers’ Martin Castelli and Coniston’s Ben McGinnes Show hosted and edited by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela

Illawarra Mercury Premier League - 1 min 00 sec ft. Bulli coach Matt Bailey WGC Cranes District League - 22 min 55 sec ft. Coniston midfielder Brad Moreira Builders Club Women’s Division 1 - 39 min 10 sec Ft. University coach Brod Crighton and Woonona coach Mick Sutton Show hosted and edited by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela

Illawarra Mercury Premier League - 0 min 48 sec WGC Cranes District League - 20 min 29 sec ft. Coniston goalkeeper Ben McGinnes Football South Coast Tipping Competitions Register a free account @ mysportstips.net then click ‘join comp’ Premier League Comp #10538 Password - IPL18 District League Show hosted and edited by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela

Illawarra Mercury Premier League - 0 min 45 sec ft. South Coast United player-coach Greg Valic South Coast Flame - 23 min 29 sec ft. Captain Matt White and under 20s coach Neil Mineeff WGC Cranes District League - 27 min 54 sec ft. Coniston coach Rod Williams and Oak Flats coach Mark Vinton Football South Coast Tipping Competitions Register a free account @ mysportstips.net then click ‘join comp’ Premier League Comp #10538 Password - IPL18 District League Show hosted and edited by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela

Illawarra Mercury Premier League - 1 min 42 sec ft. Fernhill captain Dale White, FSC Report Cal Behrendt, Albion Park White Eagle coach Paul Carter and post match interviews from Wollongong United vs Corrimal South Coast Flame FC - 21 min 07 sec ft. Paul Robaard and Neil Mineeff The Builders Club Women’s Division 1 - 24 min 53 sec ft. Kiama coach Umberto Sorrentino WGC Cranes District League - 26 min 52 sec Ft. FSC Reporter Cal Behrendt, Bellambi coach Andrew Paine and Coniston assistant coach Vic Miceski Football South Coast Tipping Competitions Register a free account @ mysportstips.net then click ‘join comp’ Premier League Comp #10538 Password - IPL18 District League Comp #10537 Password - IDL18 Football South Coast Social Media Facebook - Football South Coast, Football South Coast Match Centre and South Coast Flame FC Twitter - @FSC_Official and @SCFlameFC Music by Joakim Korud - Holiday Blues Interval coms by Adam Santarossa - Football NSW Podcast produced and hosted by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela FSC Reporter Cal Behrendt, on Twitter @calbehrendt

Join the Three Wise Men - Dave Bond, Chris Haigh & Andy Johannesen - as they field questions on topics all and sundry!In tonight's show, Dave debates the correct office morning routine, Chris wonders what it is that attracts straight men to women, and Andy regales us on the perils of swimming in open waters...amongst much, much more!" />

On the first show of the season, we sit down with new Wollongong United coach Jeff Allport to discuss how the Premier League heavyweights are shaping up as well as previewing Round 1 of the season. We also hear from South Coast Flame coach Paul Robaard and his skipper Matt White after their competitive debut over the weekend and we round out the show by chatting with Coniston captain Frank Pierro about the District League. Illawarra Mercury Premier League - 1 min 30 sec ft. Wollongong United coach Jeff Allport South Coast Flame FC - 12 min 52 sec ft. Coach Paul Robaard and captain Matt White WGC Cranes District League - 16 min ft. Coniston captain Frank Pierro Football South Coast Tipping Competitions Register a free account @ mysportstips.net then click ‘join comp’ Premier League Comp #10538 Password - IPL18 District League Comp #10537 Password - IDL18 Football South Coast Social Media Facebook - Football South Coast, Football South Coast Match Centre and South Coast Flame FC Twitter - @FSC_Official and @SCFlameFC Music by Joakim Korud - Holiday Blues Interval coms by Adam Santarossa - Football NSW Podcast produced and hosted by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela

Helensburgh secured their first piece of silverware for the season with a 3-1 win over Coniston. Here are the thoughts of the two coaches after the match.

On this week’s show we break down the bumper final weekend of action in the Illawarra Mercury Premier League. We hear from Matt Bailey and Rob Birkin, the two coaches going head to head for the League Championship. Dylan Arvela, Simon Duffin and Mitch Cohen tell us who they think will snare 4th and 5th as well as who will win the battle at the bottom. Dylan then sits down with Oak Flats’ captain and goalkeeper, Ben Wunsch to look at the WGC Cranes District League. Finals football is firmly in Oak Flats’ hands and Ben explains how the side is confident of warding off any complacency. The two also discuss who sides don’t want to face come week one of the finals and which side has underachieved in 2017. Time codes Illawarra Mercury Premier League - 0 min 53 sec The League Championship match between Bulli and Wollongong Olympic - 3 min 50 sec Dylan: Olympic Simon: Bulli Mitch: Bulli The tussle for 4th and 5th - 7 min 39 sec Dylan: 4th - Port Kembla 5th - Wollongong United Simon: 4th - Tarrawanna 5th - Port Kembla Mitch: 4th - Wollongong United 5th - Tarrawanna The battle at the bottom between Picton and Woonona - 10 min 40 sec Dylan: Picton Simon: Picton Mitch: Picton Cringila vs Corrimal Rangers - 11 min 38 sec Dylan: Corrimal South Coast United vs Kemblawarra Fury - 11 min 55 sec Dylan: Draw WGC Cranes District League with Ben Wunsch - 13 min 56 sec Fernhill Foxes vs Coniston - 14 min 56 sec Dylan: Draw Ben: Fernhill University vs Oak Flats Falcons - 15 min 21 sec Dylan: Oak Flats Ben: Oak Flats General discussion on District League - 17.09 Stay up to date with all the latest news by liking Football South Coast Match Centre on Facebook and following @FSC_Official on Twitter. Click this link to read the Football South Coast match reports - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4704-0-0-0&sID=352503 Note the opinions expressed on the show are those of the host and guests and do not reflect those of FSC. Show hosted by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela

On this week’s show, Illawarra Mercury reporter Mitch Cohen joins Dylan Arvela to preview Round 20 of the Illawarra Mercury Premier League. Mitch discusses his story of the season in one of the most exciting campaigns in recent history. Helensburgh veteran Branco Tesanovic comes on in the second half of the show to talk about the WGC Cranes District League and how the ‘Burgh has exceeded expectations. Illawarra Mercury Premier League with Mitch Cohen - 0 min 44 sec Wollongong United vs Kemblawarra Fury - 2 min 39 sec Dylan: W United Mitch: W United Albion Park White Eagles vs Woonona Sharks - 5 min 00 sec Dylan: APWE Mitch: APWE Port Kembla vs Tarrawanna Blueys - 7 min 01 sec Dylan: Port Mitch: Draw Picton Rangers vs Wollongong Olympic - 8 min 55 sec Dylan: Olympic Mitch: Olympic Bulli vs Cringila Lions - 10 min 19 sec Dylan: Bulli Dylan: Bulli South Coast United vs Corrimal Rangers - 12 min 33 sec Dylan: Draw Mitch: Draw WGC Cranes District League with Branco Tesanovic - 15 min 59 sec Bellambi Rosellas vs Oak Flats Falcons - 18 min 36 sec Dylan: Oak Flats Branco: Oak Flats Berkeley vs Coniston - 19 min 47 sec Dylan: Coniston Branco: Coniston Warilla Wanderers vs Fernhill Foxes - 21 min 09 sec Dylan: Warilla Branco: Warilla Wests Illawarra vs Helensburgh Thistle - 22 min 06 sec Dylan: Helensburgh Branco: Helensburgh Balgownie Rangers vs Thirroul Thunder - 25 min 37 sec Dylan: Thirroul Branco: Thirroul University vs Kiama Quarriers - 26 min 30 sec Dylan: Draw Branco: Kiama Stay up to date with all the latest news by liking Football South Coast Match Centre on Facebook and following @FSC_Official on Twitter. Click this link to read the Football South Coast match reports - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4704-0-0-0&sID=352503 Note the opinions expressed on the show are those of the host and guests and do not reflect those of FSC. Show hosted by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela

On this week’s show we pay homage to the great Les Murray who passed away aged 71 on Monday. During the show you will hear a number of sound bites from his illustrious career that has forever changed football in Australia. Bulli’s Fraternity Club Bert Bampton Cup match winner, Marcus Beattie joins us to preview Round 19 of the Illawarra Mercury Premier League. He discusses the pressures of playing in a team gunning for three trophies as well as backing against his twin brother Joel in the Woonona/Tarrawanna match. In the second part of the show, Coniston boss, Willy Alarcon helps us preview the WGC District League. Alarcon explains Coniston’s topsy turvy season in a District League he describes as one of the weirdest he has been a part of. The time codes and match predictions Illawarra Mercury Premier League with Marcus Beattie - 5 min 36 sec Wollongong Olympic vs Wollongong United - 7 min 35 sec Dylan: Olympic Marcus: Olympic Bulli vs Port Kembla - 9 min 04 sec Dylan: Draw Marcus: Bulli Kemblawarra Fury vs Albion Park White Eagles - 11 min 40 sec Dylan: APWE Marcus: Draw Woonona Sharks vs Tarrawanna Blueys - 13 min 19 sec Dylan: Tarrawanna Marcus: Tarrawanna Cringila Lions vs South Coast United - 14 min 02 sec Dylan: SCU Marcus: SCU Corrimal Rangers vs Picton Rangers - 14 min 35 sec Dylan: Corrimal Marcus: Dylan WGC Cranes District League with Willy Alarcon - 15 min 44 sec Helensburgh Thistle vs Bellambi Rosellas - 17 min 22 sec Dylan: Helensburgh Willy: Helensburgh Coniston vs University - 19 min 10 sec Dylan: Coniston Willy: Coniston Fernhill Foxes vs Berkeley - 22 min 43 sec Dylan: Berkeley Willy: Fernhill Warilla Wanderers vs Balgownie Rangers - 25 min 00 sec Dylan: Warilla Willy: Warilla Kiama Quarriers vs Wests Illawarra - 26 min 04 sec Dylan: Wests Willy: Draw *Note Oak Flats Falcons vs Thirroul Thunder was played last week with Oak Flats winning 1-0. Stay up to date with all the latest news by liking Football South Coast Match Centre on Facebook and following @FSC_Official on Twitter. Click this link to read the Football South Coast match reports - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4704-0-0-0&sID=352503 Credit to SBS for the audio sound bites used in this week’s show. Show hosted by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela

Dylan Arvela is joined by Port Kembla player Joey Lavalle to preview Round 18 of the Illawarra Mercury Premier League which is followed by the preview of the WGC Cranes District League with Fernhill First Grade captain, Dale White. Illawarra Mercury Premier League with Port Kembla player Joey Lavalle - 2 min 36 sec Albion Park White Eagles vs Wollongong Olympic - 3 min 50 sec Dylan: Olympic Joey: Olympic Port Kembla vs Woonona Sharks 5 min 20 sec Dylan: Port Joey: Port Tarrawanna Blueys vs Kemblawarra Fury - 7 min 23 sec Dylan: Draw Joey: Fury Picton Rangers vs Cringila Lions - 9 min 13 sec Dylan: Draw Joey: Draw Wollongong United vs Corrimal - 9 min 32 sec Dylan: W United Joey: W United South Coast United vs Bulli - 9 min 42 sec Dylan: Bulli Joey: Bulli WGC Cranes District League with Fernhill player Dale White - 10 min 26 sec Balgownie Rangers vs Oak Flats Falcons - 11 min 57 sec Dylan: Oak Flats Dale: Oak Flats University vs Fernhill Foxes - 13 min 55 sec Dylan: Fernhill Dale: Fernhill Thirroul Thunder vs Helensburgh Thistle - 16 min 19 sec Dylan: Thirroul Dale: Thirroul Bellambi Rosellas vs Kiama Quarriers - 18 min 08 sec Dylan: Bellambi Dale: Bellambi Berkeley vs Warilla Wanderers - 19 min 01 sec Dylan: Berkeley Dale: Warilla Wests Illawarra vs Coniston - 19 min 37 sec Dylan: Draw Dale: Coniston Stay up to date with all the latest news by liking Football South Coast Match Centre on Facebook and following @FSC_Official on Twitter. Click this link to read the Football South Coast match reports - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4704-0-0-0&sID=352503 Click this link to read the Bampton / Youth Cup Semi Finals Review - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-4704-0-0-0&sID=352503&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=57762017 Show hosted by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela

We have a massive show lined up for Round 16. In the first segment Dylan Arvela speaks with Wollongong Olympic coach, Rob Birkin about this weekend’s action in the Illawarra Mercury Premier League. Birkin discusses the strengths of the three title rivals as well as which Kemblawarra Fury player could be key in the final stages of the season. Football South Coast Women’s Council member and Fernhill Women’s player, Emi Skopal then joins Dylan to talk about the goings on in The Builders Club Women’s Division 1 as well as the Women’s State Cup. Skopal gives her thoughts on how the top four will shape up along with which players have impressed her most this season. In the final segment, Dylan talks with one of the WGC Cranes District League’s best goalkeepers in Ben Wunsch of the Oak Flats Falcons. The two give their predictions for the Round 16 matches and Dylan asks the Falcon’s captain if he thinks anyone can catch Fernhill at the top of the table. We would like to thank Rob, Emi and Ben for giving up their time and coming on the show. If you have any comments or suggestions about the show please let us know through Football South Coast Match Centre on Facebook at @FSC_Official on Twitter. Illawarra Mercury Premier League with Rob Birkin - 1 mon 09 sec Wollongong United vs Bulli - 2 min 22 sec Dylan: Bulli Rob: Bulli Kemblawarra Fury vs Port Kembla - 4 min 50 sec Dylan: Fury Rob: Fury Woonona Sharks vs Wollongong Olympic - 7 min 45 sec Dylan: Olympic Rob: Olympic Picton Rangers vs South Coast United - 10 min 22 sec Dylan: Draw Rob: SCU Tarrawanna Blueys vs Corrimal Rangers - 11 min 02 sec Dylan: Blueys Rob: Blueys Albion Park White Eagles vs Cringila Lions - 11 min 48 sec Dylan: APWE Rob: APWE The Builders Club Women’s Division 1 with Emi Skopal - 13 min 28 sec WGC Cranes District League with Ben Wunsch - 23 min 28 sec Coniston vs Thirroul Thunder - 24 min 36 sec Dylan: Coniston Ben: Thirroul Oak Flats Falcons vs Kiama Quarriers - 26 min 44 sec Dylan: Oak Flats Ben: Oak Flats University vs Berkeley - 29 min 59 sec Dylan: Berkeley Ben: Berkeley Wests Illawarra vs Warilla Wanderers - 30 min 21 sec Dylan: Warilla Ben: Warilla Bellambi Rosellas vs Fernhill Foxes - 30 min 54 sec Dylan: Fernhill Ben: Fernhill Balgownie Rangers vs Helensburgh Thistle - 31 min 45 sec Dylan: Draw Ben: Draw Stay up to date with all the latest news by liking Football South Coast Match Centre on Facebook and following @FSC_Official on Twitter. Click this link to vote for who you think will win between Wollongong United and Bulli in the match of the week Twitter poll - https://twitter.com/FSC_Official/status/882433477924110336 Click this link to read the Football South Coast match reports - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4704-0-0-0&sID=352503 Show hosted by Dylan Arvela, on Twitter @dylanarvela

On this week’s show, Dylan Arvela is joined by two special guests to preview this weekend’s action in the Illawarra Mercury Premier League and WGC Cranes District League. The first being Tarrawanna defender Allister Carrigan who gives us an insight into the Blueys' remarkable season, he is followed by experienced University midfielder Dane Hamilton who highlights what the Students need to improve to achieve a strong finish to the season. Time Codes and THE Predictions Illawarra Mercury Premier League - 0 min 48 sec Tarrawanna vs Bulli - 2 min 08 sec Dylan: Draw Allister: Tarrawanna Click this link to vote for who you think will win between Tarrawanna and Bulli in the match of the week Twitter poll - https://twitter.com/FSC_Official/status/877386646592696320 Albion Park White Eagles vs South Coast United - 4 min 56 sec Dylan: APWE Allister: APWE Port Kembla vs Wollongong Olympic - 6 min 45 sec Dylan: Olympic Allister: Draw Wollongong United vs Picton - 9 min 22 sec Dylan: United Allister: United Woonona vs Cringila - 9 min 41 sec Dylan: Draw Allister: Draw Kemblawarra Fury vs Corrimal - 10 min 34 sec Dylan: Fury Allister: Fury Woonona vs South Coast United (Makeup game) - 11 min 03 sec Dylan: Draw Allister: Draw WGC Cranes District League - 12 min 44 sec Fernhill vs Oak Flats - 14 min 23 sec Dylan: Draw Dane: Fernhill Helensburgh vs Coniston - 16 min 25 sec Dylan: Helensburgh Dane: Helensburgh University vs Wests Illawarra - 18 min 15 sec Dylan: Uni Dane: Uni Thirroul vs Warilla - 21 min 50 sec Dylan: Thirroul Dane: Warilla Bellambi vs Berkeley - 22 min 33 sec Dylan: Berkeley Dane: Draw Balgownie vs Kiama - 23 min 09 sec Dylan: Balgownie Dane: Kiama Stay up to date with all the latest news by liking Football South Coast Match Centre on Facebook and following @FSC_Official on Twitter. Click this link to vote for who you think will win between Tarrawanna and Bulli in the match of the week Twitter poll - https://twitter.com/FSC_Official/status/877386646592696320 Click this link to read the Football South Coast match reports - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4704-0-0-0&sID=352503 The show host Dylan Arvela is on Twitter @dylanarvela

On this week’s show, Dylan and Simon have an in-depth look at the match of the week between Wollongong United and Port Kembla as well as giving their predictions on all the other matches across the Premier League and District League. Dylan also reveals who has impressed him at Premier League battlers Corrimal and we hear from Warilla boss, Barney King who believes there are many twists and turns still to be had in the District League title race. Time Codes and The very influential Predictions Illawarra Mercury Premier League - 1 min 01 sec Wollongong United vs Port Kembla - 1 min 42 sec Dylan: Wollongong United Simon: Draw Bulli vs Woonona Sharks - 4 min 32 sec Dylan: Bulli Simon: Draw Corrimal Rangers vs Wollongong Olympic - 6 min 39 sec Dylan: Olympic Simon: Olympic Cringila Lions vs Kemblawarra Fury - 9 min 07 sec Dylan: Fury Simon: Fury Albion Park White Eagles vs Picton Rangers - 9 min 58 sec Dylan: APWE Simon: APWE South Coast United vs Tarrawanna Blueys - 10 min 28 sec Dylan: Draw Simon: Draw WGC Cranes District League - 11 min 19 sec Fernhill Foxes vs Helensburgh Thistle - 11 min 57 sec Dylan: Fernhill Simon: Fernhill Warilla Wanderers vs Oak Flats Falcons - 13 min 06 sec Dylan: Warilla Simons: Warilla Kiama Quarriers vs Coniston - 15 min 25 sec Dylan: Coniston Simon: Coniston Wests Illawarra vs Balgownie Rangers - 15 min 57 sec Dylan: Balgownie Simon: Draw Thirroul Thunder vs Berkeley - 16 min 27 sec Dylan: Thirroul Simon: Thirroul University vs Bellambi Rosellas - 16 min 44 sec Dylan: University Simon: Draw Stay up to date with all the latest news by liking Football South Coast Match Centre on Facebook and following @FSC_Official on Twitter. Click this link to vote for who you think will win between Wollongong United and Port Kembla in the match of the week Twitter poll - https://twitter.com/FSC_Official/status/874865828704989184 Click this link to read the Football South Coast match reports - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4704-0-0-0&sID=352503 Click this link to read the Premier League Midseason Report Cards - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-4704-0-0-0&sID=352503&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=56247759 Click this link to read the District League Midseason Report Cards - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-4704-0-0-0&sID=352503&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=56192461 The show hosts Dylan Arvela and Simon Duffin are on Twitter @dylanarvela and @DuffinWrites.

Elizabeth Park played host to the clash between 3rd and 11th but the gulf in the table wasn't reflected in the result. Bellambi held Coniston to nil in the first half before Franc Piero put the title hopefuls in front in the 54th minute. The home side was not able to muster a goal with the score finishing 1-0. These are the thoughts of the two coaches, Willy Alarcon of Coniston and Tim Hooker of Bellambi.

After weeks of extraordinary rain, the final of the preseason District League Fraternity Cup between Fernhill and Coniston was played on a sunbathed Memorial Park. The clash between two of District League's strongest sides was decided by a single goal by Andrew Breslin with eight minutes on the clock. After the match, I caught up with the two coaches for Football South Coast. First, the victrouos Fernhill coach Dan McGoldrick followed by Willy Alarcon of Coniston.

District League heavyweights Fernhill kept the pressure on top of the table Coniston with a 1-0 win away to Thirroul. The Foxes took the lead in the opening minute through talisman Andy Keep and managed to hold the Thunder out, earning a clean sheet and the 3 points. These are the post match interviews with the two coaches, Dan McGoldrick of Fernhill and Garth Bowley of Thirroul.

After a rocky preseason, Balgownie put in a solid first round display against one of the competition favourites.

Coniston recorded a historic victory in their return to the Illawarra District League. The loyal fans turned out to watch a dour affair but a 30-yard strike for Dinko Terzic was enough to send them home with smiling faces.

Northern landscapes take centre stage in Episode Five as Melvyn Bragg celebrates the fells, lakes and moors that he loves. He meets mountaineer Chris Bonington in North Cumbria and goes on to see how, over the last 200 years the North has provided inspiration for great writers, some of the greatest in the language - Wordsworth, Coleridge, the Brontës - and painters, Ruskin and Turner. The landscape inspired Coleridge, and he came up with the word mountaineering and he's believed to be the first man to climb every peak in the Lake District. Melvyn visits the home of William and Dorothy Wordsworth at Dove Cottage in the Lake District. The area around Coniston water was home to John Ruskin. The poet Ted Hughes, lived in Mytholmroyd in West Yorkshire...and Melvyn says that it's impossible to think northern moorland without bringing to mind the way the Brontës have inscribed themselves on the landscape. Contributors Professor Simon Bainbridge, Lancaster University Professor Sally Bushell, Lancaster University Chris Bonington Howard Hull, Brantwood, Ruskin's House Julian Cooper Simon Armitage Syima Aslam, Bradford Literature Festival Irna Qureshi, Bradford Literature Festival Producer: Faith Lawrence.

Richard Coles and Anita Anand with writer Lynne Truss, poet Luke Wright, actress Tina Malone who had two children 32 years apart, Guy Anderson whose paraglider crashed in the desert, Jill Goldston who is possibly Britain's most prolific film and TV extra, and Bill Smith who raised Donald Campbell's Bluebird from the depths of Coniston on this day 13 years ago. Harry Stone describes the sounds of golf, opera singer Danielle de Niese shares her Inheritance Tracks and JP Devlin interviews a dog called Frank.Produced by Dixi Stewart.

The legendary Donald Campbell was a world speed record holder on land and water. He crashed (and died) while trying to break one of his own records in Lancashire, England in 1967. Join Scott and Ben as they explore the life and times of Donald Campbell. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers