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Welcome to a special Christmas Day episode of The Grumpy Old Coaches! Can you believe this is our very first podcast published on Christmas Day, after almost 400 episodes? In the spirit of the season, we've reunited at the White Lion in Wigan, with Steve Lumley and myself joining Marc Laithwaite for our annual Grumpy Old Coaches reunion. It's been a year since our last get-together, so we have plenty to discuss. We'll reflect on 2024 and share our experiences of not quite achieving our goals due to injury and illness. Our conversation covers: The impact of age and over 30 years of multi-sport activities on our bodies. A surprising admission from Marc, who concedes that I was right all along. Steve's lifelong ambition to accomplish something remarkable during his 60th year. My decision to back out of a challenge involving horses. We hope you enjoy this festive episode as much as we enjoyed recording it! P.S. We recorded this episode outside the pub, so you might hear some background noise and occasional colorful language. Mark's Challenge Video for the Sprint Triathlon - https://www.facebook.com/marc.laithwaite/videos/1053232629066942 Steve Lumley is back in the market for athletes. You can contact Steve via his email, TriCoach.Lum@gmail.com Marc Laithwaite runs The Endurance Store, an independent running and triathlon store in West Lancashire, and Croston Cycles, just down the road from The Endurance Store! Epic Events organise swim, cycle, run, and triathlon events throughout the North West.  Www.theendurancestore.com  https://www.crostoncycles.com/ Www.epicevents.co.uk You can find all of my social media links HERE: You'll also find some really great content on my Instagram and YouTube! Instagram  YouTube   **To get a free copy of my personal daily mobility routine, please click HERE** **To download your FREE infographic ‘7 steps to swimming faster', please click HERE  Sign up for Simon's weekly newsletter Sign up for Beth's weekly newsletter To contact Beth regarding Life Coaching, please visit her website at BethanyWardLifeCoaching.uk. Join our SWAT/High Performance Human tribe using this link, with a happiness guarantee! You can watch a brief video about the group by going to our website here, and join our SWAT High Performance Human tribe here. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful. Please click here to support the HPH podcast. Thank you! Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes.  For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.

Sam, Tom, Peter Hancock and Ross Flannigan get together to talk through their various days at Final Qualifying across the UK. Sam was at Burnham & Berrow, Tom was at West Lancashire, Peter was at Deal while Ross was at Dundonald. Great day had by all four and we discuss the stories emerging from the day.If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!You can follow us along below @cookiejargolf Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website

HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsors MorePeople.At a time when horticulture needs to encourage a new wave of young people to come into the industry, this podcast is designed to highlight the multiple and varied career opportunities available.Hear from people who have found their way into their chosen career through different paths, what their job involves and what it means to them.Neal Ritson began his career in the music industry but having discovered horticulture he is now a grower of ornamental bedding plants, pots and baskets for a large scale nursery in West Lancashire.In this podcast Neal talks about his journey in horticulture and provides some wise advice for anyone considering a career change Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our inaugural episode, join us on a journey to the North West of England,  as we unpack our unforgettable trip to Southport. Immerse yourself in the world of golfing royalty as we share our experiences playing the prestigious links courses of West Lancashire, Wallasey, and Hillside Golf Clubs. Additionally, we drop in for visits at the iconic Royal Liverpool, Royal Birkdale, and Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Clubs. From the fairways to the clubhouse, and the best local spots, discover why Southport is a must-visit destination for golf enthusiasts. Get ready to dive in with us and uncover the golfing gems of Southport in this debut episode of the Full Program Golf Podcast!

Ok, it's nearly Christmas and you know what that means? Yes, it's time for a Grumpy Old Coaches Christmas get together! Last year we recorded our show live from the pub and it proved to be quite popular with the coaches and the listeners, so we've continued the trend this year. Last Friday we all went over to Wigan and recorded the show from Marc's local, The White Lion.   We calculated that between us we have over 80 years of coaching experience and probably about the same number of years competing in triathlon. Anyway, as we are all knocking on we decided to have a chat about how our approach to training has altered with our age. Then it seemed a natural jump to talk about how our coaching approach had changed. Finally, Mrs Ward (who definitely isn't grumpy at all) got the opportunity to ask a few rogue questions.   Steve shares his admiration for an 83 year old lady Marc declares that he has given up training Steve has a rant about how boring triathlon is What's all this about a horse? How darts could make triathlon more interesting What do Marc and Robin Hood have in common? The ultimate winter comfort foods revealed   And much more!   CLICK HERE To join the new Small Group Coaching programme with Simon and Beth.   You can contact Steve Lumley via his email, TriCoach.Lum@gmail.com. Marc Laithwaite runs The Endurance Store, an independent running and triathlon store in West Lancashire, and B-spoke cycles (currently based in Aintree, Liverpool) which is moving to a new home in Croston, Lancashire, just down the road from The Endurance Store! Epic Events organise swim, cycle, run, and triathlon events throughout the North West.  Www.theendurancestore.com  Www.b-spokecycles.com Www.epicevents.co.uk To contact Beth regarding Life Coaching, please email her at Info@BethanyWardLifeCoaching.uk.   To leave a review of the podcast on Apple podcasts CLICK HERE.   Sports Nutrition questions - if you have a sports nutrition question that you would like answered on the podcast, please email it to me via Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com. Join our SWAT/High Performance Human tribe using this link, with a happiness guarantee! You can watch a brief video about the group by going to our website here, and join our SWAT High Performance Human tribe here. Purchase a copy of my High Performance Human e-book featuring more than 30 top tips on how to upgrade your life. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful. Please click here to support the HPH podcast. Thank you! Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes. Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here.  For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.

In a recent podcast with ultra running coach Jason Koop he said that ultra races were much cooler than triathlons and he wasn't surprised that triathletes were giving them a whirl. One of the coolest and most popular Ultra running events in the UK is the Lakeland 50/100, and my 3 guests in this week's podcast are all triathletes. Back in April, I chatted with Steve Lumley, a Grumpy Old Coach and long time friend who had taken up the challenge of competing the Lakeland 50 this summer. We also spoke with fellow Grumpy Old Coach and Lakeland race organiser, Marc Laithwaite. I'm pleased to be able to report that Steve managed to complete the 50, and today I'm catching up with him, Marc and another guest, SWAT member Owen Barden, who was taking on the Lakeland 100 challenge.  If you like our Grumpy Old Coach podcasts or you have are interested in taking part in the Lakeland 50, 100, or any other ultra trail run, you'll love this episode.   The ideal training for Lakeland 50 - Step ups, running in the dark and a course recce (19:30) Mindset and the importance of mental preparation (29:45) Why marathon runners struggle with training for an ultra (30:15) Hydration and nutrition are critical: Make sure you have a flexible, well practiced strategy(50:00) Choosing the right footwear: Cushioning and foot protection trumps grip (52:00)     Listen to the original Lakeland 50 podcast with Marc and Steve from April 2023. Listen to both of the episodes with Ultra running coach Jason Koop Part 1 & Part 2.   To get your FREE copy of a list with all of our guest's recommended books, please Beth@thetriathloncoach.com.   You can find more information about Steve Lumley HERE.  Marc Laithwaite runs The Endurance Store, an independent running and triathlon store in West Lancashire, and B-spoke cycles in Croston, Lancashire. Epic Events organise the Lakeland 50 and 100 as well as swim, bike, run, and triathlon events throughout the North West.  Www.theendurancestore.com  Www.b-spokecycles.com Www.epicevents.co.uk   The Lakeland 2024 races are already full. If you think you might like to enter the Lakeland 50 in 2025 please take a look at the race website for more details. Click HERE to watch a video of the 2022 event.   To contact Beth regarding Life Coaching, please email her at Info@BethanyWardLifeCoaching.uk.   To leave a review of the podcast on Apple podcasts CLICK HERE.   Sports Nutrition questions - if you have a sports nutrition question that you would like answered on the podcast, please email it to me via Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.   Join our SWAT/High Performance Human tribe using this link, with a happiness guarantee! You can watch a brief video about the group by going to our website here, and join our SWAT High Performance Human tribe here. Purchase a copy of my High Performance Human e-book featuring more than 30 top tips on how to upgrade your life. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful. Please click here to support the HPH podcast. Thank you! Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes. Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here.  For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.

In the latest episode of The Slam Podcast, Matt Chivers talks Matt Coles through his days spent at LIV Golf London, just over a year on from the tour's inaugural event at Centurion! What has changed about the breakaway league? Did the crowds flock to Hertfordshire? Have LIV Golf events improved from a spectator perspective in 2023? The team also discusses Allisen Corpuz' impressive win at the US Women's Open at Pebble Beach, and a couple of the big talking points emerging from an exciting final round. Europe also saw Sepp Straka and Rasmus Hojgaard both win on the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour respectively at the weekend, but will they be chosen by Luke Donald for the Ryder Cup side in September? NCG also watched Final Open Qualifying at West Lancashire where a host of big names attempted to earn a spot at Royal Liverpool, but Sergio Garcia and Graeme McDowell failed to get through! The Slam Podcast is a National Club Golfer Podcast in association with Callaway.

You might hope that with over 60 years of coaching experience between us we'd have learned a few things by now. Like not to be too ambitious, to remember all important pieces of kit before leaving for the race, or remembering that we are all getting on a bit rather than pretending that we are still 25. Fortunately Marc, Steve and myself still think we are young at heart (and with the fitness to match) and that we can take on ambitious events like the Lakeland 50. When it comes to remembering stuff, we follow the old coaches rule, "Do as I say, not as I do!" So, we don't write checklists, and we do leave packing to the last minute. Forgetting the odd bit of kit adds to the experience!   Anyway, back to that Lakeland 50. After a self confessed "few years of detraining”, Steve rose to the challenge thrown down by Marc and has entered the longest run he has ever attempted. A 50-mile ultra marathon in the Lake District.    In this episode Marc (as race director) outlines what Steve is letting himself in for, and Steve shares his very rudimentary training plan. We also chat about: A strange story about deceased Cambodian dictator, Pol Pot, opera song Nessandorma, and a hallucinating ultra runner The sad origins of the climb called Jacob's Ladder. Why you need a cowboy hat to take part in this year's event Downhill running and brisk walking must be part of the training plan Walking poles and why Steve needs to practice with them You can find more information about Steve Lumley HERE. Marc Laithwaite runs The Endurance Store, an independent running and triathlon store in West Lancashire, and B-spoke cycles in Croston, Lancashire. Epic Events organise the Lakeland 50 and 100 as well as swim, bike, run, and triathlon events throughout the North West.  Www.theendurancestore.com  Www.b-spokecycles.com Www.epicevents.co.uk   If you think you might like to enter the Lakeland 50 in 2024 please take a look at the race website for more details. Click HERE to watch a video of the 2022 event.   Join our SWAT/High Performance Human tribe using this link, with a happiness guarantee! You can watch a brief video about the group by going to our website here, and join our SWAT High Performance Human tribe here. Purchase a copy of my High Performance Human e-book featuring more than 30 top tips on how to upgrade your life. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful. Please click here to support the HPH podcast. Thank you! Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes.  Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here.  For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.

For a hot moment Kate Forbes was favourite to replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and Scotland's first minister. But revealing her socially conservative views in a series of interviews, including being against equal marriage, gender self-identification and sex outside of marriage, has dismayed her supporters and jeopardised her campaign. Anoosh Chakelian and Ben Walker discuss the SNP's socially liberal base and the parallels between Forbes and Tim Farron, who resigned as Liberal Democrat leader in 2017 after he was repeatedly challenged about his views on gay sex. Anoosh then speaks to Farron himself about how he rates Forbes' prospects given his own experience, her brutally honest strategy, and whether a leader with her views is compatible with the SNP's progressive agenda. Then in You Ask US, Ben answers listeners' polling questions on where Britain stands on strikes, apathy towards Brexit, and the significance of the West Lancashire by-election result, as forecast by Britain Predicts, the New Statesman's new polling model.Subscribers can get an ad free version of the NS Podcast on the New Statesman app If you have a question for You Ask Us, go to newstatesman.com/youaskus Podcast listeners can subscribe to the New Statesman for just £1 a week for 12 weeks using our special offer. Just visit newstatesman.com/podcastoffer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This is the final podcast for 2022, can you believe it? During the last 12 months, we've had 126,100 downloads (so far, and there are still a few days left!) 53 amazing guests including several Olympians and world champions as well as experts and thought leaders from a whole range of different fields, all with the goal of sharing knowledge to help you improve your own human performance.  Whether you've listened once or to every podcast, I'd like to say a huge thank you. I really appreciate you tuning in especially with so much choice out there. In 2023 I'm going to continue the search for more great guests to help you continue your pursuit of the best health and performance you can achieve.   So, today's guests! They haven't been on for a while but they are back today for a Christmas special. Yes, it's the Grumpy Old coaches (Marc L & Steve L) for one last time in 2022. If you can remember back to the one we did last year, we all set some challenges for ourselves so we chat about how those actually turned out. With race entries dropping we talk about the start of the triathlon industry and we all have a jolly good rant about Ironman and their recent announcement about the future venues for the Ironman World championships. Also, Marc tells us about his new bike shop.  We hope you enjoy the chat. You can find more information about Steve Lumley HERE. Marc Laithwaite runs The Endurance Store, an independent running and triathlon store in West Lancashire, and B-spoke cycles (currently based in Aintree, Liverpool) which is moving to a new home in Croston, Lancashire, just down the road from The Endurance Store! Epic Events organise swim, cycle, run, and triathlon events throughout the North West.  Www.theendurancestore.com  Www.b-spokecycles.com Www.epicevents.co.uk To download your FREE 4-week mobility plan, please click here. Join our SWAT/High Performance Human tribe now, with a happiness guarantee! Join SWAT/High Performance Human tribe here. Purchase a copy of my High Performance Human e-book featuring more than 30 top tips on how to upgrade your life. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful.  Please click here to support the HPH podcast.  Thank you! Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes.  Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here.  For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.

As we were recording this week's podcast, the Housing Secretary Michael Gove was up in Rochdale for talks with the local housing association that owned the flat where two-year-old Awaab Ishak died after prolonged exposure to mould.Awaab died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in a one-bedroom housing association flat. His parents, Faisal Abdullah and Aisha Amin, who came to the UK from Sudan, repeatedly complained about the mould and they say they weren't listened to because of who they were.Since the full horrendous details of little Awaab's death, Mr Gove has taken personal involvement in making sure housing associations like Rochdale Boroughwide Housing do more to prevent future tragedies.He has blocked the £1 million in funding RBH was due to receive to build new homes and won't give it any more until it proves it is a responsible landlord. The social landlord's chief executive - who earned £170,000 last year - has been kicked out and its directors have promised to do more to up their game.But is that enough? Before he stepped into the Commons for a debate about Awaab's death, local Labour MP, Tony Lloyd, spoke to The Northern Agenda producer Dan McLaughlin. ***And, as we head into Christmas, there's a present coming down the chimney with Santa for anyone who enjoys swingometers, late night results and canvassing for votes in the cold and wet. The next few weeks will see not one, not two but three by-elections for Parliamentary seats in the North of England, putting Westminster watchers on high alert as they try to assess what it all means for the fortunes of the party leaders.On December 15, we'll find out who will be replacing Kate Green in the Greater Manchester seat of Stretford and Urmston, as she leaves to become Andy Burnham's deputy mayor. And sometime in early 2023, there'll be a by-election in West Lancashire, where the incumbent MP Rosie Cooper is resigning to take up the job as Chair of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.But the first by-election grabbing our attention is in Chester, triggered by the resignation of Christian Matheson after complaints of “serious sexual misconduct” against him - which he denies - were upheld by a parliamentary watchdog.What have these three seats all got in common? They're all held by Labour with pretty big majorities, so it'd be a big surprise if they changed hands. But there's still plenty of local angles to be interested in, so to find out what the big issues at play in Chester, Rob Parsons speak to Mark Smith, a Local Democracy Reporter who covers Cheshire West & Chester.***The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Party politics is broken. It's time for independents."—Paul Greenall We welcome to the programme the psychologist Dr Paul Greenall for an interview on his campaign to stand as an independent candidate for Member of Parliament here in the UK, and on the role of the so-called "pandemic" in shaping his current view of politics at Westminster. Earlier this year, Paul, who works in the UK National Health Service, was facing the very distinct possibility of job loss—even career termination—because of the UK government's insane threat to make covid-19 injections mandatory for health workers. Thankfully, along with so many tens of thousands of his colleagues, Paul stood his ground and refused to give in to the pressure, a collective resistance which ultimately led to the government backing down on the idea, and an important signal to the vaccinators not to extend their mandates to further sectors of society. As a consequence— his life having been significantly impacted, and his trust in business-as-usual, party politics having evaporated—Paul is now preparing to stand as a truly independent candidate for MP in the local by-election here in West Lancashire, UK. [For show notes please visit https://themindrenewed.com]

"Party politics is broken. It's time for independents."—Paul Greenall We welcome to the programme the psychologist Dr Paul Greenall for an interview on his campaign to stand as an independent candidate for Member of Parliament here in the UK, and on the role of the so-called "pandemic" in shaping his current view of politics at Westminster. Earlier this year, Paul, who works in the UK National Health Service, was facing the very distinct possibility of job loss—even career termination—because of the UK government's insane threat to make covid-19 injections mandatory for health workers. Thankfully, along with so many tens of thousands of his colleagues, Paul stood his ground and refused to give in to the pressure, a collective resistance which ultimately led to the government backing down on the idea, and an important signal to the vaccinators not to extend their mandates to further sectors of society. As a consequence— his life having been significantly impacted, and his trust in business-as-usual, party politics having evaporated—Paul is now preparing to stand as a truly independent candidate for MP in the local by-election here in West Lancashire, UK. [For show notes please visit https://themindrenewed.com]

It's Derby week once again as we welcome our friends from West Lancashire to the Crown Ground in a game that rarely disappoints if you're of a Stanley persuasion. Join Josh and Callum as we take a trip down memory lane, discussing our fondest memories against Morecambe FC. From Peter Murphy utopia, to an Adam Phillips dystopia, and a few visits to the York Hotel thrown in for good measure. All that, and your usual Stanley chat of course. Get it whilst it's hot and before the lads do the business at the weekend! Up the Reds x

Can you believe it's been 6 long months since the Grumpy Old Coaches recorded a podcast? We're back today, and this time we're discussing some of the biggest mistakes triathletes make leading up to their ‘A' races. Marc, Steve, and I did a rough tally of the number of Ironman races we had completed and it came to well over 50, spanning a cumulative total of over 50 years of racing. As coaches, we've also amassed a similar number of years and helped thousands of athletes to hit their race day goals. BUT, there have been mistakes and disasters along the way (as well as a few funny moments). In this podcast, we share some of the most glaring errors to provide you with a few laughs but more importantly to try and help you avoid the mistakes that we (yes coaches get things wrong as well) and others have made, including: What happens when you don't write a checklist Don't do anything new on race day How often do you really need to visit the expo? What could go wrong with ramping up your training 7 days before the event? Have you written a race morning timetable? You can find more information about Steve Lumley HERE   Marc Laithwaite runs The Endurance Store, an independent running and triathlon store in West Lancashire, and B-spoke cycles (currently based in Aintree, Liverpool) which is moving to a new home in Croston, Lancashire, just down the road from The Endurance Store! Epic Events organise swim, cycle, run, and triathlon events throughout the North West.  Www.theendurancestore.com  Www.b-spokecycles.com Www.epicevents.co.uk Join our SWAT/High Performance Human tribe now, with a happiness guarantee! Join SWAT/High Performance Human tribe here Purchase a copy of my High Performance Human e-book featuring more than 30 top tips on how to upgrade your life. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful.  Please click here to support the HPH podcast.  Thank you! Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes.  Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here.  For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.

It's Monday 4th of April 2022 and joining us this evening to help us preview round two of tomorrow's West Lancashire derby at Deepdale is Tom Harrison, who you may remember joined us before the “big fat boo inducing” performance at Bloomfield Road back in October. Introduce Tom Harrison Ryan Lowe Has the style of football changed and are you happy with it? You've had some great results and some shocking results under him, what have been the highs and lows (no pun intended) Press conference today Sean to provide insights Injury list Preston & Blackpool Blackpool making late call on Dujon Sterling, Jordan Gabriel trained and may play a part, but only if Sterling can't make it having missed 5 weeks. Keshi, Maxwell and Keogh all 100% fit to play, likely too soon for Garbutt. 100 anniversary match for Tom Finney Just a ruse from Peter Ridsdale to justify the ticket allocation? Have the Nobbers been dishing out free tickets? What crowd are they expecting? Stats corner Form of both teams The lasst double between the two sides was in 72/73 season We concede a lot more open play chances than PNE 39.7 to 29.5 xG Both got top quality keepers - Dan Grimshaw 4.1 prevented goals, Daniel Iversen 3.6, Chris Maxwell 3.4. Keshi Anderson averages 2 key passes per game, progressive carries average distance 10m, on par with Bowler. Match Predictions Starting Eleven We pick our starting eleven SUPPORT If you would like to help support our show, help us pay for software and hosting costs, equipment, and make the show better - please consider joining our Patreon supporter program. You'll get extra content, early releases, access to us and our private Patreon WhatsApp chat group in return. To find out more and/or to sign up, go to https://www.patreon.com/seasiderspod FOLLOW You can find the show on all major platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, etc. To follow the show, search for us on the aforementioned platforms or go to https://www.seasiderspodcast.co.uk/follow/ for some clickable links.

Originally published as NLU Podcast, Ep 252: England's Golf Coast, this episode features Part I of Soly's trip to England (Royal Lytham, Royal Birkdale, West Lancashire, Formby, Formby Ladies, Hillside, & Southport & Ainsdale). Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GB2RS News Sunday 31st of October 2021 The news headlines: Exams committee clarifies supervision Have you changed to GMT? Volunteer at the NRC   The RSGB Exam Standards Committee has clarified the licence conditions regarding the supervised operation of Foundation licence candidates. The full announcement can be found on the examination announcements page of the RSGB website, thersgb.org/gb2rs/012 Don't forget that in the UK the clocks changed to UTC or GMT today. The clocks went back 1 hour at 2 am this morning, the 31st of October. The RSGB National Radio Centre welcomes thousands of people through its doors each month. They need to expand the team of volunteers and are particularly looking for people who can be part of the team during the week. If you're interested in becoming an NRC volunteer you should enjoy meeting people and be prepared to work a minimum of one, preferably two, days per month. Full training is given. Please contact NRC Coordinator Martyn, G0GMB for further information via nrc.support@rsgb.org.uk. The RSGB online Convention's keynote presentation is now available separately on the Society's YouTube channel. This inspiring talk by Professor Cathryn Mitchell, M0IBG explores the connections between radio and space and also looks at the many ways in which everyone can get involved. The seven presentations from the Introduction to stream have also been uploaded individually so that it will be even easier to find the presentation you'd like to watch. That full day's stream has received over 5,000 views already, with some great reviews. We'll be releasing the Learn more about stream presentations next week. Go to youtube.com/theRSGB and choose the RSGB Convention 2021 playlist. The Quantum Technology Club, in West Lancashire, will be resuming Foundation licence training courses on the 11th of November. The training sessions will continue on the second and fourth Thursday of the month thereafter with a few exceptions for holidays. Different topics, as well as practical demonstrations and interactive sessions, will take place. Everyone is welcome; you do not have to be a member of the club to join. Please contact them via quantumtech.club before attending. A new QSL sub-manager has been appointed for the G4TAA-ZZZ series. You can send your C5 sized stamped addressed envelopes using 2nd class stamps to Pete Rivers, G4XEX, whose details are on the RSGB website under the On The Air tab. Please remember to put your callsign and Membership number in the top left corner of each envelope. Can you lend a generator? The Kilmarnock & Loudoun ARC Team at Ardrossan are trying to borrow a generator for an event in early December. They are looking to borrow a 240V generator with an output of 5 to 10kVA. Please email klarcinfo@gmail.com if you can help. And now for details of rallies and events Before travelling to any rally or event, please check the event's website as there may still be alterations or cancellations due to the pandemic. The Holsworthy Radio Rally will take place on the 7th of November at the Holsworthy Leisure Centre, Well Park, Western Road, Holsworthy, Devon EX22 6DH. Doors open at 10 am. There will be traders, a Bring & Buy and catering will be available on site. The next rally we have details for is in 2022. The Sparkford Wireless Group Rally is due to take place on the 2nd of January in Davis Hall near Yeovil. Some rallies have been cancelled, as previously publicised. These are the Bush valley ARC rally due for the 7th of November and the Bishop Auckland RAC rally due to be held on the 28th of November. Now the DX news Remo, HB9SHD will be active as 8Q7RM from the Maldives, IOTA reference AS- 013, throughout November. He will operate mainly FT8, with some SSB and slow CW, on the 6 to 40m bands. QSL via his home call either direct or via the bureau, Club Log's OQRS and Logbook of the World. Richard, NN2T and Linda, KN4KJC will be active as C6AHB from the Bimini Islands, NA-048, until the 3rd of November. They will operate SSB and digital modes. QSL via Logbook of The World, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to NN2T. Janusz, SP9FIH will be active as PJ7P from Sint Maarten, NA-105, until the 3rd of November. He will operate SSB, FT8 and RTTY on the 30, 15, 12 and 10m bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or via his home call. Now the Special Event news Until the 2nd of November, West of Scotland ARS will be running a special event station GB4GDS, celebrating 90 years of the Guide Dog Association. More information about the station can be found at www.wosars.club. OQ05PHI is the special callsign for the UBA Section de Philippeville to celebrate its 5th anniversary. It will be active until the 22nd of November. QSL via ON4PHI. Now the contest news When operating in contests, please keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe by following relevant pandemic-related government recommendations. The 48-hour CQ World Wide DX SSB contest ends at 2359UTC today, the 31st, using the 1.8 to 28MHz contest bands. The exchange is signal report and your Zone, 14 for the UK. On Monday the data leg of the 80m Autumn Series runs from 2000 to 2130UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number. Also, on Monday is the Silent Key Memorial that runs from 0600 to 0900. It's CW only on the 3.5 and 7MHz bands. The exchange is a signal report and a silent key callsign. Tuesday sees the 144MHz FM Activity Contest run from 1900 to 1955UTC. It is followed by the all-mode 144MHz UK Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange is the same, signal report, serial number and locator. The UK EI Contest Club 80 contest takes place on Wednesday from 2000 to 2100UTC. It is SSB only and the exchange is your 6-character locator. Also, on Wednesday is the 144MHz FT8 Activity Contest. Running from 1900 to 2100UTC, the exchange is your report and 4-character locator. Next weekend the Marconi CW Contest runs from 1400UTC on the 6th to 1400UTC on the 7th. It's CW-only on the 144MHz band and the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA & G4BAO on Friday the 29th of October. Well, we had another topsy-turvy week, with the sunspot number going from a lowly 10 to a much more impressive 91. We started last week with a virtually spotless solar surface, but this week the Sun is peppered with spots, with five active regions in place on Thursday. The net result is the maximum usable frequencies have been climbing, with 3,000km-plus paths being reached at times on 24 and even 28MHz, according to the Propquest website. There has been plenty of DX to be worked as well, with HD8R in the Galapagos Islands, VK9DX on Norfolk Island, both on CW, and 7P8RU in Lesotho making it into many amateur's logs. The first two were on 30 metres, which is well worth a look. Special event station HS400OZ in Thailand has also been putting in an appearance on 30m FT8 and has been workable from the UK. With Solar Cycle 25 now well underway, it is always worth checking the higher bands too, such as 12 and 10 metres. Next week NOAA predicts the solar flux index will be in the range 85-96, starting the week at the higher end and then declining. Geomagnetic conditions are predicted to be quiet, with a maximum Kp index of two. However, this could change if a coronal mass ejection occurs. For example, Region 2887, which was Earth-centric on Thursday, has unleashed one M-class and several C-class flares. A large flare, accompanied by a CME, could easily disrupt the HF bands for days. And now the VHF and up propagation news. The current spell of unsettled weather will become more widespread and affect much of the country during the first half of the coming week. There had been a hint of Tropo in the southeast last week, but we'll have to wait for the second half of the week before there is a return of weak Tropo in the south as a transient ridge crosses the country. This will be replaced by further unsettled weather by the weekend. In propagation terms, this means that rain scatter on the GHz bands may be on offer again through much of the coming week. Otherwise, it is the chance of aurora or meteor scatter that could entice us onto the VHF bands. The Orionids meteor shower is coming to an end and the Taurids are in progress, but with a ZHR of not more than five, there's little to get excited about. We have to wait until mid-November for the Leonids, so stick to the time around dawn to maximise your chances with random meteors until then. For EME enthusiasts, Moon declination is high early this week, going negative on Tuesday. Path losses are at their lowest with perigee on Friday but this coincides with low negative declination, meaning the Moon will be low in the sky at zenith. This trend of lowest declination getting closer to perigee reverses in June next year, but not until June 2026 will we see maximum declination coincide with perigee. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

Jonathan Oakes is joined by Don Goodman and Michelle Owen to assess all the latest from the Championship, League One and League Two.The panel dissects all the most recent news and talking points from the EFL, while we also hear from Fulham midfielder Tom Cairney in Ten To Tackle.In the Championship (from the start) the panel take a look Mick McCarthy's sacking by Cardiff after their eighth-straight defeat, Bournemouth's continued impressive form at the top of the table, and good wins for Middlesbrough, Millwall and Blackpool - who beat Preston in the first West Lancashire derby for more than a decade.Then it is to the other end of the table and another battling draw for Derby, a good week for Peterborough and more concern for Barnsley.We also hear from Tom Cairney in Ten To Tackle (37m30s), as the Fulham midfielder reveals all as he answers our quickfire questions. In League One (41m14s) the panel analyse what went wrong for Nigel Adkins at Charlton and who could succeed him after their surprise win at Sunderland, the recent plight of Portsmouth, Ipswich's upturn in form and the shock departure of Bolton captain Antoni Sarcevic to National League side Stockport.And in League Two (58m58s) it is a look at the appointment of James Rowberry at Newport, Northampton's good run and Hartlepool's stunning comeback - with a bit of Jeff Stelling thrown in!All that and much more!

Ryan Dilks and Justin Peach discuss all the results in the Championship this past weekend.Mick McCarthy sacked by Cardiff!Blackpool win the West Lancashire derby!Sheffield United win the South Yorkshire derby!Birmingham score a goal!It's the Second Tier.Website: www.secondtierpod.co.ukTwitter: twitter.com/secondtierpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqVFKB1yw2z_XyVINhB9qA/featured***Please take the time to give us a review and rating on whatever platform you listen to us on. It massively helps up and goes a long way towards us getting new listeners! Thank you.*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan Dilks and Justin Peach discuss all the results in the Championship this past weekend. Mick McCarthy sacked by Cardiff! Blackpool win the West Lancashire derby! Sheffield United win the South Yorkshire derby! Birmingham score a goal! It's the Second Tier. Website: www.secondtierpod.co.uk Twitter: twitter.com/secondtierpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqVFKB1yw2z_XyVINhB9qA/featured ***Please take the time to give us a review and rating on whatever platform you listen to us on. It massively helps up and goes a long way towards us getting new listeners! Thank you.*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Beast of Winter Hill. Oct 20. Sheep Killed, a 3 Toed Print & a Rumbling Growling Creature.Two men out Rabbiting See a set of Reddish Eyes watching them in their torch light and they Hear a Terrible Growl. The men stumbled up a fresh kill and whatever had hunted it was out there watching them from the darkness. The legends of a Bear Human Hybrid haunting the hills of West Lancashire are not as far fetched as they seem.I was contacted on the 25th October 2020 by a lovely lady named Jackie. Jackie wanted to make a report on behalf of her partner and his friend, who had a terrifying experience the evening before we chatted. Jackie explained her partner Dave and his friend Adam had found “a strange sheep carcass that was still steaming when they approached it up at Winterhill” As they were discussing what animal could have made the kill they both heard a rumbling growling sound.Both men stated “they heard something that night they could not explain” The men were interviewed by BBR Investigators Mick McClaren & Carolan Smith who both heard a similar growl one night close to Edgerton Reservoir in 2019.That night the men were walking on the road that leads up to Winter Hill, a well known spot here in the NW. They were around ¾ of a mile away from the Chinese Gardens. An area where there is a previous sighting of an upright humanoid figure known as the Bear Man of Rivington. They arrived, got their guns from the car and set off, both had torches and as they walked Dave realised that Adam had almost stepped into a carcass of some kind. Shining their torches on to it they both saw a Sheep that seemed to have been almost pulled in half? The carcass was steaming even with the rain and the cold night air. Whatever had killed it, couldn't be too far away as this was a very fresh kill. Adam described the carcass as unusual, the head was missing and the rib cage was snapped in two. Dave agreed he said it looked as if it had been pulled into two pieces. Alarmed by this both men scanned the area around them with torches looking to see what had growled. Adam thought Dave was maybe messing about with him, but as Dave was speaking the growl came again. They quickly scanned the darkness and Dave saw a dark, stocky shape with reddish eyeshine watching them in his torch light. The shape dipped out of view and was gone. They both left quickly and got back into the car. Both were really shaken up and were still in bewilderment when Mick went up to meet them to record the event. Adam stated he felt almost hysterical and was laughing due to the fear he was feeling. He is not prepared to return up to the hill at night alone, which has done in the past many, many times. Even though they were both armed the men felt it would have been impossible to shoot whatever was out there with them, due to the sheer size of the dark shape and the sound of the growl. They both felt the growl came from something big. Adam turned his gun into a bat at that point as he knew shooting at it would be pointless.“The remaining Sheep in the field had flocked together and looked scared and worried. They were acting really strange. The growling continued all through the event. It was a loud, rumbling growling noise”. Adam wondered if this could be paranormal as the growl was so scary. And they both felt watched and stalked all the way back to the car. It was around midnight on a wet night and they saw no humans on the way in or out of the area. Dave said to cover his fear “I think we need bigger guns” They pulled over at this point and tried to get themselves together. Adam stated “he felt helpless and nervous and it was a sickening feeling, almost like fighting in the dark”After the event the men tried to find the growl using google and known animal recordings here in the UK on their phones. They did not find a match with anything. The only sound that matched was the reported noise of a Werewolf on a recording on youtube. Both men agreed the sound was the same as they had heard that evening. They left the area, Dave returned with Jackie a couple of days later and photographed the remains of the Sheep. At this point it is almost picked clean.Mick and Carolan accompanied both men and Jackie back to the area and they were able to see the carcass for themselves. Mick recorded this event and his next visit a couple of days later.Mick and Carolan re-visited with a family member on the next weekend which was Halloween. Being in lockdown no people were up on the hill, that they could see. The group made their way to the area the Sheep was found by Dave and Adam. On examining the area they spotted a Skull which had been driven forcibly into the wall surrounding the field. A spinal column and vertebrae were also found close to the wall. Next to the wall and visible in Micks video is a strange 3 toed print.Mick has video footage of the remains of the sheep and you can find them here on his youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HTkjfqqgLs

Part I of my England debrief goes deep into the links courses played on this trip (Royal Lytham, Royal Birkdale, West Lancashire, Formby, Formby Ladies, Hillside, & Southport & Ainsdale). We talk cost, the highs and lows of these courses, what makes each one special, and England golf in general. This was a dream trip to a very special part of the golf world, and can't wait to make it back to the region. Stay tuned for Part II which will include the Heathland courses played on the trip.

Ormskirk is a small market town in West Lancashire which was generally quiet and unassuming. On May 5th 1956 however the brutal murder of elderly sisters Mary and Margaret Ormesher would disturb the tranquility of the town. Residents of Ormskirk began to worry that a savage murderer could strike again. Important information provided by: https://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/ormskirk-nostalgia-tragic-story-ormeshers-11309902https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/murder-most-foul-killer-sisters-3488152https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/margaret-and-mary-ormesher/https://www.findmypast.co.uk/Music by: www.dl-sounds.com (http://www.dl-sounds.com/)Follow us on social media:Twitter- @theunseenpodFacebook- The Unseen Podcast

On the pop culture dissection table this week: TOP OF THE POPPERS – Do Melbourne’s Amyl & The Sniffers have the punk rock prescription we need? SHANE IN YOUR GAME – The great Stephen Graham in Shane Meadows’ riveting new C4 drama The Virtues. LOTUS POCUS – What on earth is going on with cosmic space-jazz funk-hop auteur Flying Lotus’s latest album? Special guests MICHAEL HANN of The Guardian and ANTHONY TEASDALE, the most Balearic man from West Lancashire, join us to sort it all out. Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Audio production by Elsie Bath, recorded by Tom Bullen at Air Edel, London. Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. Get every episode of BIGMOUTH a day early, plus the famous EXTRA BIT, when you back us on the crowdfunding platform Patreon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A major fire in Adlington, Blackpool's celebrity planes and West Lancashire puddle jumping. Plus, Preston students celebrate the Chinese new year and meet Robbie the Robot.

Preston's Winckley Square at Christmas, Blackpool's Silverline, sprout tree's in West Lancashire and the county's panto stars give an exclusive performance.

Despite her nervousness about telling Julian everything concerning her inheritance of Orsbrick Hall and the sightings of the strange woman in the purple shawl, she felt relieved that his reaction was not disbelief but a serious and practical reflection on the whole matter and a desire to help her further solve the mystery and get Orsbrick Hall back into shape. Julian suggests a pleasant pub by the canal to have lunch which he had not been to for many years. But when they arrive, Victoria is amazed to learn that her pub visit had not only already been anticipated but more startling who she discovers there when she walks in.

Next morning, back in the Adelphi Hotel, without telling Abby who had already let slip she had arranged a lunchtime ‘business meeting’ with Lynton, Victoria quietly decides over breakfast to meet Julian and take him to Orsbrick Hall, anticipating his historic knowledge of old buildings would be very useful. Picking him up from Liverpool, she remains nervous of revisiting her old childhood haunts and worried about the woman in the purple shawl. But once they arrive, the house and contents are not at all what she assumed and unexplainable events force her to finally come clean with Julian and reveal secrets of her past she had not anticipated doing as well as raising more questions, this time about Julian.

Recovering from seeing the strange appearance of the woman again in the purple shawl, sat in the back of their hired SUV, Victoria treats Abby and herself to some tea and cake in a nearby café to calm down. Abby suggests a family visit to her brother in Wigan to take Victoria’s mind off the event and they head off there for the rest of the day. But when Victoria offers to buy dinner and heads to the chip shop another strange happening occurs which instead of frightening her, gives Victoria a start to possible answers to how the woman may be connected. However, on driving back to Liverpool they are both distracted – by unexpected communications from the men they didn’t expect to hear from again.

Still in Liverpool, Victoria and Abby agree to hire a car and drive immediately to Parbold to search out the elderly lady, identified by solicitor Lynton Grey, who holds the conditions for Victoria’s potential inheritance of Orsbrick Hall. But along the way, the strange woman in the purple shawl appears again and not where Victoria, inside her remotest dreams, could have remotely envisaged. Unexpected revelations from Abby persuade Victoria to keep calm and they continue to Appleby Lodge to find the mysterious Eveline West, who reveals not only her true identity but the most astonishing secrets and tales of the McKenzie family which Victoria cannot believe possible. She now has to make the most important decision of her life.

Chapter Four finds Victoria and Abby in Liverpool, searching for the legal office of Green and Burgess so Victoria can ascertain the facts about her unexpected inheritance of Orsbrick Hall. Finally, she meets solicitor Lynton Grey but the more she learns the greater the mystery of her benefactor deepens. Along the way unexpected circumstances give rise to renewed male interest for both Victoria and Abby, but another irritating situation arises. Who is the strange woman in the purple shawl following Victoria around?

This chapter brings the story onwards in Victoria’s life to when she finally settles in Rotterdam in her new apartment which she shares with her best friend, Abby, a former fashion designer and artist. Working as a senior polymer scientist at the Ahrendolie refinery, a serious and unsettling plant incident upends her life and forces a likely career move. But whilst she and Abby decide on a long holiday to recharge and think about their futures, she receives notification of an inheritance requiring a trip back to Liverpool and the revisiting of past childhood memories she wanted to permanently escape from.

In Chapter Two, the story takes the McKenzie history back to 1866 when James McKenzie, Victoria's great-great grandfather, tries to get to grips with the precarious manufacture of the up and coming textiles innovation, coal tar dyes. Unfortunately a bad accident happens at the plant causing him to rethink how he should run his factory and treat his employees better. However, his life is shattered by a subsequent personal catastrophe which changes forever the McKenzie family destiny.

Aged sixteen, wayward Victoria McKenzie flees desperate and confused from home in West Lancashire to a commune in Amsterdam and never speaks to her parents again. Now aged thirty five, single and fancy free, she is settled as a senior polymer chemist working in the ailing Ahrendolie refinery in Rotterdam. Following a serious and unsettling plant incident, she is forced into a long recovery break and plans to take off on holiday with Abby, her best friend and designer flatmate, always up for a new challenge. But Victoria is startled to suddenly learn of an unusual inheritance, taking her mind back to childhood events and places alongside the Leeds and Liverpool canal she never hoped to experience again. Intrigued by her news, she is summoned to a strange meeting with a Liverpool solicitor and bumps into the quaint Julian, an introverted steampunk writer, all grey hair and flying scarves. But what is it about her past that nobody wants to talk about? Why does her life now unravel into an unexpected explosion of crazy scientific revelations and discoveries a hundred and fifty years before, which she would never have believed possible or credible? With Abby she must track down the source of past family secrecies and find out who the terrifying woman in the purple shawl really is. But will this unleash evil and powerful forces hell bent on her eternal destruction and damnation? And is Julian all he makes out to be?

Aged sixteen, wayward Victoria McKenzie flees desperate and confused from home in West Lancashire to a commune in Amsterdam and never speaks to her parents again. Now aged thirty five, single and fancy free, she is settled as a senior polymer chemist working in the ailing Ahrendolie refinery in Rotterdam. Following a serious and unsettling plant incident, she is forced into a long recovery break and plans to take off on holiday with Abby, her best friend and designer flatmate, always up for a new challenge. But Victoria is startled to suddenly learn of an unusual inheritance, taking her mind back to childhood events and places alongside the Leeds and Liverpool canal she never hoped to experience again. Intrigued by her news, she is summoned to a strange meeting with a Liverpool solicitor and bumps into the quaint Julian, an introverted steampunk writer, all grey hair and flying scarves. But what is it about her past that nobody wants to talk about? Why does her life now unravel into an unexpected explosion of crazy scientific revelations and discoveries a hundred and fifty years before, which she would never have believed possible or credible? With Abby she must track down the source of past family secrecies and find out who the terrifying woman in the purple shawl really is. But will this unleash evil and powerful forces hell bent on her eternal destruction and damnation? And is Julian all he makes out to be?

One hour was not enough time to discuss the ins and outs of our four day trip to northwest England. Part I broke down the Belfry, West Lancashire, Royal Birkdale, and Royal Liverpool. Part II... The post NLU Podcast, Episode 74: England Golf Trip, Part II appeared first on No Laying Up.