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Happy St Patrick's Day

Happy St Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of you celebrating in the run up to Tuesday 17th March 2009. We went along to join in the St. Patrick’s Day parade down the Edinburgh Royal Mile. The march was organised by St Patrick’s Parish Church. The Stockbridge Pipe Band led everyone down to the church for a [...]

Free Grand National 2009 Sweepstake Kit – Systemlays UK

Thsi year, Systemlays UK will be offering a free Grand National Sweeptake Kit for the 2009 Grand National that you can download and use.
Visit the Grand National Sweepstake Kit by clicking this link and bookmark the page to get the download ASAP (will go live on the day the Grand National 2009 entries are finalised [...]

Free Cheltenham Festival Tips Competition Opens

We’ve today opened the Cheltenham Festival 2009 Tipping Competition over at Systemlays UK – so all of you with even just a passing interest in horse racing can head over there and get your entires in ASAP to win up to £100 in free bet vouchers!
The competition winners will be those who select the best [...]

Jogging with Joseph Pearce in Leith

Jogging with Joseph Pearce in Leith

Joseph Pearce’s bar is a charming Victorian cafe-bar with Russian beer on tap and candles on every table. It is part of a chain owned by the Christophersons – a Swedish couple who have been buying up traditional pubs in the Leith area of Edinburgh. Every Tuesday at 7pm, a small group of joggers leave [...]

Rosslyn / Roslin Glen

Rosslyn / Roslin Glen

Some of you might have already read about our visit to Rosslyn Chapel. After seeing that and becoming totally superstitious, I bought a friend’s story about Rosslyn Glen being haunted and really easy to get lost in. She described a walk with her Mother where they kept following false path and felt really freaked out, [...]

Dawn in Edinburgh

Dawn in Edinburgh

What do you do when you can’t sleep? The official health sites tell you to do something relaxing like reading a book. However, the other day I woke up after four hours sleep and so did Rob. We were both bolt awake with no prospect of drifting off again. I can’t complain about it – [...]

British Military Fitness: A Review

British Military Fitness: A Review

If  I told you I was going to run around the local park, wearing a bib, being shouted at by a bloke in his 30’s, you might think I’d gone back to school for a P.E. lesson. But this is what hundreds of people do several times a week due the ingenius business plan of [...]

England v Italy - RBS Six Nations Rugby 2009 - Preview & Ticket Info

England v Italy – RBS Six Nations Rugby 2009 – Preview & Ticket Info

The RBS 6 Nations Rugby 2009 kicks off for England fans on Saturday 7th February with a home fixture against Italy at Twickenham.
England v Italy RBS Six Nations 2009 Preview
The match will be shown live on BBC TV for UK viewers (those from the USA should check out the USA 6 Nations 2009 TV Coverage [...]

Six Nations Rugby 2009: US TV Coverage

Six Nations Rugby 2009: US TV Coverage

In Britain, all of the 2009 Six Nations matches will be shown exclusively live on the BBC:
All matches are live on BBC TV and the BBC Sport website with the Red Button offering alternative commentaries, highlights and stats. Radio 5 live and Radio 5 live sports extra will have live match commentaries and the latest [...]

Six Nations Rugby 2009: Fixtures List & Tickets

Six Nations Rugby 2009: Fixtures List & Tickets

The 2009 Six Nations competition is upon us. Here is the fixtures list for Round One of the Royal Bank of Scotland Rugby Championship.
UPDATE in repsonse to a couple of questions received: all times on this page are in GMT and all of the matches will be exclusive to the BBC in the UK.
RBS Six [...]