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ALBANACH

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  • Birthday 05/08/1978

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  1. Australia now pulled out of the running for 2034 paving the way for Saudi Arabia to get it.
  2. I think the main difference between football in Australia compared to Scotland is the influence and interest of other sports. Football in Scotland only really needs to compete with rugby union and even then it gets much more interest from the majority of the population. Football in Australia probably comes at a distant 4th in terms of interest after Aussie Rules, Cricket and Rugby League. The vast geographic distances makes it difficult for clubs to expand. It results in a small number of top flight teams playing each other 3-4 times a season and often in fairly close succession which can be a turn off. COVID also had a massive impact on clubs. My local team Perth Glory were travelling fairly well before that but then basically spent 2 seasons laying away from home so local interest disappeared.
  3. I play 5s/6s soccer most Thursday nights with a pretty diverse bunch of nationalities.
  4. The Dubliner on Amagertorv 5 1160 Copenhagen (long walking street) will have it on without a doubt. If not then I have seen it advertised on the Southern Cross (Løngangstræde 37 1468 København) Facebook site. Wouldn't bother with the Scottish Pub, nothing Scottish about it. The Irish Pub round the corner from the Scottish Pub is called The Shamrock, good pub but reckon the others would be the safest bet.
  5. Thanks for that, I will try that out. Interestingly I went for a 10k run tonight about 5 hours after having lunch and didn't feel a thing!
  6. Not normally no. I usually have lunch around midday and then go for a run sometime between 5-7 so wondering if it is actually lack of food than eating too soon before the run. I never get it on my morning runs and I normally have a light snack 1+ hours before them.
  7. I'm having real problems with heart burn during evening runs at the moment. Anyone else experience this? Morning runs are fine.
  8. I would say the main thing with Gaidhlig is speaking it frequently in order to keep your pronunciation up to scratch. I could only speak Gaidhlig up until the age of 5 when I started going to school and slowly transitioned to speaking English all the time. It's nearly 20 years since I lived in the islands and although I understand it I would shy away from speaking it to a native speaker.
  9. The Irish Club in Perth, Western Australia My mate is picking me up in an Uber in 55 mins time, can't wait!
  10. Tell me about it, this is the longest days work ever I reckon!
  11. Got to say, that was an awesome series. It had everything and very much beautifully shot. It had battles, intrigue, shock, I could have watched those programs over and over again and picked up something new.
  12. Just watched Ep 7, that was brilliant! I reckon I could watch that episode another couple of times and pick up things: The Wall, the Dragon and the Night King Theon growing his balls back Euron's ploy Cersei's pact with Euron The Hound and the Mountain face off Sansa getting stronger Little Finger killed Auntie shaggin and that's just what I remember from watching it once!
  13. Myself and my missus don't watch the episode until Friday night and also download Thronecast and watch it straight after. Just watched this week's episode, we thought it was a great but picked up on an interesting comment from Kristian Nairn (Hodor) on Thronscast. He said something along the lines of "...he has seen their father - The Mad King, being evil and he doesn't want his sister to go the same way..." when talking about Jaime and Cerci. Strange comment and I reckon that actors would not know the full playout of the plot but why would he say that?
  14. Your plan sounds good, I've not been to Uluru or done a reefsleep but the rest of what you plan is recommended. if you are going to Sydney I wold recommend a night in Katoomba for the Blue Mountains. It just depends what time of the year you are thinking about going. Obviously cyclone season (Nov - Apr) could majorly affect your North Queensland trip but, really they are so few and far between that you would have to be unlucky to be affected by one. This time of year (June - November) is winter/spring and will be pretty cold for NSW, Victoria and South Australia. I wouldn't recommend it but I would also avoid the top of summer (Jan/Feb) so March/April are good times to visit. Regarding stopover, if you wanted to keep it Australian then it would have to be Western Australia or Northern Territory, both of which will give you a great Aussie experience if you wanted to try it. I live in Perth so I am biased for WA, down south you have some great wine areas like Margaret River, closer to Perth you have Swan Valley wine area and Fremantle and north you have some great beaches and gorges in the Kimberley's and area around there. NT is great for real proper Aussie experience, Kakadoo is something special and quite a bit of an Asian influence. PM me if you need more details.
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