Paulco

Not long till the slaughter of the innocents begins

loved the recent edition and the feature about my childhood hero , Charlie Monk

We'll be heading through with more hope of getting something , than we usually do , on Friday evening . Richie has been in great form this season and will lead the challenge against the Monarchs . Aaron too is coming into top form after a sluggish start to the season , and Richard is as reliable as ever , and scored well at Armadale guesting for Sheffield recently . If young Dan remembers the quickest was round there , then we wont be far away and the minimum target of a point should be achievable .

Max Clegg is Polish I suppose lol

August 4th then . Was a good night though . Pushing Crazysue in her wheelchair from the Golf to the track was hilarious , though a bit scary as the pavement shrunk in width as we got closer to the driveway leading to the track . Willie done his traffic cop act stopping the traffic

Sorry for the mix up , had been a long day , we had been in the Golf since half past one

Looked like a chain went by the way he came to a sudden stop . I know the Rebels fans round about me were disappointed ( understandably ) but from a neutral's perspective it was a brilliant night's racing . Some of the high speed action with four riders within a bike length was breathtaking and it's tracks like this that remind us why we have this sport in our blood . Rebels aren't far away , just lacking a big hitter at number 1 . However Josh Grajczonek was brilliant in taking the fight to the Wolves . Wolves were more solid and always seemed to have the meeting under control . Schlein was wheel perfect after a poor first ride and had excellent back up from Thorssell , Howarth , Lambert and our Richie . And it's the best I've seen Ellis Perks ride , he's improving fast . Brilliant night overall and great to see some old friends . And I think the Scottish referee was pleased to see a couple of familiar faces in the bar as he joined us for a drink , though I had to chastise him for holding the tapes a bit too long on a couple of occasions . And thanks to the lovely Debbie for the lift back to our B and B , much appreciated as it was very late . You don't get promoters doing that at many tracks I love going to Somerset , great racing and some of the friendliest fans in the country , it's a joy to visit the Oak Tree , roll on the Pairs .

Thanks to everyone who made it an enjoyable evening at Foxhall . Okay the meeting was a bit gate and go , but it was always relatively close and that kept it interesting . I'd have taken a point before the meeting , but I thought the chances of that had gone after heat 13 , but heat 15 was the best race of the evening and silenced the massif round about me . And Mr Long , surely my accent isn't too difficult to understand Very big thanks to Super Blue for the lift back to the B and B , and to all the lads ( and lassie ) who came in the bar for a drink after the meeting . Another cracking visit to Ipswich done and dusted .

Aye shame it's a severely depleted Wolves , that's doubling up and riding in multi leagues for you .

I will , sorry you wont be there petal Always that wee twinge of sadness when I go to Ipswich , Badge

I'll see what I can do All go tomorrow and the next couple of days . Working till 6 tomorrow then meeting Willie in the Horseshoe Bar in Glasgow at 8 . Few bevvys there , then the sleeper bus down to London . Thurs - 10 o clock train from Liverpool Street to Ipswich . Taxi from station to Abbey Guest house , throw bags in and taxi to Golf Inn . Few refreshments before walking down to track . Friday - 9 o clock train to Liverpool Street , underground to Paddington , train to Highbridge for Somerset v Wolves . Saturday - 16-15 flight from Bristol back to Glasgow and taxi back to the Horseshoe .

Any requests for a food parcel from the homeland ?

Me and Willie take it easy on the beer while cheering on the Tigers ......................................well I do lol

Yes of course , but we had a good laugh in the bar after the meeting , hoping for another good natured session

Taking this in on my wee mini tour , will miss my visit to Somerset with Glasgow this year , so this is an opportunity for my Oak Tree Arena fix .

Hope not , I've yet to see us lose at Foxhall . We need Richie to come up with the type of performance he did last year , and Richard and Aaron to back him up . Dan to carry on where he left off on Saturday and Tom and Jack to get amongst their reserves . Easy to say haha . Anyway looking forward to the after meeting drinks with the Massif , win , lose or draw . Hope we get a cracker of a meeting .

Don't think there's ever been a Monarchs away defeat in the last 10 years where the track wasn't to blame , so I wouldn't pay to much attention to any of that . Track was perfect last night .

I've seen a 3-0 heat , but never witnessed a 0-0 thankfully

Don't know about a wake up call , but the prospect of Davey and Clegg at reserve shortly must be of some concern . Had you not had a reserve scoring 14 last night , you'd be looking at a record defeat .

KO Cup matches never have in recent seasons . Not even official matches according to the BSPA and Berwick 5 years ago .

Nah she's too busy trying to get an independence referendum again

Aye ok there's always an exception to the rule And the way things are at Ibrox , i'd happily take the not so slim Jim that came back from Sunderland and Nottingham Forest

Anyone who's visited Kirkcaldy ice rink for an ice hockey match will struggle to have a soft spot for anything that comes out of that particular town .

Not what Berwick need at all . Shame the track seems to have been bad last night , only a couple of weeks ago it produced a great meeting against Glasgow . Hard to see where Berwick go from here , obviously riders attitudes instigated the necessary changes , but the balance of the side looks all wrong . When you have a tail as long as that you really need your three top men scoring close to 40 points , no easy task . I hope things work out for them , last thing the sport needs is to lose another track , but home defeat after home defeat brings it's own dangers financially , hope they can turn things around soon .

Hope to meet you at Ippo on Thursday