Sheep graze; Brough Castle in the background.
The playing surface and stand, Brough Football Club.
- Martin
- I was born in the beautiful city of Carlisle, resident of Cumbria. The view from my home includes the Fox Tower, after which I named this blog.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
2008 FA Cup Semi Final Draw
Today, Monday 10 March 2008, the draw for the FA Cup Semi Finals took place at the headquarters of The Football Association, London.
The team numbers were as follows:
1 - Cardiff City
2 - Portsmouth
3 - West Bromwich Albion
4 - Barnsley
The Draw was made by former football player Bryan Robson and the results of the draw are as follows:
Barnsley v Cardiff City
West Bromwich Albion v Portsmouth
Games to be played weekend of 5 - 6 April 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London.
Good Luck to all concerned!
The team numbers were as follows:
1 - Cardiff City
2 - Portsmouth
3 - West Bromwich Albion
4 - Barnsley
The Draw was made by former football player Bryan Robson and the results of the draw are as follows:
Barnsley v Cardiff City
West Bromwich Albion v Portsmouth
Games to be played weekend of 5 - 6 April 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London.
Good Luck to all concerned!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
March 2008 Short Wave Links & Red Hot Roxy!
Last Sunday, I spent a day listening to the Short Wave band and published the results here on RFTFT. Here is a list of web links to the stations I heard last week, which I hope you will find informative. To go to the station website, just click on the station name:
Radio Ukraine International
WWV
Radio Bulgaria
China Radio International
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Sweden
Voice of America
BBC World Service
May I draw your attention to a particular favourite broadcast of mine, the Sunday night broadcast from Radio Exterior de Espana. The programme is 'Radio Club', a traditional listener response programme, the reading of letters and emails with the odd piece of Spanish music. If you have a Short Wave radio, why not give it a listen? Sundays, 2200 GMT, 6125 kHz.
To contact 'Radio Club':
Postal address: Radio Club, English Language Broadcast, Radio Exterior de Espana, PO Box 156 202, MADRID 28080, SPAIN
E-Mail: englishbroadcast@rtve.es
Web as listed above or via http://www.rne.es/
Enjoy your radio!
Wallpaper of the Week : Red Hot Roxy!
Maxim Magazine invited Roxanne Pallett, star of Emmerdale and Soapstar Superstar, to a photoshoot and interview a while ago, one result of which is this week's Wallpaper of the Week!
As usual, click on the image to show full size, then save as wallpaper, using a program or format of your choice.
Finally, drawing your attention to the following, in a 'Coming Soon!' style :
The FA Cup Semi - Final Draw : Who will play who out of Portsmouth, Barnsley, Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion at Wembley Stadium?
Jemma Bellingham of BBC Cumbria Social Action with her role as a rally car co-driver!
That's coming soon on RFTFT, but for now, goodbye!
Radio Ukraine International
WWV
Radio Bulgaria
China Radio International
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Sweden
Voice of America
BBC World Service
May I draw your attention to a particular favourite broadcast of mine, the Sunday night broadcast from Radio Exterior de Espana. The programme is 'Radio Club', a traditional listener response programme, the reading of letters and emails with the odd piece of Spanish music. If you have a Short Wave radio, why not give it a listen? Sundays, 2200 GMT, 6125 kHz.
To contact 'Radio Club':
Postal address: Radio Club, English Language Broadcast, Radio Exterior de Espana, PO Box 156 202, MADRID 28080, SPAIN
E-Mail: englishbroadcast@rtve.es
Web as listed above or via http://www.rne.es/
Enjoy your radio!
Wallpaper of the Week : Red Hot Roxy!
Maxim Magazine invited Roxanne Pallett, star of Emmerdale and Soapstar Superstar, to a photoshoot and interview a while ago, one result of which is this week's Wallpaper of the Week!As usual, click on the image to show full size, then save as wallpaper, using a program or format of your choice.
Finally, drawing your attention to the following, in a 'Coming Soon!' style :
The FA Cup Semi - Final Draw : Who will play who out of Portsmouth, Barnsley, Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion at Wembley Stadium?
Jemma Bellingham of BBC Cumbria Social Action with her role as a rally car co-driver!
That's coming soon on RFTFT, but for now, goodbye!
Sunday, March 2, 2008
March 2008 Short Wave Logs and this weeks 'paper
TODAY, Sunday 2 March 2008, I have enjoyed tuning around the Short Wave bands yet again, from 9.9 MHz, right up to the end of the band at 26.1 MHz. Here is what I heard:
1005 - 1015 GMT, 9950 kHz, Radio Ukraine International, English language to Europe, 'Ukrainian Diary' programme.
1022 - 1030 GMT, 10 000 kHz, WWV, Boulder, Colorado, USA, Time Signal station.
1107 - 11:15 GMT, 13600 kHz, Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian language to Russia (Moscow) via Plovdiv transmitter? Female broadcaster with speech.
1122 - 1134 GMT, 13665 kHz, China Radio International, English to Europe via Albanian transmitters, Male broadcaster with news, weather, music.
1254 - 1315 GMT, 13720 kHz, Radio Exterior de Espana, Spanish language to 'Noreste de Europa'. Male & Female broadcasters, rapid speech in Spanish.
1345 - 1352 GMT, 15240 kHz, Radio Sweden, English to North America via Horby transmitter, Sweden, 500 kW transmission. 'Network Europe' programme.
1420 - 1435 GMT, 15530 kHz, Voice of America / Radio Aap Ki Dunyaa, Urdu language to West & South Asia. Male & Female broadcasters with Urdu programming.
1445 - 1455 GMT, 15580 kHz, Voice of America, English to Africa via Sao Tome transmitter, 'Our World' programme with host Art Chimes.
1510 - 1517 GMT, 17830 kHz, BBC World Service, English to West Africa via Ascension Island transmitter, News reports from the US Presidential campaigns and a new group in Nepal.
1528 - 1534 GMT, 21470 kHz, BBC World Service, English to East & South Africa via Ascension Island transmitter, Live news feed from Female journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Wallpaper of the Week - The Capybaras. All together now: Aaaah....
1005 - 1015 GMT, 9950 kHz, Radio Ukraine International, English language to Europe, 'Ukrainian Diary' programme.
1022 - 1030 GMT, 10 000 kHz, WWV, Boulder, Colorado, USA, Time Signal station.
1107 - 11:15 GMT, 13600 kHz, Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian language to Russia (Moscow) via Plovdiv transmitter? Female broadcaster with speech.
1122 - 1134 GMT, 13665 kHz, China Radio International, English to Europe via Albanian transmitters, Male broadcaster with news, weather, music.
1254 - 1315 GMT, 13720 kHz, Radio Exterior de Espana, Spanish language to 'Noreste de Europa'. Male & Female broadcasters, rapid speech in Spanish.
1345 - 1352 GMT, 15240 kHz, Radio Sweden, English to North America via Horby transmitter, Sweden, 500 kW transmission. 'Network Europe' programme.
1420 - 1435 GMT, 15530 kHz, Voice of America / Radio Aap Ki Dunyaa, Urdu language to West & South Asia. Male & Female broadcasters with Urdu programming.
1445 - 1455 GMT, 15580 kHz, Voice of America, English to Africa via Sao Tome transmitter, 'Our World' programme with host Art Chimes.
1510 - 1517 GMT, 17830 kHz, BBC World Service, English to West Africa via Ascension Island transmitter, News reports from the US Presidential campaigns and a new group in Nepal.
1528 - 1534 GMT, 21470 kHz, BBC World Service, English to East & South Africa via Ascension Island transmitter, Live news feed from Female journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Wallpaper of the Week - The Capybaras. All together now: Aaaah....
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