Chris

Creel Inn is in Catterline. The Tolbooth is a decent seafood restaurant in Stoney though. Marine and the Ship Inn are also good.

I have not seen much recently but did catch Lizabett Russo supporting Rachel Sermanni the other night. She's improved a lot since last time I saw her, obviously been gigging heaps and it's really showing in her confidence. Jazz (sorry Jan) influenced folk. Lots of wailing vocals and some kazoo action. Bought her EP as well and was really enjoying it in the car this morning. https://soundcloud.com/lizabett-russo

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/07/man-bitten-three-times-adder

John Oliver seems to be doing alright, building a good reputation.

Purists say that porridge should only be made with water, oats and salt. That's what's traditional. Gruel is just very thin porridge. Normally I'm all for tradition but for porridge I love it made with milk and with a spoonful of raspberry jam stirred in.

The Rock makes that film.

Kick Ass 2 Nae as good as the first one. Not as sharp or funny. 2 guns Comedy action thriller with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. Wise cracks aplenty, lots of people (and poultry) getting shot and just the barest bones of a plot centering on a bank heist which ends up ripping off much more than originally planned. Everyone get's betrayed by everyone else before getting back together for a predictable climax scene. It's a solid film, would watch again if I caught it on a late night repeat with nothing else to do.

The park in Banchory has metal stands for disposable BBQs. But it's the Banchory Show this weekend so you probably can't get near them even if you could be bothered getting out there. Would be away from the haar though...

I picked up Sniper Elite 3 the other week. Little bit simplistic by today's massive standards but it's a fun game. Shooting Nazi's in the face/kidneys/gonads doesn't get old really.

Some nights are just like that. PBs in training can be really frustrating. I've had them after nightmare sessions where I thought I had no chance and other times I've hit a PB after an "easy" run where I barely felt like I was trying. The main thing is you're getting faster! Well done!

Fargo gets a second season: http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/fargo/31386/fargo-renewed-for-season-2-with-new-cast-and-characters

Intervals are great, they really are, but they suck at the time. The biggest factor for increasing distance is simply running more. If I was you I would maybe do intervals once a week or even once a fortnight and concentrate on just getting out and doing the miles. Start adding a long run at weekends, this should be run at a slow pace (1-2 mins per mile slower than your 5k pace). Start at 4 miles, do that for a couple of weeks then gradually increase it to 4.5, 5 then try a 6. Keeping it slow and easy, with rest stops if you need. Along with that through the week I'd keep running 5k loops at almost race pace two or three days and try and vary the sessions for terrain (try some trail running or a route with some small hills). Like I say, keep the intervals in, they're great for developing aerobic capacity and training you to run faster. But don't worry too much about basing your whole schedule around them. Best thing is to get the miles in and try and keep things varied and interesting.

Aye, there's few jokes about buses etc. going around.

Had our 12 week scan on Thursday and saw our wee baby jumping around, kicking and waving in my wife's tummy. Fucking amazing.

Damn! That's shit news. Well at least he went out on a high. Juve legend as a player and as a manager.

Running in heat and humidity is murder. Especially when around here we spend most of the year running in weather that barely gets above 13 degrees C. I've been taking it easy since Stoney as we've been busy with other stuff but went out and did two reps of Scolty hill tonight. Felt really good. Was great to do a run that didn't take 2 hours after all the half marathon stuff recently!

Right team won I think. Consistently the best team in the tournament and that was a peach of a goal to win. Argentina were pretty disappointing. Created chances but to go 120 minutes without a single shot on target in the biggest game of your life simply isn't good enough.

I got a plumber to do mine. Though considering the mess he made of the tiles a sparky might have done a better job.

Would've liked a bit more gold trim, but it's pretty snazzy.

Soft butteries for me, though I've given up being picky and trying to specify that when I visit Aitken's. So often get the crispy ones. As long as it's not the dry cardboard that JG Ross pollute supermarket shelves and workplace cafeterias with then I'm happy. Almost always eat them dry, but now and then (especially with the aforementioned cardboard, which improves with a bit of heat) toasted with some butter. Fond memories of going round to my gran's when I was wee for my fly and having toasted butteries spread with butter. Once ate some butteries with pate spread over. That worked pretty damn well too.

Adam Rooney now in the Dons' top ten of Euro goalscorers after just two games.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/pornhub-pleads-users-to-stop-uploading-videos-of-brazil-getting-fked-by-germany-in-the-world-cup-9594287.html

Froome's out! 3 crashes in two days has taken it's toll by the looks of things and he quit before even getting to the cobbles. Sounds like today's stage has been just as chaotic as the organisers promised. Crashes every few minutes before they even reach the sections of cobbles. Hope they haven't harmed the rest of the tour too much. Would be a shame to see a decimated peloton after one early stage.

Sweet. I'll PM you to arrange.

Here's (genuinely) both teams heat map: